Countdown to kickoff: Japan's rugby history one year out from the 2019 Rugby World Cup This is the third event in the Japan Research Centre Sport Symposia Series which runs from 2017 to 2023.
From Patients to Pros: The Paralympics and the Evolving Image of Disabled Athletes in Japan, 1964-2020 This is the second event in the Japan Research Centre Sport Symposia Series which runs from 2017 to 2023.
Sport and Diplomacy: Past Reflections and Looking Toward 2020 This is the first event in the Japan Research Centre Sport Symposia Series which runs from 2017 to 2023.
Japan Research Centre Sport Symposia Series The Japan Research Centre Sport Symposia Series is funded by the Toshiba International Foundation, and is focused around the impact Japan's hosting of Sports Mega Events, including the Rugby World Cup (2019) and the Tokyo Summer Olympics (2020) will have for sport, economy and society in Japan.
Han Phonology: When Chinese Became Chinese Producing a "Handbook of Han Chinese Phonology" that will supersede the previous two book-length studies of Han phonology.
Performative Recollection and Parallax Memory: Perpetrator and Victim War Memory in Contemporary Japanese Video Art Ayelet Zohar will present on Performative Recollection and Parallax Memory in Japanese Video Art, considering contemporary projects that portray and reenact perpetrator reminiscences in contemporary context.
The Untold Story of the Golan Heights: Occupation, Colonisation and Jawlani Resistance The Untold Story of the Golan Heights is the first book in English on Arab politics and culture in the occupied Golan Heights. It focuses on an indigenous community, known as the Jawlanis, notably their experience of everyday occupation and their resistance to settler colonisation.
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