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19. März 2021

VSJF Annual Conference ‚Continuity and Change 10 years after 3.11‘

The DIJ is cooperation partner of the 2021 Annual Conference of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF), organized by DIJ alumni Anna Wiemann and Tobias Weiss together with Florentine Koppenborg. The one-day online conference ‚Continuity and Change 10 years after 3.11‘ takes place on Friday, 19 March 17-25h (JST)/9-17h (CET). It features panels on ‚Change and Continuity in Energy Policy‘, ‚Tōhoku – Life between Nuclear Radiation and Reconstruction‘, and ‚Civil Society and the State since 3.11‘. Participants include the DIJ’s director Franz Waldenberger, principal researcher Isaac Gagné, and DIJ alumna Phoebe Holdgrün. Isaac will present the paper „Haunting Memories of 3.11 and the Heaviness of Trauma in Post-Disaster Miyagi“ which is part of his ongoing research project Listening to the Community: Grassroots Mental Healthcare in Local Communities. The conference is organized by the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) and the VSJF, in cooperation with the DIJ and supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Universität Zürich. Details, programme, and registration link here.