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Meiji University
Shikonkan Hall 3F
3-22-14 Kanda Ogawamachi
Chiyoda-ku (Meidai-dōri)
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German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ) and Meiji University, School of Information and Communication, Gender Center
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Admission is free but please register by e-mail or fax +81(0)3-3222-5420 by October 18, 2010.
International Conference
Life Courses in FluxNew Opportunities and New Constraints
October 22 - October 23, 2010
Japan and Germany are currently undergoing fundamental changes that have ramifications for individual life courses. Population aging and decline, as well as the ongoing restructuring of the labor market are major factors that affect individuals and society at large. ‘Standardized’ life courses which emerged in both countries during the time of rapid economic growth after WW II seem to be losing their dominance, but how exactly do biographies of younger people differ from those of older generations? In what way do people cope with increasing biographical freedom – and the accompanying insecurities –, and how do they negotiate the options they have? How are these transformations represented in the media and popular culture? In the realms of work, family, and housing, opportunities and constraints have to be constantly balanced out by the individual. It is these three interrelated areas which this international conference focused upon.
The presentations are in English and Japanese; simultaneous translation for presentations as well as Q&A is provided.
In cooperation with the Japan Foundation and Meiji University Headquarters of International Collaboration. Sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Presentations
Day 1 October 22nd (Friday)
9:30
Registration
10:00
Greetings:
Florian Coulmas
Keiko YOSHIDA, Meiji University, Gender Center
10:30-11:15
Keynote Speech I
Naoko SHIMAZAKI, Waseda University
11:15-12:00
Keynote Speech II
Bettina DAUSIEN, The University of Vienna
<br>12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
Session 1: Changing Life Courses and Work
Carola Hommerich
Yukie MITOBE, Meiji University
Day 2 October 23rd (Saturday)
Session 2: Changing Life Courses and Family
Barbara Holthus
Masayuki ESHITA, Meiji University
12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
Session 3: Changing Life Courses and Housing
Hiroo KAMIYA, Kanazawa University / Keiko YOSHIDA, Meiji University
18:00
Closing
Day 1 October 22nd (Friday)
13:30-14:00
Lost in Transition: Young Men and Life Course Disruptions in Postindustrial Japan
Mary BRINTON, Harvard University
14:00-14:30
Vocational Capabilities and Community Involvement in Post-Retirement Life
Nobuhiko MAEDA, Ritsumeikan University
14:30-15:00
Changes in the German Labor Market and the De-Standardization of Life Courses: Towards a Self-Directed Working Life?
Birgit APITZSCH, University of Duisburg-Essen
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Career Patterns of Female Managers in Their Thirties and Forties
Naomi USHIO, Meiji University
16:00-16:30
The Television Drama ‘Tokyo Love Story’ 20 Years Later: Have Images of Career Women Changed?
Alisa FREEDMAN, University of Oregon
16:30-16:45
Break
16:45-17:15
Discussion:
Jun IMAI, Tohoku University, Speakers of Session 1
Day 2 October 23rd (Saturday)
9:00-9:30
Marriage and Family Formation in Contemporary Japan: the Decline in Marriage and the Individualism Ideology
Akihiko KATO, Meiji University
09:30-10:00
Single Working Women in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul: Their Desires and Choices on Marriage and Work
Hiromi Tanaka
Yukie HIRATA, Dokkyo University, Catherine W. NG, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:00-10:30
Discourses on Single Women and Marriage in TV Drama
Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:30
The Decline of the Male Breadwinner? Father’s Changing Position in the Family – Expectations, Pretensions and Social Practice
Michael MEUSER, TU Dortmund
11:30-12:00
Having Children is a Risk?: Salarymen’s Dilemma between Work and Parenting
Futoshi TAGA, Kansai University
13:30-14:00
Continuities and Changes in Parent-Child Relationships and Kinship in Post-war Japan: Examining Bilateral Hypotheses by Analyzing the National Family Survey (NFRJ-S01)
Liping SHI, Meiji University / University of Cambridge
14:00-14:30
Young People’s Housing Opportunities in the Context of Japan’s Homeowner Society
Yosuke HIRAYAMA, Kobe University
14:30-15:00
The Life Course Choices after the End of the Modern Family System: The “Construction of Space” by Habitation and the “Construction of Time” from Diaries
Yūko NISHIKAWA, Independent Scholar
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Women’s Housing Communities in Germany and their Relevance for Life Courses
Ruth BECKER, TU Dortmund
16:00-16:30
Older Residents in Communal Forms of Living: What Do their Biographies Reveal about their Housing Decisions?
Maren Godzik
16:30-17:00
Break
17:00-17:30
Discussion
17:30-18:00
Closing Keynote Speech
Gordon MATHEWS, Hong Kong Chinese University
Related Research Projects
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Imaging the Lost Generation: Representations of Japan’s “Unequal Society” in Popular Culture Media
Housing and living arrangements in Japan's ageing society