Tag: Anthropology of Japan

  • Related Links: Mark Bookman

    Personal Blog Mark Bookman: Disability Historian and Accessibility Consultant The Japan Times New film honors life and legacy of disability pioneer Mark Bookman  (PDF) IMDB Mark—A Call to Action

  • In Memoriam: Mark Bookman (1991–2022)

    I well remember the first time I met Mark Bookman.  He had come to attend the Anthropology of Japan, in Japan (AJJ) Conference at my home campus, Meiji Gakuin University…

  • The Harumi Befu Prize Recipients

    2025 Hyogo University, April 4th–6th (joint JAWS/AJJ conference) Marta FANASCA (University of Bologna, Hosei University) Ritualizing Intimacy: Gender, Female Agency, and the Commodification of Desire in Contemporary Japan’s Pink Economy…

  • In Memoriam: Harumi Befu (1930–2022)

    We are bereft of two members in 2022, Harumi Befu and Mark Bookman, memorialized here thanks to Tom Gill: In Memoriam Harumi Befu 1930 – 2022 I first met Harumi…

  • 2022 AJJ CFP

    Call for Submissions Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Annual Meeting 2022 Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan: Embodying Techniques, Skills and Environments Dec. 3rd (Sat) & Dec. 4th (Sun) 2022 VENUE…

  • 2020 AJJ Program & Abstracts

      ★2020 Annual Meeting★ [online] Hosted by Temple University, Japan Campus Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan Campus December 5th (Sat) & 6th (Sun), 2020 Program Saturday December…

  • ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (2019) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

    ANTHROPOLOGY OF JAPAN, IN JAPAN (AJJ) FALL 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, YOKOHAMA CAMPUS Saturday, November 30, 2019 11:00am – 1:00pm Panel A: Maladies and Healing Chair: Andrea De…

  • 2018 Spring AJJ CFP

    Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2018 Spring Meeting Inside and Outside Communities in Japan: Re-assessing Changing Places and Shifting Boundaries April 28-29, 2018 Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Tokyo The…

  • 2018 AJJ CFP

    THEME DISPLACEMENTS AND POTENTIALS WHEN 8 & 9 DECEMBER, 2018 LOCATION NANZAN UNIVERSITY, NAGOYA Contemporary Japan faces continuing social and cultural instability and upheaval. New patterns of displacement are emerging…