Day 1 Friday, 5 September

12.30:

Let us meet at noon at the hotel entrance for light lunch together before going to the venue

2.00:

Official opening and welcome on behalf of UTAS
Professor Jonathon Holmes, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Arts, UTAS

2.10: Housekeeping comments by organizers

2.30:

Panel Discussion: "Towards an innovative pedagogy of Japanese literary studies: Issues to consider"

Address by Vera Mackie "The proletarian and the prostitute: Reading class and gender in Japanese texts" New

Short address by Barbara Hartley and Rio Otomo followed by floor discussion

Moderator: Tomoko Aoyama

3.45:

Model lesson #1 by Craig Norris
“Kiki’s Delivery Service: Urban legend from Tasmania to Japan”

4.45:

Afternoon tea

5.00:

Model lesson #2 by Romit Dasgupta
“From salaryman to otaku:using film texts to understanding changing masculinity in Japan”

6.00: drinks and oysters at the harbour and dinner at a local restaurant

Day 2 Saturday, 6 September

9.00:

Model lesson #3 by Jenny Scott
“A reverse perspective:Using Kurahashi Yumiko's Otona no tame no zankoku douwa (Cruel Fairytales for Adults) in Japanese university ESL creative writing classes"

10.00: Morning Tea

10.15

Model lesson #4 by Toshiko Ellis
“Reading against the beautiful and the elegant in The Snow Country” (tentative)

11.15:

Model lesson #5 by Barbara Hartley
“Beyond post-war ‘victim mentality’: the prohibited spectre of devastated Japan and Imperial Army atrocity”

12.45: Lunch in Salamanka (Saturday market browsing)

3.00:

Model lesson #6 by Tomoko Aoyama
“Cats, girls, and intertextuality: Kanai Mieko's Indian Summer”

4.00:

Model lesson #7 by Peter Eckersall
“Theatre, modernity, Japan: recent plays by Kawamura Takeshi and the debate about modern theatre"

5.00: Afternoon Tea

5.15:

Model lesson #8 by Rio Otomo
“The system of comfort in After Dark by Murakami Haruki"

6.15:

More drinks and oysters at the harbour(!) and dinner

Day 3 Sunday, 7 September

9.30:

Post-graduate workshop: becoming a teacher of Japanese Studies
Moderator: Barbara Hartley

10.30: Morning tea

11.00:

Plenary session: “ Literary Studies in Japanese Universities
Toshiko Ellis, Kenko Kawasaki, Takeshi Oshino

12.15: Workshop close and final summing up Barbara Hartley

The workshop will conclude at 12.30. The afternoon will feature a lunch and a visit to Mt Wellington for participants able to remain in Hobart for the afternoon.