AALA Forum 2025 in Tokyo: “Transborder Asian Literature and Intersectionality—Race/Gender/Sexuality” will be held at College of Art, Nihon University, Japan on September 20-21, 2025.
The program committee is calling for submissions of individual paper proposals from AALA members for the afternoon session on the 2nd day (Sep. 21).
Please submit the 200-word abstract of your paper and 50-word bio to AALA Office by e-mail: aala.jp.office@gmail.com The deadline: May 31, 2025
【特別企画】 講演：‟From JA to Shohei: The Manzanar Baseball Project” 「日系アメリカ人から翔平へ——マンザナール・ベースボール・プロジェクト」 講師：Dan Kwong氏（マルチメディア／ソロパフォーマンス・アーティスト） ディスカッサント：松本ユキ（近畿大学） 司会：山本秀行（神戸大学）
＜English＞ Time and Date: 13:00-15:00 on May 18, 2025(Sun.)(JST)／21:00-23:00 on May 17, 2025(Sat.)(PDT) Zoom meeting
【Special Lecture】 “From JA to Shohei: The Manzanar Baseball Project” Lecturer: Mr. Dan Kwong（Multimedia Solo Performance Artist） Discussant: Yuki Matsumoto (Kindai University) Chair: Hideyuki Yamamoto (Kobe University)
This meeting features a special lecture by the renowned LA-based solo performance artist, Mr. Dan Kwong, on his “Manzanar Baseball Project,” to explore the transcultural/transborder connection of baseball between Japanese Americans and Japanese.
How to Join: Please register here in advance by May 11.
【個人発表】（13:00～14:20） 司会：古川拓磨（大谷大学） ・Kahina Aimeur (Graduate Student, Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou) “Gaps and Silence in the Works of Wakako Yamauchi and Kazuo Ishiguro” ・Monami Maruyama (Graduate Student, Nihon University) “A Painter’s Narrative: Analogies between Masuji Ono’s Paintings and His Narration in An Artist of the Floating World“
＜English＞ Time and Date: 13:00-17:00 on March 9, 2025(Sun.)(JST)
【Individual Presentations on Kazuo Ishiguro】（13:00～14:20） Chair: Takuma Furukawa (Otani University) ・Kahina Aimeur (Graduate Student, Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou) “Gaps and Silence in the Works of Wakako Yamauchi and Kazuo Ishiguro” ・Monami Maruyama (Graduate Student, Nihon University) “A Painter’s Narrative: Analogies between Masuji Ono’s Paintings and His Narration in An Artist of the Floating World”
【Mini-Symposium】”Kazuo Ishiguro as Transborder Literature”（14:30～17:00） Chair: Rie Makino (Nihon University) ・Megumi Kato (Tsuru University) “The “Unfulfilled Dreams” for America: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Vision of the Future of Cutting-edge Technology” ・Takayuki Shonaka (Kyoto Women’s University) “Kazuo Ishiguro’s Way of Crossing Borders” ・Thomas Brook (Otemon Gakuin University) “On the Ironic Self-Reflection of Border-Crossing Writers: A Comparative Study of Kazuo Ishiguro and Levy Hideo”
【How to Join】 Please register here in advance by February 28.
※This event is supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers:23K25310
