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Migration and Identities:
Conflict and the New Horizon

A Joint Conference by Osaka University and University of Sao Paulo

August 24-26, 2008

Nakanoshima　Center, Osaka University

Conference Program at University of Sao Paulo [in Poltuguese]

Conference Program

August 24

10:00 - 18:00
Seminar on Migration and Identities by Young Scholars at Osaka University Facilitator: Sachiko TANUMA, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
10:00 - 10:40
Shen Tiantian, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
“Moving Things: A paper about OMIYAGE”
10:40 -11:20
Hiroko IKEGAMI, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“U.S.-Japan Art Exchange in the Postwar Period”
11:20 - 12:00
Ayako OKU, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“Emigrant Writers from Former Yugoslavia”
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
Facilitator: Akihito KUDO, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
13:00 - 13:40
Mitsuharu AKAO, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“The "Jewish" Immigration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel and its implication for "the Law of Return"
13:40 - 14:20
Kenji INAGAKI, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University　
‘”Black” and Anti-racism Movement in 1970’s Britain with a Particular Focus on the Institute of Race Relations’
14:20 - 15:00
KIM Jija, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“Zainichi Korean Nationality and Identity”
15:00 - 15:40
Masaji MAEDA, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“The Bio-Politics of Exclusion and Subsumption: A Study of AGAMBEN’s Naked-Life”
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Facilitator: Yayoi YOSHIZAWA, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
16:00 - 16:40
Hiroyuki SHIRAIWA Graduate School of letters, Osaka University
“Study on the Life and Languages of Okinawan Immigrants in South America: Japanese, Okinawan dialect, and the local language”
16:40 - 17:20
Ushi Arakaki, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
“Umbanda: Temporality and Identity in the life of the Brazilian Nikkeijin transnational migrants”
17:20 - 18:00
Marcia Yumi Takeuchi, Graduate School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo
“The Japanese in Brazilian Political Imaginary”
(10:00 - 19:00) Film Show:
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Japanese Migrations to Brazil Monday,

August 25
10:00-10:30 Opening Addresses
Professor Kiyokazu WASHIDA, President, Osaka University
Professor Junji KOIZUMI, Global COE Program Leader, Trustee and Vice President, Osaka University
Professor Sedi HIRANO, Former Vice President, University of Sao Paulo
10:30-10:40
Joint statement on academic exchange between Osaka University and University of Sao Paulo
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00- 12:30 Invited Lecture
Professor Leo Chavez, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
“Migration, National Identity, and Citizenship in a Transnational World”
12:30- 14:00 Lunch Break
Session 1: Approach to the Global Research on the Migration and Identity Facilitator: Professor Hidefuji SOMEDA, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
14:00-14:30
Mariko IIJIMA, Sophia University
“Ethnicity and Conflict in the Age of Globalization: A Case Study of Japanese-American Coffee Farmers in Kona, the Island of Hawai‘i”
14:30-15:00
Toshio YANAGIDA, Keio University
“Lives of Japanese Peruvians in Japan and Their Identity Conflict: Examining the Life Strategy and Identity Formation of a Japanese Peruvian family”
15:00-15:30
Fernanda Magalhaes, Research Institute for World Language, Osaka University
“Immigration and Social Control during the Getulio Vargas Dictatorship”
15:30-16:00
Teofilo Altamirano, Catholic University, Peru
“Peruvian Highland Indigenous Sheepherders in USA: A Case Study”
16:00-16:45 Discussion Reception
17:30-19:30 at ‘Salon’, 9th Floor Nakanoshima Center
(10:00 ? 19:00) Film Show:
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Japanese Migrations to Brazil Tuesday,

August 26
10:00-12:00
Session 2: Language, Culture and Education among Nikkei Brazilians
Facilitator: Associate Professor Katsumi SHIBUYA, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University Presenters:
10:00-10:30
Mayumi KUDO, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
“Language Contact and Conflicts in Nikkei / Okinawan Immigrant Communities”
10:30-11:00
Etsuko HIRATA, Research Institute for World Language, Osaka University
“Family, Cinema and ‘Okinawa’: Olga Futemma”
11:00-11:30
Koichi MORI, University of Sao Paulo
“Different aspects of conflicts regarding the education of second and third generations in the Japanese-Brazilian community”
11:30-12:00
Kokichi SHIMIZU, Graduate School of Human Science, Osaka University 　
“Educational Strategies of the ‘Circular’ People in Japan”
12:00- 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-17:00
Session 3: Japan in Brazil, Brazil in Japan
Facilitator: Professor Koichi MORI, University of Sao Paulo Presenters
13:30-14:00
Sedi HIRANO, University of Sao Paulo
“Japanese Immigration: History, Trajectory, and Memory”
14:00-14:30
Geraldo Jose de Paiva, University of Sao Paulo 　
“The Religious Conflict in the Literary Works of Endo Shusaku”
14:30-15:00
Roseli Fischmann, University of Sao Paulo 　
“Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia: The Role of Education in Brazil, Particularly Considering International Human Rights Documents”
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Sylvia Dantas DeBiaggi, University of Sao Paulo 　
“Cultures in Contact and the Psychological Challenge of Being between Two Worlds: A Preventive Work Proposition”
16:00-16:30
Federico Croci, University of Sao Paulo 　
“Between Fear and Empathy: Inter-Ethnical Conflicts and Solidarity in Migration Processes”
16:30-17:00
Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, University of Sao Paulo 　　
“Nikkeis in Brazil, Dekasseguis in Japan: Identity and Memory in Films on Migrations”
(10:00- 19:00) Film Show:
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Japanese Migrations to Brazil