tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166980312024-03-09T14:49:17.089-06:00Thirty Years of SisterhoodOn the US tour of a Japanese documentary film by Yamagami Chieko and Seyama Noriko, "Thirty Years of Sisterhood: Women of the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan" in Feb. 2006.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1142310033419830692006-03-13T22:17:00.000-06:002006-03-13T22:21:35.340-06:00New Website on Feminism in Japan!Undergraduate students in "Feminist Struggles in Japan" class at the University of Chicago created a new website, femjapan, on Feminism in Japan. <br /><br />The students in the class met the feminist visitors of the 30 Years of Sisterhood" tour a few times during the tour (including the party that you can see the photo in this blog!) <br /><br />It's an impressive, informative website. Please visit!<br /><br /><a href="http://femjapan.pbwiki.com/">http://femjapan.pbwiki.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1141880425565156042006-03-08T22:58:00.000-06:002006-03-08T23:05:11.790-06:00Washington University in St. Louis photos<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_6579.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_6579.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_6505.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_6505.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1141870581654530822006-03-08T20:12:00.000-06:002006-03-08T20:16:21.823-06:00University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign photos<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0836.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0836.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0821.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0821.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0845.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0845.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1141870296522309882006-03-08T20:08:00.000-06:002006-03-08T20:11:36.900-06:00University of Minnesota Photos<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0790.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0790.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0786.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0786.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0794.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0794.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140658809321025622006-02-22T19:38:00.000-06:002006-02-22T19:40:14.193-06:00University of Michigan event - Feb 21(Tue)<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0752.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0752.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0749.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0749.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0737.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0737.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140658484803861222006-02-22T19:32:00.000-06:002006-02-22T19:35:30.033-06:00Yale University event - Feb 15 (Wed)<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0726.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0726.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> panel participants, with Bill Kelly, Chris Gerteis, and Karen Nakamura<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0729.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0729.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140657932429693532006-02-22T19:22:00.000-06:002006-02-22T19:32:14.230-06:00Yale University photos<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0716.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0716.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0713.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0713.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0715.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0715.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0719.1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0719.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0717.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0717.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140230791239615672006-02-17T20:45:00.000-06:002006-02-22T01:11:09.563-06:00Cedar Rapids airport<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0674.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0674.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />At Cedar Rapids airport, with Robin of U Iowa. Robin chaired the panel discussion at the U Iowa event.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140230702956338212006-02-17T20:44:00.000-06:002006-02-17T20:48:43.533-06:00Grinnell College event<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0681.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0681.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />With Miho, Johanna, Kirby, Marnie, and Ian of Grinnell College.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1140229861986529872006-02-17T20:27:00.000-06:002006-02-17T20:31:05.100-06:00U Chicago event photos!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0626.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0626.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/IMG_0663.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/IMG_0663.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1139550133218964712006-02-09T23:38:00.000-06:002006-02-09T23:45:06.470-06:00Lib Tour started at U Chicago!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/class.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/class.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Today, the Libbers from Japan visited "Feminist Struggles in Japan" class at U Chicago. The photo from the class!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1139280402458927582006-02-06T20:44:00.000-06:002006-02-06T20:52:14.913-06:00Newest tour detailsExpanded Tour: US Premiere of 30 Years of Sisterhood--Women in the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan-- with Panel Discussions at 11 Midwest and East Coast Locations<br /><br />We are pleased to welcome Boston College to the tour.<br /><br />Please join us for the screening followed by a panel discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood: Women in the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan (co-directed by Chieko Yamagami & Noriko Seyama, documentary: 57 min. 2004) at any of 11 locations in February. Starting with the University of Chicago, the tour's main host, the directors and several of the Women's Lib activists featured in the film will visit the University of Iowa, Grinnell College, Yale University, the LGBT Community Center and Bluestockings Books in New York City, Boston College, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Washington University in St. Louis.<br /><br /><br />Feb 10 (Fri) University of Chicago<br /><br />12:15-1:30 pm: Center for Gender Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series (5733 S. University)<br /><br />Screening and discussion of Dear Tari: Tari Ito - A Performance Artist's Quest of Sexuality (documentary/42min/2001) with the director, Chieko Yamagami<br /><br /><br />2-3:30 pm: Center for Gender Studies (5733 S. University)<br /><br />"The Conceptual Formation of Chinese Women's Studies: 'Female Consciousness'(josei ishiki) and 'Localization' (hondoka) as Keywords"<br />Yoko Akiyama (Professor of Chinese/Women's Studies at Surugadai University) in Art and Politics of East Asia Workshop http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/apea/<br /><br /><br />4-7 pm: Film Studies Center Auditorium (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S. Ellis Ave.)<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami (Co-director of 30 Years of Sisterhood)<br />Noriko Seyama (Co-director of 30 Years of Sisterhood)<br />Yoko Akiyama (Professor of Chinese/Women's Studies at Surugadai University)<br />Yumi Doi (Writer)<br />Soko Miki (Professor of English/Women's Studies at Kyoto Seika University)<br />Norma Field (Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Chicago)<br /><br />Opening remarks by Susan Burns (Associate Professor of Japanese History, University of Chicago)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi (Post-doctoral scholar, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago)<br />Translation by Mika Endo (Graduate Student, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)<br /><br /><br />Feb 11 (Sat) University of Iowa<br /><br />4 pm: 140 Schaeffer Hall<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Moderated by Robin Tierney (Graduate Student, Department of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br /><br />Feb 12 (Sun) Grinnell College<br /><br />2-5 pm: Auditorium (ARH 302)<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Johanna Meehan (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College)<br />Kirby L. Ramstad ‘08 (Student, Philosophy and Gender and Women's Studies, Grinnell College)<br />Moderated by Miho Matsugu (Assistant Professor of Japanese, Grinnell College)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br />Translation by Marnie Jorenby (Assistant Professor of Japanese, Grinnell College)<br /><br /><br />Feb 13 (Mon) Grinnell College<br /><br />4:15-6 pm: Main Lounge<br /><br />Workshop with Woolala Satoko (Filmmaker) and screening of Queer Boys and Girls on SHINKANSEN (2004-2005, 59 min. Japanese with English subtitles) including Woolala’s “wrap! rap!-10 CS3-” (4 min.)<br /><br />"Japanese Queer Filmmaking and Its Political Goals"<br /><br />Joined by D. Rita Alfonso (Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Gender Studies, Grinnell College), Adrienne Klein '08 (Student, Political Science and Russian, Grinnell College, co-leader of Stonewall Coalition), Kay Nguyen-Le '07 (Student, Art, Grinnell College) and Miho Matsugu<br /><br />Translation by Richard Cleaver (Grant Writer, Grinnell College)<br /><br /><br />Feb 15 (Wed) Yale University<br /><br />4:30 pm: Room 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Karen Nakamura (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br />Christopher Gerteis (Postdoctoral Associate, Japanese History, Yale University)<br />Chaired by William Kelly (Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br />Introduction and translation by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br /><br />Feb. 16 (Thu) The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York City<br /><br />7pm: LGBT Community Center (208 West 13th Street, 212-620-7310, http://www.gaycenter.org)<br /><br />Admission: $10 (free for those who show NYU student ID)<br /><br />Screening and panel discussion of 30 years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Woolala Satoko<br />Keith Vincent (Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, New York University)<br /><br />Translation by Yuko Ohnaka (Interpreter)<br />Music by MASA (Jazz Saxophonist)<br /><br />Contact: Tel & Fax 212-722-3753 E-mail Sisterhood21605@aol.com<br /><br />Feb 17 (Fri) Boston College<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />1 pm: McGuinn Auditorium (Room 121)<br /><br />Screening and panel discussion of 30 years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Franziska Seraphim (Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Boston College)<br />Others TBA<br /><br />Feb 19 (Sun) Bluestockings Books<br /><br />7pm: Bluestockings Books (172 Allen Street, 1 block south of Houston and 1st Avenue between Stanton and Rivington, http://www.bluestockings.com/)<br /><br />Admissions: $10<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Woolala Satoko<br />Yuriko Yamaki (Journalist)<br /><br />Translation by Noriko Matsumoto (Graduate Student, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center)<br /><br />Contact: Tel & Fax 212-722-3753 E-mail WomynJazz@aol.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Feb 21 (Tue) University of Michigan<br /><br />6 pm: Room 1636 School of Social Work Building<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Livia Monnet (Professor of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, University of Montreal)<br />Chaired by Jennifer Robertson (Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi and Bethany Grenald (Graduate Student, Anthropology, University of Michigan)<br /><br /><br /><br />Feb 23 (Thu) University of Minnesota<br /><br />4 pm: Room 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education, Minneapolis Campus<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br /><br />Chaired by Mark Anderson (Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Minnesota)<br /><br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br /><br /><br />Feb 27 (Mon) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)<br /><br />"Viewing Feminist History in Japan"<br /><br />9:30 am: Asian American Studies Program, Conference Room, 1208 W. Nevada<br /><br />Screening and discussion of Ripples of Change (directed by Nanako Kurihara, 1993) and 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Siobhan Sommerville (Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, UIUC)<br />Becky Nickerson (Graduate Student, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UIUC)<br />Akiko Takeyama (Graduate Student, Anthropology, UIUC)<br />James Welker (Graduate Student, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UIUC)<br /><br />Chaired by Karen Kelsky (Head of Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor of EALC and Anthropology, UIUC)<br /><br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br /><br /><br />Feb 28 (Tue) Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL)<br /><br />3pm: CROW 201, Reception to follow<br /><br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Rebecca Copeland (Director of East Asian Studies Program; Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, WUSL)<br />Linda Nicholson (Director of Women and Gender Studies Program; Stiritz Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies and History, WUSL)<br />Lori Watt (Assistant Professor of History, WUSL)<br /><br />Moderated by Barbara Baumgartner (Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies Program, WUSL)<br /><br />Introduction and translation by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br /><br />All events in this tour will be filmed by Woolala Satoko.<br /><br />This tour is sponsored by the following departments and centers at participating institutions:<br /><br />University of Chicago: Japan Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies, Statler Fund - Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Center for Gender Studies, Arts and Politics of East Asia Workshop, Human Rights Program<br /><br />University of Iowa: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies<br /><br />Grinnell College: Gender and Women's Studies Concentration (GWS), Center for International Studies (CIS), The Rosenfield Program, East Asian Studies Concentration (EASC), The Freeman Foundation, Cultural Film Series Committee<br /><br />Yale University: Council on East Asian Studies<br /><br />Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (NYC)<br /><br />Boston College: Women's Studies Program, Asian Studies Program, Newton College Alumnae Chair, Film Studies Program, Department of History<br /><br />Bluestockings Books (NYC)<br /><br />University of Michigan: Center for Japanese Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Women's Studies Program<br /><br />University of Minnesota: Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Women's Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, Department of History, Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence<br /><br />University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Institute of Communications Research, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Asian Educational Media Services<br /><br />Washington University in St. Louis: Visiting East Asian Professionals (VEAP) Program, Women and Gender Studies Program<br /><br /><br />Contacts: Tomomi Yamaguchi (tomomiy@uchicago.edu ) or Miho Matsugu (matsugum@grinnell.edu )<br />For New York events, please contact MASA (SwingMASA@aol.com)<br /><br />For more information, please see our websites:<br /><br />http://sisterhoodjapan.blogspot.com/ (in English)<br />http://sisterhood.exblog.jp/ (in Japanese)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1139158941323831632006-02-05T11:02:00.000-06:002006-02-05T11:03:06.896-06:00Tour Poster!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/30%20Years%20of%20Sisterhood_Out.1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/320/30%20Years%20of%20Sisterhood_Out.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1139013978901771512006-02-03T18:46:00.000-06:002006-02-03T18:56:04.966-06:00Boston College event - Feb 17 (Fri)New event announcement!!<br /><br />Boston College <br /><br />Date: Feb 17 (Fri)<br />Time: 1pm~<br />Place: McGuinn Auditorium (Room 121)<br /><br />Panelist info is to be announced soon. Stay tuned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1138464907069542572006-01-28T10:14:00.000-06:002006-01-30T18:11:22.226-06:00tour schedule, location and panelistsUS Premiere with Panel Discussion of<br />30 Years of Sisterhood:<br />Women in the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan<br /><br />Please join us for the screening followed by a panel discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood: Women in the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan (co-directed by Chieko Yamagami & Noriko Seyama, documentary: 57 min. 2004) at ten US locations in February. Starting with the University of Chicago, the tour's main host, the directors and several of the Women's Lib activists featured in the film will visit the University of Iowa, Grinnell College, Yale University, the LGBT Community Center and the Bluestockings Books in New York City, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Washington University in St. Louis.<br /><br />Feb 10 (Fri) University of Chicago<br />12:15-1:30 pm: Center for Gender Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series (5733 S. University)<br />Screening and discussion of Dear Tari: Tari Ito - A Performance Artist's Quest of Sexuality (documentary/42min/2001) with the director, Chieko Yamagami<br /><br />2-3:30 pm: Center for Gender Studies (5733 S. University)<br />Yoko Akiyama (Professor of Chinese/Women's Studies at Surugadai University) in Arts and Politics of East Asia Workshop<br /><br />4-7 pm: Film Studies Center Auditorium (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S. Ellis Ave.)<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami (Co-director of 30 Years of Sisterhood)<br />Noriko Seyama (Co-director of 30 Years of Sisterhood)<br />Yoko Akiyama (Professor of Chinese/Women's Studies at Surugadai University)<br />Yumi Doi (Writer)<br />Soko Miki (Professor of English/Women's Studies at Kyoto Seika University)<br />Norma Field (Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Chicago)<br />Opening remarks by Susan Burns (Associate Professor of Japanese History, University of Chicago)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi (Post-doctoral scholar, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago)<br />Translation by Mika Endo (Graduate Student, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)<br /><br />Feb 11 (Sat) University of Iowa<br />4 pm: 140 Schaeffer Hall<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Moderated by Robin Tierney (Graduate Student, Department of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa)<br /><br />Feb 12 (Sun) Grinnell College<br />2-5 pm: Auditorium (ARH 302)<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Johanna Meehan (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College)<br />Moderated by Miho Matsugu (Assistant Professor of Japanese, Grinnell College)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br />Translation by Marnie Jorenby (Assistant Professor of Japanese, Grinnell College)<br /><br />Feb 13 (Mon) Grinnell College<br />Time and location TBA<br />Workshop with Satoko Urara (Filmmaker)<br />"Japanese Queer Filmmaking and Its Political Goals"<br />Joined by D. Rita Alfonso (Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Gender Studies, Grinnell College) and Miho Matsugu<br />Translation by Richard Cleaver (Grant Writer, Grinnell College)<br /><br />Feb 15 (Wed) Yale University<br />4:30 pm: Room 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Karen Nakamura (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br />Christopher Gerteis (Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University)<br />Chaired by William Kelly (Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br />Introduction and translation by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br />Feb. 16 (Thu) The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York City<br />7pm: LGBT Community Center (208 West 13th Street, 212-620-7310, http://www.gaycenter.org)<br />Admission: $10 (free for those who show NYU student ID)<br />Screening and panel discussion of 30 years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Satoko Urara<br />Keith Vincent (Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, New York University)<br />Translation by Yuko Ohnaka<br />Music by MASA (Jazz Saxophonist)<br />Contact: Tel & Fax 212-722-3753 E-mail Sisterhood21605@aol.com<br /><br />Feb 19 (Sun) Bluestockings Books<br />7pm: Bluestockings Books (172 Allen Street, 1 block south of Houston and 1st Avenue between Stanton and Rivington, http://www.bluestockings.com/)<br />Admissions: $10<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Yumi Doi<br />Soko Miki<br />Satoko Urara<br />Yuriko Yamaki (Journalist)<br />Translation by Noriko Matsumoto (Graduate Student, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center)<br />Contact: Tel & Fax 212-722-3753 E-mail WomynJazz@aol.com<br /><br />Feb 21 (Tue) University of Michigan<br />6 pm: Room 1636 School of Social Work Building<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Yoko Akiyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Livia Monnet (Professor of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, University of Montreal)<br />Chaired by Jennifer Robertson (Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br />Feb 23 (Thu) University of Minnesota<br />4 pm: Room 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education, Minneapolis Campus<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Chaired by Mark Anderson (Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Minnesota)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br />Feb 27 (Mon) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)<br />"Viewing Feminist History in Japan"<br />9:30 am: location TBA<br />Screening and discussion of Ripples of Change (directed by Nanako Kurihara, 1993) and 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Siobhan Sommerville (Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, UIUC)<br />Becky Nickerson (Graduate Student, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UIUC)<br />Akiko Takeyama (Graduate Student, Anthropology, UIUC)<br />James Welker (Graduate Student, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UIUC)<br />Chaired by Karen Kelsky (Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology, UIUC)<br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br />Feb 28 (Tue) Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL)<br />3pm: location TBA<br />Screening and discussion of 30 Years of Sisterhood<br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami<br />Noriko Seyama<br />Soko Miki<br />Rebecca Copeland (Director of East Asian Studies Program; Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, WUSL)<br />Linda Nicholson (Director of Women and Gender Studies Program; Stiritz Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies and History, WUSL)<br />Lori Watt (Assistant Professor of History, WUSL)<br />Moderated by Barbara Baumgartner (Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies Program, WUSL)<br />Introduction and translation by Tomomi Yamaguchi<br /><br />All events in this tour will be filmed by Satoko Urara.<br /><br />This tour is sponsored by the following departments and centers at participating institutions:<br /> University of Chicago: Japan Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies, Statler Fund - Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Center for Gender Studies, Arts and Politics of East Asia Workshop, Human Rights Program<br /> University of Iowa: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies<br /> Grinnell College: Gender and Women's Studies Concentration (GWS), Center for International Studies (CIS), The Rosenfield Program, East Asian Studies Concentration (EASC), The Freeman Foundation<br /> Yale University: Council on East Asian Studies<br /> Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (NYC)<br /> Bluestockings Books (NYC)<br /> University of Michigan: Center for Japanese Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Women's Studies Program<br /> University of Minnesota: Institute for Advanced Study, the Department of Women’s Studies, the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, the Department of History, the Office for University Women, and the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence<br /> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Institute of Communications Research, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Asian Educational Media Services<br /> Washington University in St. Louis: Visiting East Asian Professionals (VEAP) Program, Women and Gender Studies Program<br /><br />Contacts: Tomomi Yamaguchi ( tomomiy@uchicago.edu ) or Miho Matsugu (matsugum@grinnell.edu )<br />For New York events, please contact MASA (SwingMASA@aol.com)<br />For more information, please see our websites:<br />http://sisterhoodjapan.blogspot.com/ (in English)<br />http://sisterhood.exblog.jp/ (in Japanese)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1132122115586662002006-01-23T12:19:00.000-06:002006-01-24T21:10:01.016-06:00The TourThe screening of the film, as well as the panel discussion with the directors and feminists featured in the film, will be held in the following university campuses and community locations in Feb, 2006. <br /><br />Feb 10 (Fri) -- University of Chicago<br />Feb 11 (Sat) -- University of Iowa<br />Feb 12 (Sun) -- Grinnell College<br />Feb 15 (Wed) -- Yale University<br />Feb 16 (Thu) -- LGBT Community Center, NYC<br />Feb 19 (Sun) -- Bluestockings Books, NYC<br />Feb 21 (Tue) -- University of Michigan<br />Feb 23 (Thu) -- University of Minnesota<br />Feb 27 (Mon) -- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br />Feb 28 (Tue) -- Washington University in St. LouisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1137205185808660892006-01-13T20:14:00.000-06:002006-01-14T17:58:19.123-06:00LGBT Community Center in NYC - Feb 16 (Thu)Screening and panel discussion of "30 years of Sisterhood" - special event in support of the LGBT community and striking NYU graduate employees!<br /><br />Date: Feb 16 (Thu), time 7pm~<br />Location: LGBT Community Center<br />Admissions: $10 (free for those who show NYU student ID)<br /><br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami (filmmaker)<br />Noriko Seyama (filmmaker)<br />Yoko Akiyama (professor of Chinese/Women's Studies, Surugadai University)<br />Yumi Doi (writer)<br />Soko Miki (professor of English/Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Satoko Urara (filmmaker)<br />Keith Vincent (Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, New York University)<br /><br />Music by: MASA (jazz saxophonist)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1137204870532249852006-01-13T20:12:00.000-06:002006-01-13T20:21:12.003-06:00Washington University in St. Louis event - Feb 28 (Tue)Date and Time: Feb 28 (Tue) 3pm~<br />Location: TBA<br /><br />Panelists:<br /><br />Chieko Yamagami (filmmaker)<br />Noriko Seyama (filmmaker)<br />Soko Miki (professor of English/Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Rebecca Copeland (Director of East Asian Studies Program; Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature)<br />Linda Nicholson (Director of Women and Gender Studies Program; Stiritz Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies and History)<br />Lori Watt (Assistant Professor of History)<br />Moderated by: Barbara Baumgartner (Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies Program)<br /><br />Introduction and Translation by: Tomomi Yamaguchi (Post-doctoral Scholar, University of Chicago)<br />Filming by: Satoko Urara (filmmaker)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1137204680769692812006-01-13T20:09:00.000-06:002006-01-13T20:21:52.460-06:00University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign event - Feb 27 (Mon)Feb 27 (Mon) 9:30am~ <br />Location: TBA<br /><br />Screenings and discussion of Ripples of Change (dir by Nanako Kurihara, 1993) and 30 Years of Sisterhood (dir. by Chieko Yamagami and Noriko Seyama, 2004)<br /><br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami (filmmaker)<br />Noriko Seyama (filmmaker)<br />Soko Miki (professor of English/Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Satoko Urara (filmmaker)<br />Tomomi Yamaguchi (post-doctoral scholar, University of Chicago)<br />graduate students at UIUC<br />Chaired by: Karen Kelsky (Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1136581842162274962006-01-06T15:09:00.000-06:002006-01-11T21:20:52.643-06:00Flier for the University of Chicago event!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/1600/chirashichicago.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3695/1592/400/chirashichicago.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1136520216147770852006-01-05T22:01:00.000-06:002006-01-05T22:05:09.826-06:00New Location!: LGBT Community Center in NYCI would like to announce a new location for the screening of 30 Years of Sisterhood!<br /><br />It is The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York City. <br /><br />Please visit Center's website:<br /><a href="http://www.gaycenter.org/">http://www.gaycenter.org/</a><br /><br />More details on the event will be announced later!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1134185076886258392006-01-05T21:20:00.000-06:002006-01-08T20:52:26.030-06:00University of Michigan event - Feb 21(Tue)Date: Feb 21(Tue) <br />Time: 6pm<br />Room 1636 (School of Social Work Building)<br /><br />Panelists:<br />Yamagami Chieko (director)<br />Seyama Noriko (director)<br />Akiyama Yoko (Professor of Chinese Studies and Women's Studies, Surugadai University)<br />Miki Soko (Professor of English and Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Livia Monnet (Professor of Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, University of Montreal)<br />Chaired by Jennifer Robertson (Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan)<br /><br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi (Post-doctoral Scholar, University of Chicago)<br />Filming by Satoko Urara (filmmaker)<br /><br />Sponsored by:<br />Center for Japanese Studies<br />Institute for Research on Women and Gender<br />Women's Studies ProgramUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1135641228268704252005-12-26T17:53:00.000-06:002007-02-15T09:58:49.543-06:00Message from Yamagami Chieko, filmmaker of 30 Years of SisterhoodAlthough I have made only a small number of films, I think I have always been making documentaries for myself. <br /><br />For me, making documentary films can be a means of asking what I am looking for. <br /><br />I have always gained strength from the women in the women’s liberation movement. However, the libbers are considered in our society to be scary women. Of course, that is only the image of them created by the mass media. <br /><br />I did not want women’s herstory to be recorded with such a mistaken image. I wanted to record the women’s liberation movement as I know it, as they really are. That was the starting point of the film 30 years of Sisterhood, a film about twelve libbers. <br /><br />As the terminology changed from "women's liberation" to "feminism" and feminism spread widely, current society may have come to look free and equal on the surface. However, in the present day, oppression and discrimination against women, as well as against the weak, is becoming more convoluted. Under such circumstances, I sometime can't figure out exactly what I really want and what I am looking for.<br /><br />By looking back on the herstories of twelve women’s libbers, I wanted to reconsider the roots of living in a way that was true to myself . In this confusing era, I wanted to gain the strength to survive as myself in my own unique way. <br /><br />By seeing this film, I would like you to gain strength from these 12 women who have tried for the past 30 years to live in a way true to themselves and their own senses. I am pleased if this movie becomes a catalyst for discussing together what we, as women, really want. <br /> <br />2005/12/24<br />Chieko YAMAGAMIUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1135574686558993742005-12-25T23:20:00.000-06:002006-01-08T13:08:48.193-06:00University of Minnesota Event - Feb 23 (Thu)Screening and Panel Discussion<br /><br />Date: Feb 23 (Thu)<br />Time: 4pm<br />Location: Room 125, Nolte Center for Continuing Education, Minneapolis Campus<br /><br />Panelists:<br />Chieko Yamagami (filmmaker)<br />Noriko Seyama (filmmaker)<br />Soko Miki (Professor of English/Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Satoko Urara (filmmaker)<br />Chaired by Mark Anderson (Assistant Professsor of Japanese Literature, University of Minnesota)<br /><br />Introduction by Tomomi Yamaguchi (post-doctoral scholar, University of Chicago)<br /><br />This event is sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16698031.post-1135574348357619922005-12-25T23:16:00.000-06:002006-01-13T20:24:58.223-06:00Yale University Event - Feb 15 (Wed)Feb 15 (Wed) Special Screening and Panel Discussion<br /><br />Time: 4:30pm<br />Location: Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.<br /><br />Participants:<br /><br />Yamagami Chieko (Film Director)<br />Seyama Noriko (Film Director)<br />Akiyama Yoko (Professor of Chinese Studies, Surugadai University)<br />Doi Yumi (Writer)<br />Miki Soko ( Professor of English and Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University)<br />Urara Satoko (Film Director)<br />Karen Nakamura (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br />Christopher Gerteis (Post-Doctoral Associate, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University)<br />Yamaguchi Tomomi (Post-Doctoral Scholar,Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago)<br />Chaired by: William Kelly (Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)<br /><br />This event is sponsored by Council on East Asian Studies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0