[lit-ideas] Let's Celebrate! The Big G is 50!
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:07:06 +0900
=93In Godzilla=92s Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global=20=
Stage,=94 Lawrence, Kansas, October 28-30, 2004.
To commemorate the King of the Monsters' fiftieth birthday, the=20
University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies is hosting a=20
conference in which scholars from around the world will consider the=20
Godzilla films and their surprising impact on global culture. Find out=20=
what a man in a latex lizard suit can tell us about the making of media=20=
icons, the international appeal of Japanese pop culture (from AstroBoy=20=
and Hello Kitty! to anime and Yu-Gi-Oh!), and the enduring charm of=20
creature features.
Invited presentations will be made by Susan Napier (University of=20
Texas, Austin) and Ted Bestor (Harvard University).=A0 Conference=20
speakers will include Anne Allison, Mark Anderson, Joanne Bernardi,=20
Joyce Boss, Martin Boyden, Yoshikuni Igarashi, Hirofumi Katsuno, Barak=20=
Kushner, Yulia Mikhailova, Gregory Pflugfelder, Eric Rath, Sayuri=20
Shimizu, Kevin Wetmore, and Christine Yano.
In addition to the academic conference, events will include a Godzilla=20=
film festival, a pre-conference presentation by manga expert Frederik=20
Schodt on October 5, and an original theatrical performance.=A0 Special=20=
exhibitions will be held at KU=92s Spencer Museum of Art (=93Pop Goes=20
Godzilla: Japanese Pop Culture and Globalization=94), Museum of Natural=20=
History (=93The Godzilla Body Parts Tour=94), and Watson Library.
Students, scholars, families, and fans young and old are invited to=20
attend this monster extravaganza to be held in Lawrence, Kansas from=20
October 28-30, 2004.=A0 A full schedule of events and online conference=20=
registration is available at www.g2004.ku.edu=A0 For more information=20
email Bill Tsutsui at g2004@xxxxxx
All events are free, because that's how Godzilla would want it.
=93In Godzilla's Footsteps=94 is sponsored by the Center for East =
Asian=20
Studies at the University of Kansas, with generous financial support=20
from the Japan Foundation and the Toshiba International Foundation, as=20=
well as the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,=20=
Hall Center for the Humanities, Center for Research, the Kansas Asia=20
Scholars, and the Kansas Consortium for Teaching About Asia.
=3D=3D=3D=3D
Cross-posted from Easianth, the East Asian Anthropology list
John L. McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd.
55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
"Making Symbols is Our Business"
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
