NATIONAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
San Diego State University
June 2-27, 2003
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Note: The Fellows were divided into 4 groups, with a view to producing an interdiciplinary syllabus on the theme of “Teaching the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” The syllabi, which appear at the bottom of this page, were presented during the final day of the Institute.*
Monday June 2
8:30 – 9:30 Continental Breakfast and Welcome at Villa Alvarado Michael Weiner, Program Director, Department of Asia Pacific Studies, San Diego State University
9:30-10:30 Self Introductions
10:30-11:00 Keynote Address, Dr Randall Phillips (Honorary Consul General of Japan)
11:00-12:00 Introduction of Institute Staff and Objectives; Distribution of Course Packs, Michael Weiner
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Campus and Library Tour
Miguel Llora
Tuesday June 3
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda (Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University)
10:00-12:00 Division, Unification and Consolidation: Establishment of the Tokugawa System
Professor Jonathan Lipman, (Department of History, Mt Holyoke College)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-4:00 Film (Chushin Gura) and Discussion Jonathan Lipman
Wednesday June 4
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 The Perils of Success and the mid-Nineteenth Century Crisis
Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:15 Introducing Classical Japanese Music
Professor Lewis Peterman (Department of Music, San Diego State University)
3:30-4:30 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka (Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University)
photos courtesy of Greg Veeck
Thursday June 5
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Harlequin Eats Beef: Meiji Japan and the West
Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-4:30 Varieties of Modernity: Militarism, Imperialism, Flappers and Democracy
Jonathan Lipman
Friday June 6
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Into and Beyond the Dark Valley: War, Occupation and Transformation
Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:15 Divergent Views of the Past: The Japan-America Alliance
Jonathan Lipman
3:30-4:30 Japanese Music and Musicians
Lewis Peterman and Alex Khalil
Monday June 9
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Growing up Japanese: Teens and Material Culture
Professor Merry White (Department of Anthropology, Boston University)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Women in Changing Japan
Merry White
3:15-5:00 Tea Ceremony
Sosen Kaneko Bishop (Founder and President Omotesenke School of Tea, San Diego)
photos courtesy of Greg Veeck
Tuesday June 10
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 A Learning Culture: Japanese Postwar Education
Merry White
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Globalization and Consumption in 21st Century Japan
Merry White
3:15-4:45 Ikebana Demonstration
Professor Sadako Oehler (President, San Diego Chapter of the Ikenobo School of Ikebana)
photos courtesy of Greg Veeck
Wednesday June 11
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Aging and Social Responsibility in Japan
Merry White
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Food and Localisms in Japan
Merry White
3:45-4:45 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
Thursday June 12
8:00- Departure for visit to the Japanese Pavilion, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Tours of Japan exhibit 10:30-12:00 (Peter Berton, Professor Emeritus, USC).
Special guest, Mrs. Sharon Davis
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Japanese Collection
photos courtesy of Greg Veeck
12:30-1:30 Japanese Lunch
Lunch at Yatsuhashi in Little Tokyo
photos courtesy of Greg Veeck
2:00-4:00 Visit to Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles
4:00-5:00 Free Time to explore JANM and Little Tokyo
5:00 Return to San Diego
Friday June 13
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Teaching Multicultural Japan
Michael Weiner
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
2:30-4:30 Curriculum Development
6:00-8:30 Mid-Session Banquet at Harney Sushi Restaurant, OldTown
Monday June 16
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Japan Invents a New Form of Capitalism and then loses it
Professor Chalmers Johnson (Japan Policy Research Institute)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Film: Shall We Dance (Discussion)
3:45-4:45 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
Tuesday June 17
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
10:00-12:00 Okinawa: An American Military Colony
Chalmers Johnson
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
2:45-4:45 Japanese Classical Music Performance. Yoko Hiraoka (Master of Japanese String Instruments)
Wednesday June 18
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Economic and Commercial relations between California and Japan.
Lon S. Hatamiya (Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, State of California)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
2:45-4:45 Japanese Classical Music Performance and Workshop. Yoko Hiraoka
Thursday June 19
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Japanese Film in the Classroom
Professor Jonathan Hall (University of Chicago)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Curriculum Development
3:45-4:45 Calligraphy
Friday June 20
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Manga and Japanimation
Jonathan Hall
12:30 – 4:00 Visit to Japanese Gardens & Tour of the Mingei Museum at Balboa Park (Lunch provided)
Monday June 23
10:00 Departure for visit to Hitachi-operated operated Maquilladora in Otay Mesa, Mexico, followed by lunch at CETYS University,Tijuana (Hosted by Professor Carlos Rodrigues)
Tuesday June 24
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 Religious Traditions of Japan
Professor Sandra Wawrytko (San Diego State University)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Kaizen: Reforming the Japanese Corporation
Patrick Graupp (Executive Director, Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana)
3:45-4:45 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
Wednesday June 25
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Junko Ikeda
10:00-12:00 New Religions in Contemporary Japan
Sandra Wawrytko
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 The Arts of Japan in the Classroom
Professor Hiroko Johnson (Department of Art and Art History, San Diego State University)
3:45-4:45 Calligraphy
Yoshihiro Hikosaka
Thursday June 26
9:00-9:50 Japanese Language
10:00-12:00 Arts and the Artist in Contemporary Japan
Hiroko Johnson
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Group Curriculum Presentations
* “Teaching the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
Project Groups:
Group 1
Sunita – English and World Literature
Laura – English and World Literature
Keming – English and World Literature
Heather – Philosophy
David – Theatre
Group 2
Enola Gay Powerpoint Presentation
Michael – Anthropology
Lesley – Communication Studies
Nhung – Business Management
Philip – Political Science
Lynda – Geography
Group 3
Nelljean – English
Wurlig – Ethnic Studies
Greg – Geography
Josephine – Political Science
Group 4
Roxanne – Art history
Joan – Performing Arts, Music
Marilyn – Public Policy
Jody – Teacher Education
Roger – Geography
6:00-9:00 Final Banquet at Japanese Restaurant Hayama, Mission Valley
Friday June 27
9:00-10:00 Farewell Address: Japan in the Classroom
Michael Weiner
10:00 – Departure from Villa Alvarado
Japan Studies Institute 2003
Roster of Fellows
Participant Institution Rank – Specialization
Bao, Wurlig Humboldt State Assistant – Ethnic Studies
Joanne, Burgert U. Pittsburgh Prof. Director. – Teacher Education
Di Mare, Lesley Arizona State Assoc. – Chair Communications, Theatre
Dixon, Joan Frostburg Assoc – Performing Arts, Music
Farrar, Roxanne Georgia College Asst. – Art History
Head, Laura U. South Florida Instructor – English and World Lit.
Jenks, Philip Portland State Asst. – Polymath
Keith, Heather Lyndon State Asst. – Philosophy
Lashley, Marilyn Howard Assoc. – Public Policy, Development
Liu, Keming Medgar Evers Asst. – English and World Lit.
Miller, Roger Black Hills Assoc. – Geography
Nguyen, Nhung Lamar Asst. – Management, Marketing
Peacock, Sunita Slippery Rock Asst. – English and World Literature
Pellegrini, David Eastern Connecticut Asst. – Theatre, Performing Arts
Reinschmidt, Michael Cal. State Chico Lecturer – Anthropology
Rice, Nelljean Coastal Carolina Asst. – English
Squires, Josephine Fort Hays State Asst. – Political Science
Veeck, Gregory Western Michigan Assoc. – China Geographer
Wang, Linda U. South Carolina Asst. – Sociology
Winton, Karl Marshall Asst. – Communications