Japan Studies Institute 2005 | Dr. Michael Weiner

The Institute
Allows faculty to attend the 2005 National Faculty Development Institute on “Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum,” held on the San DiegoState University campus. Up to 24 awards are granted each year to full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate students, academic administrators, and librarians at member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

Participants
Participants must be faculty members at AASCU institutions who can impact undergraduate education (either through teaching or academic support services that affect undergraduate studies). Participants should not have prior training or professional experience in Japanese studies, and should demonstrate an interest in gaining a better understanding of Japan. Past participants have included faculty in the humanities, social sciences and professional fields, deans, department chairs, directors of international programs and librarians. Applicants must be nominated by their president or chancellor, either directly or at the request of the applicant.

Sasakawa Fellowship
The Institute provides a $ 5,500 Sasakawa Fellowship for each participant selected. That Fellowship includes the administrative and academic costs of the Institute, campus housing, up to $600 for transportation and an $800 stipend for meals and other expenses. Institutions whose faculty are accepted for the fellowships pay a partial tuition of $500.

The Program
The Program is multi-disciplinary in content and designed for faculty without prior experience in Japanese studies who wish to incorporate information about Japan into the courses they teach. In addition to the preparatory readings that are made available prior to the Institute, participants receive an Institute Pack containing bibliographical and Internet resources related to Japan, as well as copies of source materials to complement the seminars and lectures that constitute the core of the Institute.
The Institute involves four weeks of intensive seminars, lectures, readings, films and discussion groups and cultural activities related to Japanese history, culture, literature, government, business, language and education. While modern Japan serves as the focus for the program, participants are provided with a firm foundation in the pre-modern history and culture of Japan. Previous programs have included topics as diverse as wartime and occupation Japan, social relations and the changing role of women in Japan, Japanese foreign policy and regional relations, Koto music, calligraphy, survival Japanese, film, manga (Japanese comics) and Japanese labor-management relations. Classes are held Monday through Friday, from morning until late afternoon. The formal program is complemented by a number of off-campus and evening activities. Institute faculty include scholars, representatives from the local Japanese business community, artists, journalists, and government officials.
While attending the program, participants are housed in two-bedroom, shared apartments adjoining the university campus. Because of the intensive nature of the program, families cannot be accommodated.

Sponsors
The Sasakawa Fellowships and Institute on “Incorporating Japanese Studies Into the Undergraduate Curriculum” are made possible by a generous endowment from the Nippon Foundation. They are managed by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), an association of more than 400 public institutions of higher education across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. San Diego State University provides the academic program and the facilities.

NATIONAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum

San Diego State University

June 1-24, 2005

Week 1

Wednesday June 1

8:30 – 9:30 – Continental Breakfast and Welcome at Villa Alvarado
Dr. Michael Weiner, Program Director, Chair, Department of Asia Pacific Studies, San Diego State University
9:30-10:30 – Self Introductions
10:30-10:45 – Keynote Address
Mr. Dick Davis, President Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana.
10:50-11:00 – Welcome to SDSU
Professor Ed. Heck, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters
11:00-12:00 – Introduction of Institute Staff, Curriculum Project *, and Distribution of Course Packs
Professor Michael Weiner
12:00-1:30 – Lunch
1:30-3:00 – Campus and Library Tour

Thursday June 2

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide (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
1:15-3:15 – Japan under the Tokugawa Shoguns; the Perils of Success
Professor Jonathan Lipman
3:15-4:00 – FAQs about Modern Japan
Professor Jonathan Lipman **

Friday June 3

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – From “Expel the Barbarians” to “Civilization and Enlightenment
Professor Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-2:30 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi (Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University)
3:00-4:30 – Introducing Classical Japanese Music
Professor Lewis Peterman (School of Music and Dance, San Diego State University)

Photo Gallery of Week 1

Week 2

Monday June 6
9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Japanese Modernities: Imperialism, Democracy, and Hot Jazz
Professor Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:15 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:30-4:45 – The Pacific War and Its Aftermath, 1931-1953
Professor Jonathan Lipman

Tuesday June 7
9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – War and Image Making: Two Films on the Pacific War (Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” and Richard Fleischer and Fukasaku Kinji’s “Tora Tora Tora”)
Professor Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-3:30 – Japan and World History: Trade, Modernity, and Nationalism
Professor Jonathan Lipman
3:45-4:45 – Special Guest Lecture
The Honorable Yoshio Nomoto, Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles

Wednesday June 8

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Japanese Classical Music Performance
Alex Khalil (University of California, San Diego)
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-3:30 – Tea Ceremony
Sôsen Kaneko Bishop
(Founder and President Senshinkai, Omote Senke School of Tea)
3:45-4:45 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi

Thursday June 9

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
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
1:30-2:30 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:45-4:45 – Film (Tampopo) and discussion

Friday June 10

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Okinawa: An American Military Colony
Professor Chalmers Johnson
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-3:30 – Identifying and Exploiting Japan-related Sources
Julie Su (Asian Studies Librarian, San Diego State University)
and
Sanae Isozumi (Japan Studies Librarian, UCSD) [SDSU Main Library Instruction Room]

6:00 – Mid-Institute Banquet, Harney Sushi Restaurant, Old town

Photo Gallery of Week 2

Week 3

Monday June 13

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Teaching Multicultural Japan
Professor Michael Weiner
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:15-2:15 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:30-4:30 – Film (Go) and discussion

Tuesday June 14

06:45 – Departure for Los Angeles from Villa Alvarado
10:00-12:00 – Tour of Japanese American National Museum (JANM)
12:30-2:00 – Japanese Lunch (Yatsuhashi Restaurant)
2:00 – Departure for Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
2:30-4:30 – Tour of the Japanese Pavilion at LACMA (Docent, Anne Oshetsky)
4:30-5:00 – Free time at LACMA
5:00 – Return to San Diego

Wednesday June 15

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Japanese Film in the Classroom
Professor Jonathan Hall (University of California, Irvine)
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-2:30 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:45-4:30 – Dealing with Stereotypes of Japan
Professor Michael Weiner

Thursday June 16

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Literature and Society in Modern Japan, Professor Jonathan Hall
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-2:30 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:45-4:45 – Japan in World Literature
Professor Jonathan Hall

Friday June 17

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Manga and Japanimation
Professor Jonathan Hall
12:30 – Visit to Japanese Gardens & Tour of the Mingei Museum at Balboa Park (Lunch provided)

Photo Gallery of Week 3

Week 4

Monday June 20

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Curriculum Project Work
12:00-1: 00 – Lunch
1:15-2:15 – Calligraphy Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:30-4:30 – Youth Culture: A Japan in Transition.
Dr. Leila Madge (University of Washington)

Tuesday June 21

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00- The Arts and Philosophy of Japan.
Professor Hiroko Johnson (Department of Art History, San Diego State University)
12:00–1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:15 – Calligraphy Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:30-4:30 – Education and Achievement in Contemporary Japan
Dr. Leila Madge

Wednesday June 22

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Arts and the Artist in Contemporary Japan, Professor Hiroko Johnson
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:15 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi
2:30-4:30 – Gender in Contemporary Japan
Professor Leila Madge

Thursday June 23

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – Taiko Drumming Workshop with Asayake Taiko Ensemble
Ryan Okada
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-4:00 – Ikebana Demonstration
Professor Sadako Oehler
(President, San Diego Chapter of the Ikenobo School of Ikebana)

Friday June 24

9:00-12:00 – Curriculum Project Presentations
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-4:00 – Curriculum Project Presentations

*Curriculum Development Project 2005:The Globalization of Japanese Culture

Japan Emerging As World Power (1912-1941): An interdisciplinary Course on Globalization of Japanese Culture

The Globalization of Japan

Globalization & Information Access

Japanese and American Minorities: A Comparative Study of Minority Experiences