The forth series of interdisciplinary symposia 2024: Complex Memorialisation
The forth series of interdisciplinary symposia 2024: Complex Memorialisation

The forth series of interdisciplinary symposia 2024: Complex Memorialisation

Confronting the unspeakable Complex Memories: Addressing Sexual Violence in War

Date & Time:
Saturday, December 14, 2024
2:00 PM?6:00 PM (Doors open at 1:30 PM)

Venue:
Sophia University, Building 12, Room 301
Simultaneous online streaming available

Program

Lecture
“Cultural Trauma of Sexual Violence in the Asia-Pacific War”
Dr. Eugen Koh
Psychiatrist, Visiting Research Fellow at Ritsumeikan University,
Senior Fellow at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Consecutive interpretation provided

Presentations
“Portraying Wartime Sexual Violence through Theater”
Shin Kurumisawa
Psychiatrist and Playwright

“Recording the Unutterable Experiences of Sexual Violence in History”
Kazuko Hirai
Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Gender Research and Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

Comments
Kensei Matsunaga
Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University

Moderator
Eri Nakamura
Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University

Admission: Free

Organized by:
Interdisciplinary Symposium on World War II and its Long-term Effects in Japan Executive Committee

Co-organized by:
Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University

Supported by:
Resona Asia-Oceania Foundation, 2024 International Academic Exchange Grant