NEWThe 9th Annual Event “R-weeks”
Tuesday,May 25,2021
The 9th annual event “R-weeks” will be held during the weeks of June 7th (Mon) to June 18th (Fri), 2021.
R-Weeks is a project in which we hold events and workshops on various problems felt around campus, primarily in terms of gender and sexuality, in order to create an environment in which our voices can be heard. We have planned a variety of events, from lectures to workshops. Together, let us make a campus in which everyone can live safely and comfortably. As concerns continue to increase over the spread of the coronavirus we have decided to host all events online. We are looking forward to your participation!
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Panel Exhibition “Together with Fuwarin, You’re Not Alone At ICU”
Dates: From June 7th (Mon) until June 18th (Fri), 2021.
Venue: ICU Main Library, 1st floor
This panel exhibition “Together with Fuwarin, You’re Not Alone At ICU” began in 2015, and aims to raise awareness regarding gender and sexuality issues as well as further expand and make visible LGBT students and the broadening circle of support and protection at ICU.
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Talk Event: The Futurity of Queer Politics with Speaker Masaya Chiba
Guest Speaker: Chiba, Masaya; ICU PRISM
Date and Time: June 7h, 2021 (Monday) 19:00-21:00 JST
Venue: ZOOM (Online) Please register in advance using the link below:
https://icu.zoom.us/webinar/
Registrants will be sent a link by email to attend via Zoom on the day of the event. Zoom software is required to join the meeting.
Guest speakers’ profile
Chiba, Masaya
Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology. Masaya Chiba specializes in contemporary French thought (Deleuze). He published the novel "Deadline" in 2019, and has been writing novels since then. His major works include "Shouldn't Move Too Much: Gilles Deleuze and the Philosophy of Becoming" and "The Non-Sense of No Sense."
ICU PRISM
A student organization that consists of students who are interested in gender and sexuality. The list of activities includes a podcast with researchers as guests, holding events in collaboration with ICU's Center for Gender Studies, and raising awareness about various gender-related issues via social media.
This event will be conducted in Japanese.
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Film: Batallas íntimas directed by Lucía Gajá, 2016
Guest speaker: Kusano, Yuki (Fish Family Foundation)
Date and time: June 9th, 2021 (Wed) 12:40-15:30 JST
Venue: ZOOM (Online) Please register in advance using the link below:
Registrants will be sent a link by email to attend via Zoom on the day of the event. Zoom software is required to join the meeting.
Guest speaker’s profile
Kusano, Yuki
Yuki Kusano graduated from International Christian University in 2010 with a one-year study at the Department of Women’s Studies, University of California, Irvine. After leaving early from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, she worked for an import company of women's sexual health-related goods writing online columns and newsletters on sexual and reproductive health and rights and sex education. Later, making use of her major, she moved to a non-profit organization, All Japan Women's Shelter Network, where she became the coordinator of a 24/7 telephone counseling service. Currently, she is working as the Japan Program Manager for the Fish Family Foundation based in Boston, USA, as it opened the Japan Office in 2019, providing executive leadership programs for women in Japan.
This event will be conducted in English.
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Date and Time: June 10th (Thu) 12:40~13:50 JST
Place: Zoom
Please register in advance using the link below:
Registrants will be sent a link by email to attend via Zoom on the day of the event. Zoom software is required to join the meeting.
Coming in the middle or leaving early are both OK.
You can also join the meeting keeping your video off.
Both English or Japanese OK (no translation provided).
Coordinators: Atsuyoshi Kuzuhara, Chihiro Wada
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Let's Talk about Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting on Campus! #08
Date: June 14th, 2021 (Mon), 12:40-13:50 JST
Venue: ZOOM
Please register in advance using the link below:
https://icu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqce2vpz8oGNIfzN2xaIX1NzyGJoJTUEea
Registrants will be sent a link by email to attend via Zoom on the day of the event. Zoom software is required to join the meeting.
This event will be conducted in English and Japanese.
Coordinator: Natsumi Ikoma (Professor, CGS), Letizia Guarini (Assistant Professor, CGS)
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Talk Event with Yurie Nagashima and Anat Parnass
Guest speakers: Yurie Nagashima (photographer and writer) and Anat Parnass (photographer)
Date and time: June 15th, 2021 (Tue) 18:00-20:30 JST
Venue: ZOOM ＊Please register in advance using the link below＊
https://icu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KCkM6svJTb6BPuKjVNbTgQ
This event will be conducted in English.
Guest speakers’ profile
Nagashima, Yurie
Photographer and writer. In 1993, while still a student at the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University, she made her debut and received the Urbanart award hosted by the Parco Gallery in Tokyo. In 1999, she completed the master's program at the Department of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts; in 2015, she completed the master's program at the Graduate School of Humanities, Musashi University. In 2010, she received the 26th Kodansha Essay Award for "Memory of Her Back" (Kodansha). In 2020, she published the photo book "Self-Portraits."
Parnass, Anat
Photographer. After graduating from Tel Aviv University with a BA in Japanese Studies, Anat Parnass continued her studies at an Art school, Camera Obscura, studying photography for two years, while working at Haaretz newspaper. In April 2006, after receiving the MEXT scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, she arrived in Japan. In 2013, she completed her Ph.D. at Japan University College of Art with a thesis on contemporary women’s photography in Japan. Major photo exhibitions include "Holga De Shinjuku" (2010, Stork Gallery), "Far Away From (Here)" (2011, FOIL Gallery), "Stillness of Night" (2013, Nikon Gallery).
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Film Screening and Talk Event
Film Screening only for ICU students, staff and professors.
Date and time: June 17th, 2021 (Thu) 19:00-21:10 JST
For details please check ICU Portal.
Contact information: cgs@icu.ac.jp
