USC - Meiji Research Exchange in Japanese Historical Studies Thursday 2/16 Doheny Library 240

February 16 and 17, 2017 12:00-12:15 Welcome! 12:15-12:45 Prof. Sasaki Ken'ichi, Meiji University "Archaeological Investigations into the Dainichizuka Mounded Tomb" Many presentations will be in Japanese. 1:00-1:30 Doi Shôhei, Meiji University “The Process of Regional Unification in Eastern Peripheral Japan in the Third Century A.D.”

1:45-2:15 Satô Kenri, Meiji University “How Does the Archeological Record Help Us Understand Human Groupings: A Comparison of Ceramic Forms and the Design of Human Habitations”

Break

2:45-3:15 Sakurada Marie, Meiji University “The Royal Consort Before the Ritsuryô System” 3:30-4:00 Nadia Kanagawa, USC “What Should Be In a Name: Petitioning the Sovereign to Change Names and Titles in Early Classical Japan”

4:15-4:45 Prof. Inokuma Kaneki, Tokyo National Museum “Research in the Material Culture of the Old Japanese Royal Court”

5:00-5:30 Gulnoza Kurbonova, Meiji University “Women in the Genji Monogatari, Especially Fujitsubo and Murasakinoue”

Friday 2/17 Social Sciences Building 250

10:30-11:00 Chris Bovberg, University of California Berkeley “The Jôkyû Disturbance of 1221, A Case Study of Warrior Government”

11:15-11:45 Cassandra Dierolf, USC East Asian Studies Center “Research Concerning Property and Inheritance Rights of Women in the 12th and 13th Centuries”

11:45-12:15 Nicolette Lee, USC School of Religion “Legitimacy and the Power of Reading at Medieval Japanese Royal Convents”

12:15-12:45 Dan Sherer, USC History Department "The Purpose and Significance of the Tenshô 4 (1576) Sect Kanjin Campaign in ”

Lunch (RSVP)

2:00-2:30 Prof. Nojiri Yasuhiro, Meiji University "Why Did People Make Fake Documents in the Early Kinsei Era?"

2:45-3:15 Prof. Luke Roberts, University of California Santa Barbara “Lives of Samurai Women of the Period”

3:30-4:00 Christoper Reichenbacher, University of California Santa Barabara “Raiden Tame’emon (1767-1825) and the Limits of Connection in Rural Japan”

4:15-4:45 Prof. Oyokawa Minoru, Shimane University “Contributions of Source Study to Understanding Aspects of International Cultural Interactions in Meiji Japan”

4:45-5:15 Final Discussion

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