Please join us for an exciting and intellectually stimulating day of presentations from leading researchers on disability in Japan from Australia, the United States, Europe and Japan. We will also hold the Australian premier of the documentary film, Mark: A Call to Action (dir. Ron Small, 2024) at 3pm.

Speakers include: Carolyn Stevens (Monash University), Nagase Osamu (Ritsumeikan University), Yoshiko Okuyama (University of Hawaii), Naomi Larson (Cornell University), Chris Kai-Jones (Cornell University), Astghik Hovhannisyan (Russian-Armenian University), Ivanka Guillaume (Université Paris Cité) and Anne-Lise Mithout (Université Paris Cité).

Date: Wednesday 23 April

Time: 8:50am - 4:30pm (Melbourne Time)

Location: Japanese Studies Centre, Clayton VIC 3163 & via Zoom

Language: English Registrations: https://forms.gle/Zfy65yVGjjJfku8G7

For enquires please contact Dr Alison Darby Alison.Darby@monash.edu

This event is generously supported by the Japanese Studies Association of Australia.