The 25th Ecocriticism Studies Conference Annual Meeting 2012
http://ns1.shudo-u.ac.jp/~shiotah/ecoc.html

Date　＆Time: August 　8 (Wed), 2012　 10:00-16:35
Place: Matsuyama University, Higashi-Honkan, 7th Floor, Conference Room 1
Address: 4-2 Bunkyo, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Map: http://www.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/gaiyou/ricchi/ricchi.htm
~~~~~~P R O G R A M ~~~~~~~~
10:00 Opening Words: Mitsu Yoshida (Matsuyama University)
General Meeting (10:05 ? 10:40)

Workshop (10:40-12:00)
Chair: Go Mano (Matsuyama University)
“Clarifying the Depth of Transcendentalism from the Harlem Renaissance ?
Paul Outka, Race and Nature from Transcendentalism to the Harlem Renaissance ?”
Lecturers: Go Mano, Misa Ohno (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Shoko Ito (Hiroshima University), Keiko Fujie (Ehime University)
Michiko Fukai (Kobe Women’s University)
Lunch Time (12:00-12:40)

Presentation (12:40-13:40)
Chair: 1-Yuri Yokota (Daito Bunka University), 2-Yukiko Oshima (Fukuoka University)
1.Haruko Hidai (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
“The Abyss between Natural History and Modern Science: A Study of H. G. Wells’ ‘In the Abyss’ ”
2. Michael Gorman (Hiroshima City University)
“Willa Cather and the First Americans: From the Mound Builders to the Plains Indians”

Special Lecture (13:40 ? 14:40)
“Concealed History of Radioactive Fallout”
Lecturer: Dr. Hiroko Takahashi (Hiroshima City University)
Chair: Kyoko Matsunaga (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)

Symposium (14:50 ? 16:30)
“Disaster, Literature, and Media”
Chair: Shoko Ito
Lecturers: Sanae Kumamoto (Iwate Prefectural University)
“Recollections of the Tsunami: ‘A Paradise Built in Hell’ and Disaster Relief in Iwate”
Kotaro Nakagaki (Daito Bunka University)
“The Tradition of Sci-Fi ‘Disaster’ Films: Perspectives of Post-Apocalypse and American Civilization”
Asako Nobuoka (Toyo University)
“Pictorial Narratives of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11”
Closing Words: Chiaki Asai (Senri Kinran University)
Contact to ? The Office of SES-Japan (The Society for Ecocriticism Studies in Japan )
　　　 Atsuko Mizuno: mizuno@sanyo.ac.jp, Yoko Hirase: danbara@mpd.bioglobe.ne.jp