Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
Twentieth Anniversary Symposium
October 27-28, 2006

October 27, 2006 (Friday)
403 Kent Hall
Columbia University

"Texts and Contexts:
Publishing History and Modern Japanese Literature"

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 12:20 Morning Session
Chair: Tomi Suzuki (Columbia University)

Papers:

Kôno Kensuke (Nihon University)

* "1930-40 nendai no shuppan bunka to bungaku no keishiki: Sengo bungaku to dôjin zasshi"

Yamamoto Yoshiaki (Gakushûin University)

* "Media no naka no 'shishôsetsu sakka': Kasai Zenzô no ba'ai"

* The above papers will be delivered in Japanese.

Tsuboi Hideto (Nagoya University)

"Seeking the Concourse of Voice and Écriture: Rethinking the Genealogy of Modern Japanese Poetry"

12:20 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:50 Afternoon Session
Chair: Paul Anderer (Columbia University)

Papers:

Sari Kawana (University of Massachusetts)

"Incompetent Authors and Efficient Editors: Behind the Scenes of Modern Japanese Literature"

Ted Mack (University of Washington)

"Diasporic Imperialism: 'Colonial Literature' in São Paulo, 1908-1941"

Jonathan Zwicker (University of Michigan)

"Bakin among the Bostonians: The Japanese Novel in Nineteenth-Century America"

October 28, 2006 (Saturday)
301 Philosophy Hall
Columbia University

"Translating Japan:
The Challenges of Publishing Japanese Authors Overseas"

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 10:15 Preliminary Talk:

Stephen Snyder (Middlebury College)

"Some Issues in Publishing Japanese Authors Today"

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee

10:30 – 12:30

"From Translation to Publication to Readership: A Workshop"

Moderator: Haruo Shirane (Columbia University)

Scholars, translators, publishers, and representatives of a number of organizations that are actively involved in the enterprise of translation will be on hand to share their perspectives with the audience.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Reception

14:00 – 14:45 Special Lecture:

Introduction by Henry Smith (Columbia University and Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies)

Koizumi Masashi (Kinki University)

"The History and Prospects of Textbook Publishing in Postwar Japan"

14:45 – 15:30 Tea