RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2009

1/28 2nd discussion meeting: gGraduation theses written from a gender perspectiveh

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2008

1/29 1st discussion meeting: gGraduation theses written from a gender perspectiveh

Lecture Series: Psychology and Gender
6/18gWomen and men: the working of their brainsh
Guest Speaker: YOSHIZAKI, Kazuhito
7/2 gThe Development of Sociality and Gender Gap: Why do Girls like dolls, and Boys Miniature cars?h
Guest Speaker: GOSHIKI, Toru
7/16gThe Conflict and Development surrounding Identity and Gender in young people and adolescenceh
Guest Speaker: YONEKURA, Goro

6/27@Report on the Lecture by Donald E. Hall: gTravel Abroad and Expanded Understanding: James Baldwin's Loveless American in Parish
Guest Speaker: Donald E. Hall

10/30 20th Regular Seminar: gLove and Violence: the relationship between power and cotrol in date DVh
Guest Speaker: GU, Yuri

2007

7/9 & 7/10 17th Regular Seminar: gThe Various Ways of Life and Lives: The goal of the Gender Equal Societyh
Guest Speaker: NAKAMURA, Akira

9/20 18th Regular Seminar: gCareer Design and Genderh
Guest Speaker: MUNAKATA, Hisako

10/24 19th Regular Seminar: gIf I were you...,: What I think during daily interviewsh
Guest Speaker: OHWAKI, Michiko

2006

11/8 & 11/30 16th Regular Seminar: gRealities of DV and Support Services for the Victimsh
Guest Speaker: KANI, Yasunori

7/7 & 7/14 15th Regular Seminar: gLight and Darkness of Japanese Gender in Hayao Miyazaki Animationh
Guest Speaker: FUJIMORI, Kayoko

2005

12/15 & 12/16 14th Regular Seminar: gSelf Esteem Trainingh gWomenfs Self-defenseh

7/12 10th Anniversary Lecture and a Documentary Film: gObachanfs Gardenh
Guest Speaker: Linda Ohama (Film Director)

2004

12/2 & 12/16 13th Regular Seminar: gDiversity of Sexualityh
Guest Speaker: HIDAKA, Yasuharu

A Lecture Series on Representation of Gender
6/5 gReading British Childrenfs Literature in terms of Gender: Peter Pan and the Collapse of Modern Familyh
Guest Speaker: KAWABATA, Ariko
5/24 gSouseki Natsume and Family Novelists: the Origin of Gender Formation in Modern Japanh
Guest Speaker: FUJIMORI, Kiyoshi
4/24 g100 Years of Womenfs Poems since the Russo-Japanese War: Yosano Akiko as Starting Pointh
Guest Speaker: NAKASHIMA, Miyuki

2003

12/22 Workshop: gMedia and Genderh
10/17 12th Regular Seminar: gProblems and Solutions for a Gender-Equal Societyh
Guest Speaker: HASHIMOTO, Hiroko

7/4 11th Regular Seminar: gfSurvival Seminarf for Job Huntingh
Guest Speaker: FUKUSAWA, Keiko

2002

12/7 Symposium: gRepresentation of Sexuality, Nationality and Race in Filmsh
Guest Speaker: IWATA, Kazuo, UDONO, Erika, SOTOOKA, Naomi

6/28 11th Research Meeting: gHemingwayfs Gender Trainingh
Guest Speaker: TAKEDA, Yuichi

Theme: Affiermative Action for womens' equal employment opportunities
Main Guest Speaker : NAKANO, Mami
2/9 Symposium Efforts for Gender Equity in the Labour Market
1/10 10th Research Meeting The multiple cultural communications of feminism, in Asia and the Pacific region

2001

12/5 9th Research Meeting Case study: New deveropments on gender in Philippines
11/30 Mongolian of Special Report Newest Report, at Gender in Mongolia
11/5 8th Research Meeting Comporing Gender participation in Japan and America
3/31 International Symposium How to Eliminate VAW
2/27 Special Seminer Updated information on intervention to stop VAW

In Canada, men's movement against VAW (Violence Against Women) called "White Ribbon Campaign" started in 1992, and is spreading throughout the world. Our Institute invited the originator of the movement, Dr. Michael Kaufman, and held a lecture and a symposium on March 31st, 2001. Although VAW has been winning public recognition as a social problem, only a small number of people are aware of the problem. At UN Special Session in June last year, Dr. Michael Kaufman made a proposal concerning what men could do against VAW. We hope that his lecture will be a good chance for men in this university to know how to face this problem seriously.

2000

12/18 International Symposium Violence against women (VAW)
12/1 7th Research Meeting Foreign Labor and Community
7/4 Report UN special women's conference
4/25 Special Seminner Sports and Gender
4/24 Lecture Residential Space and Gender
1/10 6th Research Meeting Genetic Information and Gender

On December@18th, an international symposium "violence against women"was held, which was sponsored by Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and supported by Will Aichi and the City of Nagoya. As panelists, Ms.Young-Ae Choi (Director; The Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center) and Mr. Niwat Suwanphatnna(AIDS Network Development Foundation, Thailand) were invited. The panelists reported the present situation and the problems of violence against women, and discussed the education and learning methods, how to solve these problems until late at night in the presentation room at Building No.8. The following is a summary of this symposium.

Six years have passed since Aichi Shukutoku University became coeducational. Now the University has launched a new development including the establishment of new faculties. This year, 2000, Building No.8 was built, and the new Urban Environmental Design Course has started within the Faculty of Studies on Contemporary Society, which enables the education on architectural & environmental design and on habitation area. A novel design of the new building reflects these major fields.


January@6th Research Meeting@Preceding that lecture, a report on "gene information and gender"was given by Professor HOOTA, Yasuo (Faculty of Letters, Aichi-Shukutoku University) at the sixth regular study meeting of Institute for Gender and Women's Studies on January 17th. He had taught molecular biology and genetic engineering at University of California for many years.

April@Lecture
@The new Bilding No.8 was opened on April 24th with a lecture on "residential space and gender" by Professor TANAKA, Tsuneko (Osaka Kyouiku University).Assistant Professor ATSUMI, Masako (Aichi Shukutoku University)presided and commented on the lecture. The event ended successfully, with winety participants.

April Special Seminar
Theme: "Sports & Gender"Lecturer: Prof. Jennifer Hargreaves (Brunnell UniversityU.K.)

1999

October@Research Meeting @
Theme: "Psychology of Fathers"Reporter: Prof.KASHIWAGI, Emiko (Shirayuri Women's UniversitySpecialist in Developmental Psychology)Survey of University Student's Attitudes on Child-rearing (Morgau ; Aichi-Shukutoku University Male/Female Research Group

June@Special Seminar@
Theme: American Feminist Sociology: Current Trends and Issues for FeminismReporter: Prof. Barry Thorne (University of California, Berkeley, Specialist in Feminism & Sociology)

1998

November 4th Research Meeting
Research Report Theme: "Modern Youth's Attitudes towards Marriage"Reporter: ITAMOTO, Yoko (Director of the Japan Youth Counselling Institute)Survey of Modern Youth Attitudes to Marriage (MORGAU of Aichi-Shukutoku University Male/Female Research Group)

June 3rd Research Meeting
ResearchReportThemeFhSexual Harassment on Campus in Australia and Japan "Reporter;Barbara Struthered(Aichi-Shukutoku University Instructor, researcher & developer of anti-sexual harassment program;completed MA in Feminist Studies at Flinders University, South Australia.INOUE, Mayako (Women's Counselling Kyoto, Counsellor of former Kyoto University Professor in Yano case)

February 2nd Research Meeting
"Feminism and Cultural and Expression of Social Differences- Clues from IslamReporter: OKA, Mari (Aichi-Shukutoku University part-time instructor, Researcher of Arab Culture)

January Symposium & Keynote Lecture
The changing Equal Employment Opportunity Law -New Women's Work StyleKeynote Speaker: SHIBAYAMA, Emiko (former Nagoya City Junior College Professor, Managing Director of Nagoya Working Women's CenterSymposium Panelists: Akemi Kitamura (attorney), Emiko Shibayama, Mina Osugi (company employee)Coordinator: ISHIDA, Yoshie

1997

July 1st Research Meeting
Report 1 History of Japanese Female Immigration from a Gender Perspective-Photographs Brides from JapanReporter: YANAGISAWA, Kimi(completed MA at Aichi-Shukutoku University, Post-graduate student at Aichi-Gakuin University)Report 2: The State of American Social Welfare from a Gender PerspectiveReporter: SUGIMOTO, Kiyoe (Instructor at Kinjo Gakuin University)

February Lecture & Symposium
Seminar on Ways of Achieving Joint Participation of Young Men & Women - sponsored by the Ministry of EducationWhy don't female students get jobs?Japanese Corporations' Gender Composition & the Path to ChangeWays of Achieving Joint Participation of Young Men & Womenthe Path to@Female Employment and Male LifestyleKeynote Lecturer: OSAWA, Mari (Tokyo University, Assistant Professor in Research Institute on Social Science)Panelist:OSAWA, Mari, UMEMURA, Chikako, (Chief of Project Officer, National Women's Education Center), male & female youth participantCoordinator:KUNINOBU, Junko

1996

December
Ministry of Education sponsored Seminar for Joint Participation of Men and Women
Roles in the Development of Young Men & Women from a Gender PerspectiveWorkshop Leader: KAWAHARA, Hiromi (Director of Asia Health Institute, M.D.), Rumana Nahidobahan (attorney, Bangladesh), MOTOYAMA, Eiko (Group WEAVE, UNESCO Asian Culture Centre staff

September
Open Intensive Course
Ministry of Education sponsored Seminar for Joint Participation of Men and Women
Towards Liberation from the Myth of Male & Female Stereotypes
1. Visual Expressions of Men & Women Film & Video Equality in ImagesInstructor: TAGAMI, Tokiko (Video Producer, President of VideoDoc)
2. Group Work
3. Lecture: What is Gender? (Socially & Culturally) - Towards Elimination of Sexual Discrimination Instructor: KUNINOBU, Junko
4. Role Playing: Creation of Sexual Equality - Mutual Gender Respect and ExpressionLeader: KATO, Itoko and WATANABE, Hiromi (Feminist Counselling Network, Counsellor)
5. Video Watching & DiscussionGender Discrimination in TV commercials, Results of student survey
6. Lecture: Housework: why is it unpaid labour?Lecturer: IIDA, Hiroyuki (Instructor, Osaka University of Economics)
7. Panel Discussion: Women's Social and Economic Independence/Male House keeping Role

Panelist: Sawako Nakanishi (Lifelong Learning Department, Aichi Prefectural Education Committee) TODA, Fumiko (Sugiyama Women's High School Teacher) TSUKAMOTO, Maiko (Aichi-Shukutoku University student), HARUYAMA, Masaru (Toyo University Graduate Student, Tokyo Metropolitan Government worker)

Coordinator:KUNINOBU, Junko

May Special Seminar
Advertising & Commercials from a Gender Perspective Observing Visual Art) Instructor: FUKUSAWA, Junko (part-time instructor, Jyosai International University) NISHIYAMA, Chieko (Instructor, Mejiro Gakuen Women's Junior College)

1995

15 December Report Meeting
-Information Exchange Meeting; Materials/Video Display
The 4th UN Beijing World Conference on Women's Information Exchange Meeting; Materials/Video Display
Main Speaker: MATSUI, Yayori (Asia Women's Resource Centre Representative)Panelist: SUGITO, Hiroko (Network), TAKAHASHI, Masumi (WIN Women's Planning Representative), ONO, Mitsuko Professor, Department of Literature, Aichi-Shukutoku University,
Coordinator: KUNINOBU, Junko

January
World Movement towards the UN Conference on Women in Beijing (1995)
-Development and Women
Women around the world are preparing for the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women's to be held in the summer of 1995 in Beijing.. For the next ten years the eradication of sexual discrimination and the elevation of the position of women will be considered at this conference in Beijing. The proposal for an action network has been interpreted and "the role of women in development" has been identified as of great importance. That is, it is necessary to include women in the process of determining a course of development. This is because, it is necessary to evaluate the value of women's work and unpaid work. Although such work supports everyday life, women and girls in developing countries cannot earn money to sustain themselves. Furthermore, Japanese women will report on the present situation of sexual discrimination in the Japanese workplace. Japanese working women are paid is half that of men, which represents the greatest wage disparity between men and women in the developed world.