Conferences and Seminars

JSAA 2023 Conference (Sept 1st to 3rd 2023)

Conference theme: Living in a post-Covid Society: Mobility of People and Language across Borders for Social Integration

JSAA-ICNTJ2023 brings cutting-edge research in all disciplines of Japanese Studies and associated areas, with a special feature of Japanese as a heritage and community language. The conference engages all associated with these fields, and invites a rigorous discussion that involves (but is not limited to) the movement of people and language across borders in a post-Covid society. The conference delves into new ways of considering mobility, diversity and social integration where ‘globalisation’ now needs to be seen about in a different light.

https://www.icntj.org/en (English）

https://www.icntj.org (日本語)

Keynote speakers:

Professor Ken Cruickshank, University of Sydney
Professor Claire Maree, University of Melbourne
Professor Koichi Iwabuchi, Kwansei Gakuin University

The JSAA-ICNTJ2023 organising committee:

Chair　 Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson, UNSW Sydney
Co-Chair　Emi Otsuji, University of Technology Sydney
Co-Chair　Yoko Yonezawa, University of Sydney
Co-Chair　Masafumi Monden, University of Sydney
Co-Chair　Makiko Matsuda, Kanazawa University
Co-Chair   Luke Sharp, University of Technology Sydney

Previous Conference Hosts and Locations

1991 Canberra @ ANU

1993 Newcastle

1995 Queensland @ University of Queensland

1997 Melbourne/Monash @ Melbourne University

1999 Rockhampton campus of Central Queensland University

2001 Sydney/UNSW @ the University of New South Wales

2003 Queensland @ QUT

2005 Adelaide @ University of Adelaide

2007 Canberra @ ANU

2009 July, 13-16 Sydney The 15th Biennial Conference @ Sydney / UNSW

The 16th Biennial JSAA Conference was co-hosted in Sydney together with the ICJLE (International Conference on Japanese Language Education).

(Convenor: Chihiro Kinoshita-Thomson)

Theme: Bridging the gap between the Japanese language and Japanese studies

2011, July 4-7. The 17th Biennial Conference @ University of Melbourne

(Convenor: Carolyn Stevens)

Theme: Internationalising Japan: Sport, culture education.

2013, July 8-11. The 18th Biennial Conference @ Australian National University.

(Convenor: Carol Hayes)

Theme: Cities, Nature & Landscapes: From Nara to the Networked City

2015, June 30 – July 3. The 19th Biennial Conference @ La Trobe University

(Convenor: Kaori Okano)

Theme: Japanese Sudies and Japan in the Asia-Pacific: Rethinking ‘Eurocentrism’?.

2017, June 27-30. The 20th Biennial Conference @ University of Wollongong 

(Convenor: Vera Mackie)

Theme: Debating democracy in Japan

2019, July 1-4. The 21st Biennial Conference @ Monash University

(Convenor: Beatrice Trefalt)

Theme: Celebrating Diverse Perspectives

2021, September 28 - October 1. The 22nd Biennial Conference @ University of Queensland (online)

(Convenor: David Chapman)

Theme: Sustainability, Longevity and Mobility

2023, September 1 - September 3. The 23rd Biennial Conference and International Conference of the Network for Translingual Japanese (ICNTJ) @ UNSW Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, University of Sydney

(Convenor: Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson)

Theme: Living in a post-Covid Society: Mobility of People and Language across Borders for Social Integration