Forum and intensive lectures at Nanjing University

Intensive Lecture on Culture and Representation at Nanjing University 2009

Theories of culture and representation focus on operations called "representations",
which form the core of human cultural activities, and study art and cultural events.
This intensive course gives an overview over the purpose of the theory of culture and representation, as well as discussing and explaining concrete case studies with a focus
on art genres related to "representation" such as music and theater, ranging widely from
Japanese classical theater to contemporary Asian drama. The lecture also deals
with research at the forefront of critical theory.

March 9: Evening event
March 10-11: Lecture
"Kabuki seen through blue eyes" Introduction /
　　　DE VOS, Patrick (Theory of French Performing Arts and Theater, University of Tokyo)

March 11: Evening event
March 12-13: Lecture
"Opera and narrative" / CHOKI Seiji (Musicology, Contemporary music, University of Tokyo)

March 16: DVD Screening
March 17-18: Lecture
"Queer Film Theory" / SHIMIZU Akiko (Feminism and Queer theory, University of Tokyo)

March 18: Evening event
March 19-20: Lecture
"Contemporary drama in Japan" /
　　　UCHINO Tadashi (Performing arts, Performance research, University of Tokyo)

March 23: Evening event
March 24-25: Lecture
"Analysis of city representations from photographs" /
　　　TANAKA Jun (History of thought, Urban studies, University of Tokyo)

March 26-27: Lecture
" 'Overcoming modernity' and the structure of representation " /
　　　TAKADA Yasunari (English literature, Representation and classical culture, University of Tokyo)

March 20
Lecture by TAKAHASHI Tetsuya (Philosophy, Historical epistemology, University of Tokyo)