The 38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies

Program/Abstracts 【NEW!】

General Schedule

 Day 1:  27th Sep (Sat)
  11:30-17:00 Registration (1st floor of Research and Lecture Building)
  12:30-14:30 Individual Paper Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, Panel Sessions 1, 2
  14:30-14:50 Break (20 minutes)
  14:50-16:40 Plenary Panel 
                       Living in Japan: The Life-Worlds of South Asian Migrants
  17:00-18:30 Banquet (Universiti Hall)
 
 Day 2:  28th Sep (Sun)
    9:30-15:00 Registration (1st floor of Research and Lecture Building)
  10:00-12:00 Individual Paper Sessions 5, 6, 7, Panel Sessions 3, 4, 5
  12:00-13:00 Lunch Break (60 minutes)
  12:10-12:40 Reports from the Project for Internationalization and 
                                       Early-Career Researcher Development  
        13:00-15:00 Individual Paper Sessions 8, 9, 10, 11, Panel Sessions 6, 7


Program

At the venue, only the timetable will be distributed.
As for the program and the proceedings,
please download and use them by yourself.
*Please note that this programme is provisional. Final confirmation of presentations will be made after completion of all scheduled sessions, and inclusion in the final programme will be based on actual presentation attendance.

[Uploaded on 27 Sep.]

    



Plenary Panel

14:50-16:40, 27th Sep (Sat), Room G  (#101)

Living in Japan: The Life-Worlds of South Asian Migrants

Organizer:   Kyosuke Adachi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
 
Introduction:  Kyosuke Adachi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Presentation 1: Kensaku Mamiya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
                    Pakistani Communities in Japan as Seen as an Urdu Translator
Presentation 2: Masako Azuma (Kindai University)
                      The Life-Worlds of Sikh Migrants in Japan 
Presentation 3: Tomohiro Kurita (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
                            & Akihiro Sawada (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
                   Life Histories of Indian Workers in the Horse-Racing Industry
                                                                          in the Hidaka Region, Hokkaido
Presentation 4: Prashant Pardeshi
                       (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
                         Understanding the Challenges 
                                   in Learning Transitive/Intransitive Verbs and Case Particles: 
                                   Insights from Native Hindi Speakers and Potential Solutions
Presentation 5: Masato Toriya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
                      The Current Situation and Issues of Afghan Society in Japan
 
Commentators: Sheikh Tariq (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
             Seika Sato (Teikyo University)
 
Reports from the Project for Internationalization 
              and Early-Career Researcher Development
12:10 - 12:40, 28th Sep (Sun), Room G (#101)
Preliminary Report on South Asian International Schools in Tokyo
 Presenters: 
  Shreya Wagh, Aashlesha Marate, Sheikh Tariq, Liu Gaoli, 
  Mazumder Md Newaz Sharif, Sakurako Tange, and Tshering Pem