Geisha Playing Shamisen

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Announcing Books from 2012 on Japanese Performing Arts


Below is a partial list of books on various aspects of the performing arts in Japan that were published in English on major academic presses in 2012.

The Japanese Performing Arts SIG intends to periodically offer these bibliographic lists as a service to the profession. Please inform us of any additional books to add to this list.


By Shawn Bender (University of California Press, 2012)

By Michelle Bigenho (Duke University Press, 2012)

By Michael Bourdaughs (Columbia University Press, 2012)

By Matt Gillan (Ashgate Press, 2012)

By David Hebert (Springer Press, 2012)

By Keith Howard (Ashgate Press, 2012)

By Joshua D. Pilzer (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Japanese Studies Conference in Europe


The 9th conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) will be held in Bergen, Norway, on August 21-23, 2013.The conference theme is Translation, Education and Innovation.

Ethnomusicologist Keith Howard (Professor, SOAS) is one of the Keynote Speakers for NAJAKS 2013, and Japanese Performing Arts SIG member David Hebert (Professor, Grieg Academy) is one of the conference hosts. Music performances and art exhibitions are being planned, and we also intend to organize a paper session on performing arts in East Asia. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 1st, 2013.

Click here for more information: http://www.najaks.org/?page_id=703