Conference Program

Please click the buttons below to view the conference schedule and the floor map.

The registration can be done anytime during the conference. However, please note that bursary recipients must attend the conference from the beginning to the end.

We're still seeking volunteers to chair some sessions.
If you are interested, please contact the secretariat with the session number and the title.
*Please kindly note that individuals serving as chairs are also required to pay the registration fee.
Secretariat: ifrwh24@pcojapan.jp

 Conference Program

 Floor Map

For Presenters

Please be aware that there will be no computers provided for participants at the venue. Kindly ensure you bring your laptop for your presentation.

We will have projectors available, and you can connect to the internet using Edurome. However, it is imperative that you bring any necessary connectors, especially if you are using a Mac computer.

As a precautionary measure, please prepare a USB drive containing your presentation data readily available. This will serve as a backup in case of any unforeseen technical issues with the computer connection.

Please ensure that each presentation is 20-25 minutes, with 5-10 minutes for Q&A, so that each person has a total of 30 minutes.
This time rule should also be applied to sessions with two people. However, for sessions with four people, the presentation time for each person should be up to 20 minutes, with a total of 10 minutes for Q&A.

Film Showing

There will be a film showing on Friday, August 9, 2:00～4:40 pm. The title of the film is "Oh! The Nomugi Pass (あゝ野麦峠)". The movie, first released in 1979, is based on a novel by Shigemi Yamamoto (first edition in 1968), which tells the story of young girls who crossed the Nomugi Pass from the rural mountainous area of Hida in Gifu prefecture, to work in silk spinning mills. Such small and middle-sized silk spinning mills earned foreign currency which supported Japan’s rapid modernization and militarization in the early twentieth century. The movie illuminates the feudalistic patriarchal human relationships, the inhumane working conditions of globalizing capitalist industrialism, and young working girls’ subtle desires to be useful and socially admirable as well as to seek personal happiness. The increasing cutthroat competition in the international silk market forced hefty sacrifices on young women operatives in the small mills and factories. Working together in the mills, the women workers’ consciousness for justice and collective action slowly emerged, but they still had a long way to go to tackle the system and improve their situation. The movie received the 1980 Japan Academy Award.