From kcleary at me.com  Sat May  8 21:15:30 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 10:15:30 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Cancellation of Dr. Griswold's lecture (10
 May); Job Notice for Atsugi Commercial High School
Message-ID: <20100509011530.1608886644@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have two quick announcements for you this morning.

(1) Unfortunately, Dr. Wendy Griswold's lecture at Sophia University,
which was to have been held tomorrow (10 May), has been cancelled due to
unavoidable circumstances. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

(2) In happier news, Atsugi Commercial High School sent us a job notice
for an ALT position.
The deadline for applications is 17 May. For details, please see below.


Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Job Notice: ALT at Atsugi Commercial High School ##

School name: ????????????? 
(Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi Shougyou (Commercial) High School )
 
Location: ?243?0817 ?????????3-1-1
Kanagawa-ken, Atsugi-shi, Oji 3-1-1

The school is about 20 minutes by bus from Hon-Atsugi Station, Kanagawa,
Odakyu Line (about an hour's ride from Shinjuku) 
<http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=?243?0817+???
??????3-1-1&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=?????
????????&gl=jp&ei=dpXKS9aeD5Dc7AOu38D
9Ag&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA>

Description: ALT (hired directly by the school)

Teaching time: Tuesdays, 9:55 to 12:45; Fridays, 9:55 to 14:20

Qualifications: University degree

Salary: 92,700 per month

Application Materials: Please submit a cover letter, a CV, and the names
of at least two references to Mr. Kanamori, Vice Principal
<firstk at ai.ayu.ne.jp>.

Deadline: 17 May 2010 (Monday)

Contact Person: Mr. Kanamori, Vice Principal 
<firstk at ai.ayu.ne.jp>

School/Website URL: 
<http://www.atsugi-ch.pen-kanagawa.ed.jp/>

## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Sun May  9 07:37:56 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 20:37:56 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] CALL event 26 May;
 Nakasendo Conference Handbook Editor(s) needed;
 IGALA Presenter List released
Message-ID: <20100509113756.1757969779@smtp.me.com>

Dear Members,

A few more things to alert you about tonight:

(1) We will release an event notice as soon as it is finalized. Larry
Davies will be giving a talk at Tokyo Keizai University on 26 May (Wed)
on "Shifting Paradigms in Online Language Learning: The Link between
Technology and Organizational Culture". If this CALL-related talk sounds
interesting, please keep that evening free. We hope to have the
announcement ready tonight or tomorrow.

(2) The Nakasendo Conference organizers have sent us this opportunity to
volunteer to be an editor for the Conference Handbook.

Notice for Nakasendo 2010 Conference Handbook Editor(s)

The Nakasendo 2010 Conference, to be held on Sunday, June 20th, 2010 at
Tokyo Kasei University, Jujo, Itabashi-ku in Tokyo, is currently looking
for conference handbook editor(s). The ideal person(s) will have had
experience editing a conference handbook, pamphlet or program before,
though anybody with experience as conference committee officers and/or
excellent organizing and academic writing skills will be welcome.

More than one person would be welcome to take on this role and would
receive the full cooperation of the 2010 conference organizing committee.

Any interested parties please contact Lee Arnold, Nakasendo 2010
conference chair, at
<sekaijin at pure.ocn.ne.jp>

The Nakasendo 2010 English Conference website is at
<http://nakasendo.freehostia.com/nakasendo2010/>.

(3) The IGALA 6 Conference presenter list is now available:

<https://orc.tsuda.ac.jp/IGALA/ocs/index.php/IGALA6/IGALA6Conf/schedConf/
presentations>

<https://orc.tsuda.ac.jp/IGALA/ocs/index.php/IGALA6/IGALA6Conf>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair




From kcleary at mac.com  Mon May 10 06:45:21 2010
From: kcleary at mac.com (Kevin Cleary)
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:45:21 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] British Council Japan Association Scholarship
	-- deadline 31 May
Message-ID: <16195864228512687047829285082368162891-Webmail@me.com>

Dear members,

I'd like to let you know of a scholarship program sponsored by the British Council Japan Association, as it might be of interest to your students.

The deadline for application is 31 May. For more information, please see the below and this web page:
<http://www.bcja.net/scholarship_guide.html>.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## BCJA Scholarship Programme ##

Letter from British Ambassador 
I am delighted to commend the work of the British Council Japan Association, and to endorse the BCJA scholarship programme. In recent years, the number of Japanese people studying abroad has tended to decline. The BCJA scholarships, which celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2010, make an important contribution to supporting Japanese students in the UK, and I am very grateful for this. The links forged between our two countries by students travelling in both directions are particularly enduring ones. As an association of former students in the UK, the BCJA itself provides a powerful demonstration of this fact through its continuing goodwill and support. I wish the BCJA continued success with the scholarship programme in the future. 

David Warren, British Ambassador to Japan 


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## End ##

From kcleary at me.com  Mon May 10 08:01:58 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (Kevin Cleary)
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:01:58 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Larry Davies Talk -- 26 May,
	Tokyo Keizai University
Message-ID: <689446554292219745966132742618190896-Webmail@me.com>

Dear members,

We are really pleased to invite you to a talk by Larry Davies which will be held on 26 May (Wed) at Tokyo Keizai University in western Tokyo.

Larry will speak on "Shifting Paradigms in Online Language Learning: The Link between Technology and Organizational Culture". Please see the full event notice below for the abstract.

Many of you may know Larry, who served as JALT's first webmaster, from when he lived in Japan. Others may recognize Larry's name as he is the plenary speaker at the JALTCALL 2010 Conference [1] and the featured speaker at PanSIG 2010 [2, 3]. We would also like to let you know that Larry will be editing  the Summer 2011 issue of  the Academic Exchange Quarterly journal, such special issue having the topic of "The Virtual College". [4]

[1] <http://jaltcall.org>
[2] <http://pansig.org/2010/>
[3] <http://jalt.org/events/pan-sig/10-05-22>
[4] <http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/>

If you are interested in attending this event, please pre-register by sending an email message to Kevin Cleary at 
<kcleary at me.com>.

Finally, we'd like to note the West Tokyo Chapter, Tokyo Chapter and the CALL SIG are co-sponsoring this event.

Thank you very much and best regards,

Peter Ross 
West Tokyo Chapter President

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair 

## Larry Davies Talk -- 26 May, Tokyo Keizai University ##

Title: Shifting Paradigms in Online Language Learning: The Link between Technology and Organizational Culture.  

Presenter: Larry Davies, St. Thomas University  

Date: 26 May 2010 (Wed)  

Time: 18:00 - 20:30  

Location: Tokyo Keizai University, near Kokubunji Station on the 
JR Chuo Line. Building #3. Room C208 (on the 2nd floor). This 
room is also known as LL2.
 
Map: 
<http://www.tku.ac.jp/%7Ekoho/english/campus/access.html>  

Cost: JALT members: free; Non-members:  ?1,000 
(You can join or renew your membership at the event.)  

Pre-Registration: You may pre-register by emailing Kevin Cleary at:
<kcleary at me.com>

Information: 
<http://jwt.homestead.com/home.html>. Or call 070-5572-2882 on the day.  

Abstract:  
Recent literature suggests that learning online (eLearning), and learning in a face-to-face environment involve different processes. Online learning poses its own challenges, including: (1) building an effective and efficient learning community; (2) establishing a coherent and cohesive online presence; (3) understanding administratively the time and effort needed to conceive, develop, implement and revise online courses; (4) balancing the synchronous and asynchronous activities that occur in online courses, and; (5) keeping up with the ever-evolving and quickly-shifting paradigms that newer technologies bring.  All of these worthy goals are hindered by Learning Management Systems (LMSs) which were conceived and developed within a mechanistic model of education. Craig (2007) notes that the paradigm behind these LMSs is now out of date with the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies.  This presentation will suggest ways that larger institutions can learn to adapt and change at a much faster rate than they have in the past, while addressing faculty and staff-based hindrances to technology adoption. The presenter concludes that institutions that don't undergo technological paradigm shifts at a faster pace will be left behind in the online world by learners who will vote with their virtual feet, and their very real pocketbooks. 

Biodata: 
Larry Davies lived and worked in Japan from 1989 to 2003, mostly in Nagoya and Hakodate and was very active in JALT during this time. Recently he has been pursuing his doctorate in Educational Leadership at St. Thomas University near Miami, Florida. He is also an administrator at a Virtual College in the Miami area. His current research looks at the relationships between academic organizational culture and technology acceptance and implementation programs in higher education. 

## End ##


From kcleary at mac.com  Wed May 12 07:31:31 2010
From: kcleary at mac.com (Kevin Cleary)
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 20:31:31 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JII 2010 Call for Papers -- deadline 30 July
	2010
Message-ID: <95521711861944623963627404763047148473-Webmail@me.com>

Dear members,

We distributed a Call for Papers for the JII 2009 Conference last year, and are glad to do so again, especially as it is at the behest of the organizers. 

JII 2010, sponsored by the Japan Intercultural Institute, will be held on 17 October (Sunday). The Call for Papers deadline is 30 July.

For more information, please see the notice below (English and Japanese) and the JII website:
<http://www.japanintercultural.org/>.

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## JII 2010 Call for Papers -- deadline 30 July 2010 ##

???????????????????(Japanese announcement below)

Call for Papers
 
JII 2010 Conference
Intercultural Learning for a Global World:
>From the Classroom to the Boardroom
 
 
Sponsored by: The Japan Intercultural Institute
Date: Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Location: Shirayuri College, Tokyo (Keio Line ? Sengawa station)
 
We invite you to present at JII?s upcoming conference to be held on October 17th. We will focus on the educational and training challenges of developing internationalism and intercultural effectiveness. Our goal is to bring together a wide range of internationalists, educators, trainers and intercultural communication specialists. We encourage a wide range of presentations - both theory and practice ? and an inclusive atmosphere. Presentations will be for a total of 40 minutes.
 
We encourage presentations on subjects that include:
 
- issues in globalization and internationalism
- culture in language education
- intercultural training in business
- teaching intercultural communication
- differences in styles of doing business
- cultural issues in teaching and classroom management
- study-abroad
- area studies
- world Englishes
 
Submission requirements:
 1?Name:
 2?Telephone number:
 3?Email address:
 4?Presentation title:
 5?Language of presentation:
 6?Name of presenter/s:
 7?Presentation proposal (400 words):
 8?Presentation description (for conference program) 100 words:
 9) Presenter bio (for conference program) 50 words:
10) Desired equipment (projector, OHP, etc.):
11) Comments or questions:
 
 
Submission deadline: July 30th?2010
Submit to: 
<conference-proposals at japanintercultural.org>
 
 
 
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## End ##



From kcleary at me.com  Thu May 13 19:30:47 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:30:47 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Study in Australia Seminar -- 24 May (Monday)
Message-ID: <20100513233047.60372535@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

A seminar on English Language programs at universities or specialized
institutes in Australia will be held soon at the Embassy of Australia in
Tokyo.

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Date: 5?24?(?)?
Time: 13:00 -- 18:30
Location: Embassy of Australia (Azabu Juban, Tokyo)
Access:
<http://www.australia.or.jp/about/map.php>

For details on the seminar and application procedures:
<http://www.study.australia.or.jp/news/view/141>

I hope this is of interest to you. Space is limited so apply early if
you wish to attend.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

From kcleary at mac.com  Fri May 14 06:52:02 2010
From: kcleary at mac.com (Kevin Cleary)
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 19:52:02 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] KIFL Seminar / Workshop Opportunity -- 9 June
 (Wed, a.m.); proposals due 26 May
Message-ID: <37798634096506183499176457482633451419-Webmail@me.com>

Dear members,

I'm very glad to pass along an opportunity for you to give an EFL seminar or workshop at Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages. I'm also glad to let you know that KIFL sent this notice to us directly for posting on the Tokyo JALT announcements list. If your school has a workshop that is open to the public, or is in need of a presenter, please let us know!

For details on the KIFL seminar or workshop, please see the below.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## KIFL Seminar / Workshop Opportunity -- 9 June (Wed) ##

Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages is looking for an experienced presenter to give a fresh and inspiring presentation or workshop about a current theory or practice related to teaching and learning EFL, on the morning of June 9th. We are already planning an extensive reading workshop and a writing workshop, and therefore are looking for something outside those two areas. Our school is a two-year vocational college and all students take 90 minute English classes at least 5 times a week. The length of the workshop is 60 - 90 minutes. Payment will be discussed with final candidates. We expect between 35 - 50 people to be present.
 
Please send proposals by May 26th to Herman Bartelen, Director of EIC Faculty:
 
<herman-b at kifl.ac.jp>
 
tel: 03 5296 7981 Ext 384

<http://www.kandagaigo.ac.jp/kifl/> 

## End ##


From kcleary at mac.com  Sat May 15 05:39:48 2010
From: kcleary at mac.com (Kevin Cleary)
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 18:39:48 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] International Baccalaureate Category 3 Topical
 Seminar in Japanese Literature (9 - 11 August, TUJ)
Message-ID: <149855277354463588604189087691368800137-Webmail@me.com>

Dear members,

Temple University Japan will hold an International Baccalaureate seminar on Japanese literature (the language of the seminar is Japanese, too) that may be of interest to you. For details, please see below and this website:
<http://www.tuj.ac.jp/events/2010/0809.html>.

With best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## International Baccalaureate Category 3 Topical Seminar ##

Two and a half day five-session workshop seminars provide a forum for experienced educators to build on and enhance their professional development portfolios in Japanese literature. Participants will engage in an in-depth investigation into specific areas of interest and expertise. To that end, the following three genres are introduced and covered by the literature experts: (1) contemporary prose fiction--Murakami Haruki, (2) poetry--Yosano Akiko and other poets, (3) prose non-fiction in Japanese--Okakukra Tenshin. In addition, the seminar introduces linguistic approaches to literary texts so that participants will learn how to apply analytical tools to unknown texts for text analysis.
<http://www.tuj.ac.jp/events/2010/0809.html>


About the International Baccalaureate Organization
=====================================
Many universities in Japan offer an International Baccalaureate (IB) program. If you are not familiar with the International Baccalaureate, here is how the organization describes itself:

"The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student.

Our three programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.

Founded in 1968, we currently work with 2,935 schools in 139 countries to develop and offer three challenging programmes to over 812,000 students aged 3 to 19 years."

<http://www.ibo.org/>
<http://www.ibo.org/events/semijpn/>

## End ##


From kcleary at me.com  Sat May 15 23:21:39 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 12:21:39 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] "Finding yourself abroad": Lecture,
 book signing, dinner discussion (23 May)
Message-ID: <20100516032139.1525847347@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We are glad to let you know about an event that will be held next Sunday
at the International House of Japan. There will be a lecture, book
signing and dinner discussion featuring Tokyo Chapter member Joseph
Shaules. The lecture is entitled "Finding yourself abroad: Self
understanding and the intercultural experience". Details on the event
and how to register for it are below.

As always, if you know of an event that may be of interest to language
teachers in Tokyo, please let us know about it!

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Lecture, book signing, dinner discussion (23 May) ##

"Finding yourself abroad: Self understanding and the intercultural experience"

Open lecture, book signing and dinner discussion held at the
International House of Japan

Sunday, May 23rd

Guest Speaker: Joseph Shaules


Description: 
Experiences abroad can affect our values, make us question our identity,
and even shift our view of the world. Yet these changes aren't always
positive or easy to understand because cultural learning involves the
unconscious mind. In this open lecture, Joseph Shaules will talk about
how to take full advantage of intercultural experiences to achieve
personal growth and greater self-understanding. Learn how to avoid
common pitfalls. These ideas are discussed in Dr. Shaules' new book: The
Beginner's Guide to the Deep Culture Experience: Beneath the Surface. 
<http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Deep-Culture-Experience/dp/0984247106>
<http://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Shaules/e/B001JP7O86/>

A book signing will follow the lecture. There will also be a dinner
discussion afterwards (advanced reservation required) where participants
will have a chance to share their thoughts with the author. Held at the
beautiful International House of Japan, with its beautiful Japanese gardens.
<http://www.i-house.or.jp/en/ihj/access.html> 

Schedule
========
Registration: 13:30

Lecture + Q&A: 14:00 -- 15:15

Book Signing: 15:15 -- 15:45

Dinner discussion (with advanced reservation only)*: 16:00 -- 17:30

Cost: Free for JII members/students; ?500 for non-members

* Registration / More information:
<events at japanintercultural.org>

* When you register, please be sure to indicate whether you'd like also
like to attend the dinner discussion (seating is limited).

Location:
International House of Japan
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, 
Tokyo 106-0032 

Tel: 03-3470-4611

<http://www.i-house.or.jp/en/ihj/access.html>  

JII:
<http://www.japanintercultural.org/>

## End ##

From kcleary at gol.com  Sun May 16 22:50:20 2010
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:50:20 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Please apply again for the Atsugi HS job;
	IEEE-PCSJ Technical Meeting (23 May)
Message-ID: <ApIBYQch.1274064620.6029760.kcleary@gol.com>

Dear members,

We have a few things to let you know about today.

1. If you applied for the job at Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi Shougyou
(Commercial) High School, please send your application materials again.
Due to technical problems, the applications didn't reach the vice
principal. Please use this email address:
<firstk at ai.ayu.ne.jp>.
If necessary, please refer to the original message for more information.

2. Also, we now have final information on the IEEE-PCSJ technical meeting
that will be held on 23 May (Sunday). If you would like to attend,
please send me a message at <kcleary at me.com> with IEEE PCSJ in the
subject line.

By the way, if you are interested in joining IEEE and/or the Professional
Communication Society you can find information here:
<http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/societies/pcs.html>

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair



## IEEE PCS-J 2010 Technical Meeting ##

PCS-J 2010 Technical Meeting #1
May 23, 2010
Waseda University, Nishi-Waseda Campus, Building 62

Schedule
1:30 Registration, greetings

1:40  Invited speaker Andrew Vaughan "Unmet needs -- Preparing
Professionals for the Global Workplace"

Abstract: This presentation will look at how corporate language training
programs in Japan aim to provide professionals with the language and
communication skills needed to be successful in the global workplace. It
will be argued that for Japanese professionals to be successful in the
global workplace, training programs need to better reflect the realities
of the workplace, and need to move beyond the traditional skills covered
in ESP programs (e.g. Technical Writing, Presentations, E-mail writing).
It will be argued that there needs to be a greater emphasis on the
communication behaviors, including intercultural effectiveness, required
for professionals to be effective in their current and future roles. The
implications of such a shift in emphasis for some of the issues related
to program design (such as needs analysis, evaluation and assessment)
will also be discussed.

2:50 William Rozycki "Evaluating professionalism: A model from medicine"

Abstract: Joining a profession means more than handling the linguistic
challenges of the work. This presentation looks at development of an
assessment of disciplinary knowledge jointly developed between an
English-for-Specific-Purposes center and a Family Practice residency
training center at a major university medical center in the US.

3:30 Atsuko Yamazaki "PCS-J and the Big Picture"

Abstract: A brief report on the activities of the Administrative Council
of the Professional Communication Society, and how our PCS-J chapter and
the PCS fit together with the larger IEEE organization.

4:00 Meeting closes

Presenter biosketches:
Andrew Vaughan is General Manager of Sumikin-Intercom, Inc. (SI), a
training and translation subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Industries. SI
delivers customized corporate language training programs to industry and
business across Japan. Andrew is the author of a number of Business
English textbooks, most recently the Get Ready for Business series
(Macmillan).

William Rozycki is a professor in the Center for Language Research at the
University of Aizu and currently the chair of PCS-J.

Atsuko Yamazaki is a professor at the Shibaura Institute of Technology
and a board member of the Administrative Committee of the Professional
Communication Society of the IEEE.

Please see the website for more information about IEEE, PCSJ, the meeting
and an access map.
<http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/chapter/PC-26/pcsj_seminar_201005.html>
<http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/chapter/PC-26/>
<http://www.sci.waseda.ac.jp/english/campusmap/>

## End ##


From kcleary at gol.com  Mon May 24 07:10:13 2010
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:10:13 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Reminders on Larry Davies talk (Wed), ECAP
	(Sun); non-ELT symposium at Sophia (5 June)
Message-ID: <FDWhYKz9.1274699413.6229630.kcleary@gol.com>

Dear members,

I hope that you had a great weekend!

We have a few things to notify you of tonight.

(1) Reminder: The Larry Davies talk is on Wednesday night, at Tokyo
Keizai University. If you are interested in going, please check the
original message for details. You can access that in your email program,
or on the mailing list's online archive:

<http://jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/pipermail/tokyojalt-announce_jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/>
<http://jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/pipermail/tokyojalt-announce_jalt-tokyo.iplusone.org/2010-May/thread.html>


(2) Reminder: ECAP 2010 is on Sunday. Best wishes to the several Tokyo
Chapter members who are presenting there! You can get information from
the email archive for April or from the ABAX website:
<http://www.abax.co.jp/ecap/>

By the way, if the ECAP information on the ABAX web page shows mojibake
(unreadable characters that are meant to be Japanese) set your web
browser's "View/Text Encoding" option to Japanese (Shift-JIS).


(3) Non-ELT symposium: There is a symposium at Sophia that may be of
interest to many of you. However, it is not about language teaching
directly, so I want to make it clear that we are just providing this
information for your consideration. If you are not interested at all in
"The 50th Anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Alliance:  Working Together on
Global Security Challenges for the Future" then please ignore the below
information. However, the panelists include James Fallows, the Atlantic
Monthly correspondent, and some very interesting people from development
studies and other backgrounds related to the topic.

Thank you very much and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## US-Japan Alliance Symposium ##

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo and Sophia University are pleased to host a
symposium
"The 50th Anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Alliance:  Working Together on
Global
Security Challenges for the Future."

5 June: 13:00 -- 16:30
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus
Bldg 10, Hall
Info in English:
<http://www.info.sophia.ac.jp/amecana/symp10e.htm>


Language: Japanese / English
Simultaneous interpretation available (English-Japanese)

Cost: Free, but seating is limited and registration is required.
Deadline for registration: 31 May

Registration form:
<https://ssl.form-mailer.jp/fms/8d62c91f101484>

Keynote speaker: James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly correspondent

Panel discussion members: James Fallows, Toshihide Arimura (Sophia
University),
Scott Bates (Center for National Policy), Steve Clemons (New America
Foundation),
Naoko Hashimoto (International Organization for Migration), Toshihiro
Nakayama (Aoyama Gakuin),
Cristina Rodriguez (New York University), and Miranda Schreurs (Freie
Universit&#228;t Berlin)

Moderator: Tosh Minohara (Kobe University)

5 June: 13:00 -- 16:30
Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus
Bldg 10, Hall
Info in English:
<http://www.info.sophia.ac.jp/amecana/symp10e.htm>

Access:
<http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/info/access/map/map_yotsuya>
<http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/info/access/directions/access_yotsuya>

Information on the panelists/their organizations:
<http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows>
<http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/arimura/index-e.htm>
<http://www.centerfornationalpolicy.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/2688/pid/2688>
<http://www.newamerica.net/people/steven_clemons>
<http://www.iomjapan.org/>
<http://www.sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp/ja/contents/instructor/t_nakayama.html>
<https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=22244>
<http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/polwiss/forschung/systeme/ffu/team/mitarbeiter/schreurs_miranda/index.html>


Info in Japanese:
<http://www.info.sophia.ac.jp/amecana/sympo10j.htm>

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From kcleary at me.com  Sun May 30 09:31:35 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 22:31:35 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] JII Seminar: Discovering Deep Culture
Message-ID: <20100530133135.1256694168@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

The director of the Japan Intercultural Institute, Tokyo Chapter member
Joseph Shaules, notified us that JII is holding a series of seminars in
June and July. For information on the introductory seminar and how to
register for it, please see the information below.
 
If you have any events or other information to pass along to Tokyo
Chapter members, please let us know!

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Introductory Seminar: Discovering Deep Culture ##

Japan Intercultural Institute
Sunday, June 6th  10:30 -- 16:30

International living can be an exciting voyage of discovery. But it's
not easy. Working and communicating effectively between cultures
requires looking more deeply into others and ourselves. We must explore
culture and the unconscious mind. Recent research in cognitive science
and evolutionary psychology is uncovering the powerful influence of deep
culture programming on our thinking, feelings and communication
patterns. In the Discovering Deep Culture Seminar, you will learn about:
1) deep culture's powerful yet subtle effect on your values,
relationships, identity, and more, 2) how to decipher subtle deep
culture difference and come to greater cultural self-understanding, 3)
develop sasshi - the ability to successfully "read" a situation and to
empathize with others. Turn your international experiences into a
journey of growth and understanding!

Location: Tokyo (Iidabashi)

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Star Kaigishitsu
Elegance Iidabashi, 2F
3-4-3 Iidabashi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo


This seminar is part of the Deep Culture Certificate program. For more
info about individual seminars, and how you can gain certification,
click here 
<http://www.japanintercultural.org/JII-Academy.aspx?l=1>.

More Deep Culture Seminars

June 13th: Deep thoughts: Culture, perception and cognition

June 20th: Intuitive logics: Deciphering deep culture difference

June 27th: Beyond culture shock: Adaptation and deep culture learning

July 4th: Deep culture practice: The inner journey.


More Info:
<http://www.japanintercultural.org/JII-Academy.aspx> .

Registration and questions: 
<JII-Academy at Japanintercultural.org>
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From kcleary at gol.com  Mon May 31 07:20:13 2010
From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:20:13 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Lecture by Dr. Sharon Kinsella (3 June,
	Hitotsubashi University)
Message-ID: <mbp40IFl.1275304813.4678850.kcleary@gol.com>

Dear members,

I just found out about the lecture below which may be of interest to you
or someone you know.

It is to be held this Thursday (3 June) by Dr. Sharon Kinsella, who is a
visiting researcher at Hitotsubashi University and is the author of
"Adult Manga: Culture and power in contemporary Japanese society". Dr.
Kinsella has a forthcoming book entitled, "Girls and Male Imagination:
Fantasies of rejuvenation in contemporary Japan". As many Tokyo Chapter
members are interested in Japanese popular culture, we thought you might
appreciate knowing about this lecture.

Thank you and best wishes,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair


## Hitotsubashi University Public Lecture
Sponsored by the Center for Global Education ##

Men Imagining a Girl Revolution

Speaker: Dr. Sharon Kinsella, University of Manchester

Date: 3 June (Thu)
Time: 12:55 -- 14:25

Location: Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi Campus, East Campus, LS/GCE
Bldg., (Kokusai Kenkyu-kan), 4F, Hall

(Building #32 on the map linked below)
<http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/e-campus/>

Cost/Registration: No cost, no need to register

For more information, please see the pdf poster linked below:
<http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/function/outside/news/2010/0528.pdf>

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ota at the Center:
<h.ota at srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp>

Outline of the Lecture
======================
At several points in the twentieth century male novelists, journalists, 
intellectuals, artists, editors and cultured salary-men, have become
fascinated by the lives and characters of young single women and their
thrilling potential for prostitution and revolution. The imagination and
desire of both formal and bohemian faces of the intelligentsia (interi)
have made female liberation a recurrent narrative within modern Japanese
culture. In this sphere of modern male imagination sexual promiscuity
and prostitution have been closely associated with social resistance.
During the late 1960s and 1970s underground and avant garde currents
bound up with the political movements for campus autonomy and against
ANPO, linked images of euphoric, righteous, and typically carnal
rebellion, with girls (shojo) and schoolgirls (jogakusei). During the
1980s fantasies of liberation executed by powerful and sexy girl
warriors reemerged within Lolita complex subculture. During the 1990s
mass media reports on real deviant schoolgirls said to be earning money
from compensated dates and prostitution effectively expanded the themes
of male-dominated Lolita complex culture. Does the commercial and
institutional, cultural and theoretical proprietorship, of the idea of
female liberation in Japan represent an advance colonization of the idea
of female-based resistance, blocking the route to actual female cultural
and political participation?

Dr. Sharon Kinsella is a visiting researcher at Hitotsubashi.
<http://www.kinsellaresearch.com/>

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From kcleary at me.com  Mon May 31 11:47:19 2010
From: kcleary at me.com (kevin cleary)
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:47:19 +0900
Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Reminders: Business English SIG Inaugural
 Seminar (5 June); ER Japan Seminar (4 July)
Message-ID: <20100531154719.762519410@smtp.me.com>

Dear members,

We have a couple of reminders to send you tonight. The Business English
SIG's inaugural seminar is this weekend [1], and there is now more
information available on the Extensive Reading SIG's ER Japan Seminar
2010 [2].

Thank you and best regards,

Kevin Cleary
Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair

[1] The Business English SIG's inaugural event is Saturday, June 5:

Location: Toyo Gakuen University, Building 1, Hongo Campus, Tokyo
Time:	Saturday, June 5 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

For more information, please contact Andy Boon
<andrew.boon at tyg.jp> or use the contact form at the BE SIG info page
<http://jalt.org/groups/business-english>

BE SIG also has a Facebook page:
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=306967101933&v=app_2344061033>

[2] The Extensive Reading SIG is accepting poster presentation
submissions for its seminar in July in Sapporo.

>From SIG Coordinator Daniel Stewart:
ER SIG members, I hope you are well.  We have just over a month until
the biggest event for ER in Japan this year - The Extensive Reading in
Japan Seminar. Marc Helgesen will be doing the plenary and there will be
a dozen other ER presentations.  Publishers will be showing their newest
materials and there will be poster sessions so you can really get some
firsthand advice. Graded readers will be given away as door prizes. The
main event in on Sunday July 4th, but this year we are expanding to
Saturday as well.  On Saturday Tom Robb will be hosting a MoodleReader
workshop and then we will be having a dinner Saturday night. Please
check out the abstracts on the seminar website at
<www.erjseminar.org>.

We still have space for a few more poster presentations.  This is a
great opportunity to get feedback on your projects. If you are
interested, please contact me.

The sooner you buy plane tickets the cheaper they are, so please act
quickly. We hope to see you in beautiful Sapporo next month.

Daniel Stewart
JALT ER SIG Coordinator
<stewart_reading at mac.com>
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