Month, Year |
Theme and Venue |
June 2012 |
“A Critical Reconsideration on the Meaning of Motherhood and Feminism” (Taisho University, Tokyo) |
June 2011 |
“Can Social Policy Be Neutral to Diverse Lifestyles?” (Nagoya City Gender Equality Promotion Center) |
June 2010 |
“The Inspiring Influence of Women`s Studies on Society” (Dawn Center, Osaka) |
June 2009 |
“Querying Poverty and Labor from a Gender Perspective” (Ochanomizu University, Tokyo) |
June 2008 |
“Gender Equality in the Gap-Widening Society” (Apio Aomori, Aomori) |
June 2007 |
“Queering the Backlash: A Critical Perspective on the Binary Sex/Gender System” (Hosei University,Tokyo) |
June 2006 |
“Violence, trauma and Gender: Feminist Hopes against the Violence ” (Dawn Center,Osaka City) |
June 2005 |
“Feminism and Wars: On the Recognition that Women Have ‘Advanced’ from Home Front to Battlefront” (Yokohama National University) |
June 2004 |
“New Horizons Opened Up by Japanese Women’s Lib” (Center for Gender Equality, Tottori Prefecture) |
June 2003 |
“Issues and Perspectives over ‘Gender-equal’ Society” (Jumonji University) |
June 2002 |
“Discourses on Pornography” (L-Park, Sendai City) |
June 2001 |
“Institutionalization of Women’s Studies” (Women’s Center, Chiba City) |
June 2000 |
“Feminism and Political Power” (University of Tokyo) |
November 1999 |
“Dispatched Workers and Part-time Workers in The Corporate Restructuring Age: We Want to Work, But No Job is Available” (Dawn Center or Osaka Prefectural Women’s Center, Osaka City) |
June 1999 |
“Women’s Expression in the 20th Century” (Josai International University) |
November 1998 |
“Choosing to be a Full–time Housewife: Is This a Right or Wrong Choice, or a Happy or Unhappy Choice?” (Move, Kitakyushu City Women’s Center) |
June 1998 |
“ A ‘Fiction’ called Self-determination: Life, Sex and Body,” (Keio University, Tokyo) |
November 1997 |
“So-called ‘Squeaks’ in A Family: Deviations Between a System and Emotion” (Nagaoka University, Ngaoka City) |
June 1997 |
“What are women’s studies for? – A Look at the Current Women Studies after 20-year experience in Japan” (Kanagawa Women’s Center) |
November 1996 |
“Feminism and Policy-Making Process” (Aichi Shukutoku University) |
June 1996 |
“Women and Reproduction: Their Desires, Skills and Politics” (Wako University) |
November 1995 |
“Diverse Feminism and Me” (Otemon Gakuin University) |
June 1995 |
“Feminism and Nation States: Women and Their Responsibilities for Wars” (International Christian University) |
November 1994 |
“Women Challenge ‘The Family Law’ in Japan: Family Registration/Different Surnames/the Non-marriage” (Women’s Center, Nagoya City) |
June 1994 |
“What can be done about the critics of feminism literature?” (Gender Equality Promotion Center, Toshima City, Tokyo) |
November 1993 |
“Why is it very difficult for female students to find jobs? The Present Conditions and Structure of Gender Discrimination in Job Recruiting” (Kyoto Sangyo University) |
June 1993 |
“Violence Against Wives -The Ins and Outs of Marriages” (Setagaya Women’s Center, Tokyo) |
November 1992 |
“Feminism and Freedom of Expression” (Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto City) |
June 1992 |
“Creating Women’s Studies in Asia” (Waseda University, Tokyo) |
November 1991 |
“Comfort Women, Sex Tours and Korean Women in Japan – A Preparation Forum for the Asia Women’s Conference” (Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto City) |
June 1991 |
“Five Years After the Passing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law – Has it Facilitated Women’s Working Conditions?” (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo) |
December 1990 |
“Violence Against Women: Looking at Its Structure” (National Women’s Education Center, Japan) |
June 1990 |
“Politics of Sexual Reproduction” (Yokohama Women’s Forum, Yokohama City) |
December 1989 |
“Women’s Rights and Gender Discrimination” (Kyoto Seika University) |
June 1989 |
“How Do We Apply Feminism to Our Lives? – Dialogue between Komashaku and Fujieda Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of The Women’s Studies Association of Japan ” (Hosei University, Tokyo) |
November1988 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: Returning to the Origin of Feminism” (Osaka Women’s University) |
June 1988 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: Political Science through Visual Images” (National Women’s Education Center, Japan) |
November 1987 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: Reviewing Current Women’s Studies” (Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing, Kyoto City) |
June 1987 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: Sexuality of Women (Life and Gender)” (Hosei University) |
November 1986 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: A Look at the ‘Unpaid’ Labor of Women” (Kyoto Municipal Life Education Center) |
June 1986 |
“The Cultural Foundation in Japan and Feminism: What are the Obstacles to Feminism?” (National Women’s Education Center, Japan) |
June 1985 |
“The So-called ‘Gender Discrimination’ and Women’s Liberation – How We Have Been tricked by Modern Society” (Working Women’s Center, Nagoya City) |
June 1984 |
“Women and Religions” (Waseda University) |
June 1983 |
“Feminism and Academic Studies” (National Women’s Education Center, Japan) |
June 1982 |
“When A Woman Speaks about Herself: Focus on the Autobiographical Novels of Yuriko Miyamoto and Simone de Beauvoir”, Lecture by Prof. Noriko Mizuta (Kobe College, Kobe City) |
June 1981 |
“Japanese Culture and Women”, Lecture by Prof. Douglas Lammis (Hosei University) |
May 1980 |
“The Launching of Women’s Studies” (Hosei University) |