The Department of Film and Contemporary Culture Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, will host the 10th Annual Meeting of the Hokkaido University Society for Film and Contemporary Culture Studies.

【overview】

Date and time: Saturday, October 31, 2026, 10:30-17:30

Event format: In-person (no prior registration required)

Venue: Room W409, Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Education and Research Building, Hokkaido University

【program】

Morning session

10:35-11:15 The Privileging and Critical Point of the "Self"—After the Affective Turn Mitsuhiko Miura (Project Assistant Professor)

11:15-11:55 Approaching "Shot" - Hayate Sato (Doctoral Candidate)

Afternoon session

3:30-14:10 Representational Studies of "Poisonous Woman Takahashi Oden" starring Kazuko Wakasugi - Yu Okimura (Doctoral Candidate)

14:10-14:50 From "Verbalism" to "Silence": The Poetics of Hideo Oguma's Later Years Shintaro Teramoto (Doctoral Candidate)

14:50-15:30 The Implementation of "Sexual Existence"—A Reconsideration of Kenzaburo Oe's "Politics and Sex" So Oshino (Doctoral Candidate)

Lecture

15:50-17:25 Where is acting created?
—The human body and the environment in film, theater, and novels
Hiroki Yamamoto (Inu no Senakaza)

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