36th Annual Meeting of the Japan Brontë Association

 The 36th Annual Meeting of the Japan Brontë Association takes place today, October 16 by ZOOM:

October 16, 2021 from 10:00 to 16:00

(Google Translate wonders ahead)

★ Opening 9: 50 ~  General Moderator Manami Tamura, Professor, Nihon University

★ Opening remarks 10:00 Former Professor, Kawamura Gakuen Women's University Yoshiko Tanaka

★ Research presentation 10: 10-12: 10

Moderator Miwa Kabara, Associate Professor, Kinki University

1. 1. "Western wind" blowing on Caroline-women and debts given to each other in "Shirley"

 Seijo University Part-time Lecturer Mai Osawa

2. 200 years after her death-thinking of Maria Branwell

 Suzuka National College of Technology Lecturer Yuri Furuno

 Moderator Tatsuhiro Ohno, Professor, Rissho University

3. 3. Witches in control of space- "Wuthering Heights" and "Snow White"

 Chihiro Sakuma, Assistant Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University

4. English Literature as Therapy: Starting with the Brontë sisters

 Professor Emeritus, Saitama University Kazuko Uda

★ General Assembly 13: 00-13: 30 Moderator Akiko Kawasaki, Professor, Komazawa University

★ Encouragement Award Commentary Michiko Kurisu, Professor Emeritus, Daito Bunka University, Chairman of the Encouragement Award, Japan Brontë Association

★ Greetings from the Chairman Seiichi Hashimoto, Professor Emeritus, Aoyama Gakuin University

★ Symposium 13: 40-15: 50 "200 years of Anne Brontë's birth"

 Moderator / Subject Miwa Ota, Professor, Chuo University

Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Mari Takumi

Former Professor, Kansai Gaidai University Chizuru Watanabe

Akiko Kimura, Professor, Waseda University

The complete program and abstracts of  the research presentations can be seen here (in Japanese).

EDIT: The Japan Brontë Association blog posts about the event here.