International Women’s Day Event: A Conversation with Akutagawa Prize-winning Author MURATA Sayaka
| Date(s) | Monday, 18 March 2024, 17:00-18:30 JST |
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| Venue |
Zoom Webinar (Register here) |
| Registration | Pre-registration required |
| Language | Japanese (English interpretation) |
| Abstract |
To celebrate International Women’s Day this March, Tokyo College’s “Gender, Sexuality & Identity” collaborative research group will host a special webinar event with MURATA Sayaka, author and winner of the 155th Akutagawa Prize for her novel Convenience Store Woman (2016). Through discussing Murata’s writing, experiences, and inspirations, the event hopes to generate reflection on society’s gender and sexuality “norms” and how they shape our world. |
| Program |
Lecture MURATA Sayaka (Akutagawa Prize-winning Author) Discussion “Gender, Sexuality & Identity” Collaborative Research Group (Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo) Q&A Moderator Xinyu Promio WANG (Project Assistant Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo) |
| Speaker Profile |
MURATA Sayaka Japanese novelist and essayist 2003: Gunzo Prize for New Writers for the novel Breastfeeding 2009: Norma Literary New Face Prize for the novel Silver Song 2013: Mishima Yukio Prize for the novel Of Bones, Of Body Heat, Of Whitening City 2016: Akutagawa Prize for the novel Convenience Store Woman Other novels by MURATA Sayaka：Short Short Drops (2021), Marunouchi Magical Girl Miraclina (2020), Earthlings (2018), The Brain World Next Door (2018), The Murder Births (2016), Life Ceremony: Stories (2009)
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| Organized by | Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo |
| Contact | tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
