Lecture by Chizuko Ueno in Kyoto: The Twelve Volumes of Feminism in Japan

Chizuko Ueno, the director of Women’s Action Network and a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, will be speaking at the Nagaokakyo City Gender Equality Forum 2011 in Kyoto on January 21, 2012. The lecture is entitled “Passing the Baton” and features her experiences of coediting the twelve-volume feminist anthology, Feminism in Japan. The original series was published by Iwanami Shoten in 1994 and an augmented edition was completed in 2011.

Date: January 21, 2012

Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Location: Nagaokakyo-shi Chuo Shogai Gakushu Senta (Center for Continuing Learning, Nagaokakyo City), Main Hall (third floor)

* The Center is located in front of JR Nagaokakyo Station.

Capacity: 200 seats

* Please fill out and send in the application sheet attached here. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.   

* Childcare services are available. Please register by January 14.

Contact: Women’s Support Center, Nagaokaky City

Tel: 050-7105-8501

Original Article on the WAN website (September 4, 2011)

Translated and Adapted by Aya Kitamura