Greetings to the members of ASLE from Shoko ITOH, the chair of The Society for Ecocriticism Studies in Japan. SES-J is an academic community devoted to studying Ecocriticism and exploring cultural and literary connections to the environment. We have been active since 1995, when a renewed interest in nature writing and its criticism spread to Japan and the world. Our members study the Environment from various fields of inquiry including literature (American, Asian American, Australian, British, Canadian, Japanese, multicultural, comparative, and nuclear); education; area studies; cultural and media studies; and more.
To learn about our past activities, visit http://www.ses-japan.org/english1.html.
For information about our annual conference last year at Hiroshima City University, visit http://www.ses-japan.org/eng_2015program.pdf.
For details about our publication activities, visit http://www.ses-japan.org/news00.html.
To review our journal, Ecocriticism Review (No1~No8), visit http://www.ses-japan.org/eng_publications.html.
Back numbers and subscriptions are available by writing to our office listed here: http://www.ses-japan.org/ecorenraku.html.
We’ll hold our 29th annual meeting as a joint Conference with MESA (Multicultural Ethnic Studies Association) on August 6, 2016 at Daitobunka University in Tokyo. The theme is “Cross-Ethnic Literature and the Environment.” The call for papers was closed on December 31, 2015. The program is set, and now available at http://www.ses-japan.org/→English→program for the conference 2016
The SES-J Newsletter is available at http://www.ses-japan.org/News0.html. SES-J officers are listed at http://www.ses-japan.org/eng_2015-2016yakuin.pdf.
We appreciate your interest in our activities and welcome your participation in the Conference in Tokyo. The program will be updated as needed and will be finalized by the end of June 2016.
We are grateful for the cooperation of ASLE and Affiliated groups.
SES-J Office:
MIZUNO Atsuko(Sanyo Women’s College)
Tel: 81-829-32-0909 mizuno@sanyo.ac.jp
Treasurer: HIRASE, Yoko. Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Tel: 81-82-820-2576 hirase@hkg.ac.jp
