Class in Comparative Historical Perspective: UK and Japan | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12023-03-26T18:33:31+09:00PeatixShinobu Majima, Gakushuin UniversityClass in Comparative Historical Perspective: UK and Japantag:peatix.com,2023:event-35072542023-03-25T16:30:00JST2023-03-25T16:30:00JSTRising inequalities in the West over the past 25 years have firmly reinstated class as a topic of major importance. While everywhere the COVID-19 pandemic helped to expose the vulnerability of less well-off groups, in the UK the intervention to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic largely benefitted the more affluent. Subsequently, a cost of living crisis, resulting from Brexit and the War in Ukraine, has sponsored a wave of strike action across the economy, bringing class-based tensions into even sharper focus. Meanwhile, in Japan there are concerns that a formerly egalitarian social structure has undergone a shift towards a ‘gap society’, although the extent to which this is objectively the case is contested.In neither the case of Japan or the UK is there a clear relationship between the class-based economic differences and subjective identities. This raises the question of how to capture, analyse and compare the broader societal and political effects of class both within and between nations. In this workshop we address this question by considering the recent application of multidimensional theories of class in the Bourdieusian tradition alongside the historical approach established by EP Thompson.UK-Japan collaborative research workshop V
Culture, Class, Connection: Class and Inequality in the UK and Japan
Seminar: 'Class in Comparative Historical Perspective: UK and Japan'
英語での報告WHEN: Saturday 25 March 2023WHERE: Online by invitation only / Live-streaming from Kyoto Campus PlazaABOUT: This workshop is one of a series of events taking place in Japan and the UK as part of our ESRC-JSPS networking grant (2019-2021) designed to build research relationships and collaborations between the UK, Japan and beyond. You can find out more about us and our activities at our website: https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/culture,class,connection/SCHEDULE16:30 Opening speech16:35~17:00 Kentaro Saito, Kyoto Sangyo University'Why was there no class in Modern Japan?'17:05~17:30 Andy Miles, University of Manchester'Social mobility and class since the 1950s'17:35~18:00 Shinobu Majima, Gakushuin University'Culture and inequalities in Japan and the UK: 1955, 1985 and 2015'18:05~18:30 Mike Savage, London School of Economics and Political Science'Class consciousness in the 21st century: the relevance of EP Thompson and the radical critique of old corruption'18:30 Closing speech19:00DinnerFUNDINGWe acknowledge the generous support of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2019-2023) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for our activities under their joint ‘Japan-UK Connections’ scheme. Grant no. ES/S013776/1 (2019-2021) 'Culture, Class, Connection: Bridging Debates on Contemporary Inequality in the UK and Japan' P.I. Niall Cunningham, Newcastle University. -> https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/culture,class,connection/OTHER EVENTSUK-Japan collaborative research workshop IV 22 March 2023Online (live-streaming from Gakushuin University)Panel Discussion: 'Culture and polarisation: Rethinking Postwar Japan and the UK'https://culture-class-connection-g22.peatix.comUK-Japan collaborative research workshop V25 March 2023Online (live-streaming from Kyoto Campus Plaza)Seminar: 'Class in Comparative Historical Perspective: UK and Japan'https://culture-class-connection-ks25.peatix.comPAST EVENTSUK-Japan collaborative research workshop I 23 September 2021Online (live-streamed from Gakushuin University)Panel Discussion: 'Social Polarisation: Japan and the UK'https://culture-class-connection-g23.peatix.comUK-Japan collaborative research workshop II 24 September 2021Online'Culture, Class, Connection: Class and Inequality in the UK and Japan'https://culture-class-connection-g24.peatix.comUK-Japan collaborative research workshop III22 October 2021OnlinePublic lectures: 'CULTURE AND CLASS: Rethinking EP Thompson'https://culture-class-connection-ks22.peatix.comPHOTO BYYuto Kamiyama, Year 4 Economics, Gakushuin UniversityFURTHER INFORMATIONKentaro Saito, Kyoto Sangyo UniversityTel: +81-(0)80-1457-6407Email: kensaito@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp