[KS] 2023 VSJF Annual Conference 3rd-5th Nov. in Berlin

[Joohyun Justine Park]

With great pleasure, we would like to announce the annual VSJF (German
Association for Social Science Research on Japan) Conference 2023 from
November 3-5 in Berlin.

This year’s conference theme is “Labor and (im)mobility in Japan and East
and Southeast Asia: Transnational, regional and rural-urban perspectives”.

Lifetime full-time employment and the male breadwinner model have been
recognized as key characteristics of the Japanese employment system.
Nevertheless, demographic change, urbanization, and deregulation in
employment have led to adjustments in the employment system, including the
integration of women, the elderly, and international and internal migrants.
At the same time, gendered forms of regular and irregular employment
continue to persist in the Japanese labor market. This phenomenon is not
unique to Japan, but can also be observed in other Asian economies, such as
South Korea and Taiwan, which are exposed to similar economic, demographic
and social changes. Furthermore, travel restrictions during the Covid-19
pandemic and economic and social uncertainties have led to career,
geographical, and social (im)mobility within and beyond borders.

This conference examines the complex interlinkages of (im)mobility and
labor with demographic change, rural decline, the emergence of global
cities and (offshore) economic zones, and the subsequent socio-cultural
change in East and Southeast Asia. It provides a platform for discussing
emerging trends and unexpected developments captured by empirical research
on labor and (im)mobility within East and Southeast Asian economies. The
conference seeks to disentangle local/municipal, national, and
transnational processes of labor and (im)mobility in Japan and the wider
region.

For a detailed conference program, please refer to the VSJF website:
https://vsjf.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2023-vsjf-annual-conference-tentative-program.pdf

Conference registration with information on the conference fees is expected
to open from the end of September. As we encourage the participation of
university students, we will provide a full conference fee waiver for up to
10 students. To apply for this fee waiver, please send your student
certificate and a motivation letter (1 page) outlining how attendance at
the conference furthers your academic training to Ms. Sohee Park (
s1447961 at stud.uni-frankfurt.de) by 30th September 2023 (CEST time). The
conference organizers reserve the right to select the 10 most qualified
applicants.

The conference is co-organized by Ruth Achenbach (Goethe University
Frankfurt), Helena Hof (University of Zurich / Max Planck Institute for the
Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Aimi Muranaka (University of
Duisburg-Essen), Joohyun Justine Park (Goethe University Frankfurt) and
Megha Wadhwa (Free University of Berlin) as a collaboration of the
BMBF-funded research project on “Qualification and Skill in the Migration
Process of Foreign Workers in Asia (QuaMaFA)” (https://quamafa.de) in
cooperation with JDZB and VSJF.
The conference is partially funded by the Toshiba International Foundation.

We look forward to welcoming you to Berlin!

Kind regards,

QuaMaFA, JDZB and VSJF

-- 
Joohyun Justine Park, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Interdisciplinary center for East Asian studies
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt  |  Campus Bockenheim
Juridicum  |  Raum 861  |  Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt am Main  |  GERMANY
Telefon +49 (0)69 798 23262
E-Mail: jo.park at em.uni-frankfurt.de
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