Comments on: Conference Blogging: ASPAC 2009 at Soka University http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2009/06/conference-blogging-aspac-2009-at-soka-university/ The Japan History Group Blog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:45:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2009/06/conference-blogging-aspac-2009-at-soka-university/comment-page-1/#comment-200613 Jonathan Dresner Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:49:29 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/?p=669#comment-200613 Neither name rings a bell, and this linguistics paper was the only one that I heard all weekend that directly addressed Soka Gakkai. ASPAC is general Asian studies conference, so there's rarely a strong theme to the papers, though sometimes people organize "streams" -- multiple panels on related topics -- which can be quite fun. Still, Komeito and the role of SG/SGI in public life would be a perfectly good topic for further research, in my view. Neither name rings a bell, and this linguistics paper was the only one that I heard all weekend that directly addressed Soka Gakkai. ASPAC is general Asian studies conference, so there’s rarely a strong theme to the papers, though sometimes people organize “streams” — multiple panels on related topics — which can be quite fun.

Still, Komeito and the role of SG/SGI in public life would be a perfectly good topic for further research, in my view.

]]> By: Garrett http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2009/06/conference-blogging-aspac-2009-at-soka-university/comment-page-1/#comment-200583 Garrett Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:09:28 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/?p=669#comment-200583 Thank you for the report. I'm a graduate student and have been weighing the potential of specializing somewhat in Komeito as a research subject. Of course Komeito and Soka Gakkai are inseparable - even SGI comes into play a bit. I'm very interested to hear what papers were presented, and especially whether the likes of Daniel Metreaux and James Dator were present. Thank you for the report. I’m a graduate student and have been weighing the potential of specializing somewhat in Komeito as a research subject. Of course Komeito and Soka Gakkai are inseparable – even SGI comes into play a bit. I’m very interested to hear what papers were presented, and especially whether the likes of Daniel Metreaux and James Dator were present.

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