“Toward a Gameic World: New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games” by Dr. Ben Whaley

The Global Japanese Studies Model Unit will organize the lecture “Toward a Gameic World: New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games” by Ben Whaley from University of Calgary. His research engages discourses of ethno-racial identity and national trauma in modern Japanese literature and popular culture, with a focus on manga (print comics) and videogames.

Event Overview

• Date and time: June 28, 2023, 17:00 – 18:40 (JST)
• Language: English (without interpreter)
• Lecturer: Ben Whaley (Associate Professor, University of Calgary)
• Venue: Room 231, 2nd Fl., Building 33, Toyama Campus, Waseda University
• Timetable
  17:00 – 17:10: Introduction Pau Pitarch (Associate Professor, Waseda Univeristy)
  17:10 – 18:05: Lecture　Ben Whaley (Associate Professor, University of Calgary)
  18:05 – 18:40: Discussion
• Participation is free
• Inquiry: [email protected]