{"id":17030,"date":"2026-05-27T18:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/rilas\/?p=17030"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:10:54","slug":"%e3%80%906%e6%9c%883%e6%97%a5%ef%bc%88%e6%b0%b4%ef%bc%89%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e3%80%91%e5%8e%a6%e9%96%80%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-%e6%a2%81%e9%9d%92%e5%85%88%e7%94%9f%e8%ac%9b%e6%bc%94%e4%bc%9a%e3%80%8c-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/rilas\/news-en\/2026\/05\/27\/17030\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture | Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori \u014cgai\u2019s Literary Fiction | Thursday, June 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

“Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori \u014cgai\u2019s Literary Fiction”<\/h1>\n

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Date: June 25, 2026 (Thursday), 3pm-5pm
\nFormat: In-person only
\nLocation: Conference Room 10, Building 33, 16th Floor, Waseda University Toyama Campus
\nLanguage: English and Japanese<\/p>\n

This event is free, but requires advance registration. Please use the QR code or link below.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/cJRX2c3XdV<\/a><\/div>\n
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This presentation will analyze Mori \u014cgai\u2019s novels Vita Sexualis (1919) and Seinen (1910-1911) to understand the role played by contemporary ideas of sexuality and \u201cperversion\u201d in his exploration of art and literature. Late 19th-century Aesthetics and Sexology interacted in \u014cgai\u2019s works to depict a “sexual desire” based on ambiguous gender as an indispensable condition for aesthetic pleasure and artistic creativity. At the same time, these novels aim to distance themselves from \u201cperversion\u201d by participating in discourses of scientific reason and nationalistic ideology. \u014cgai’s literature is ambivalent, mediating queer sexual desire and pleasure while simultaneously attempting to deny and transcend them, reflecting the complexity of the author himself: not only a writer, but also a physician, and a high-ranking official of the Japanese Empire.<\/p>\n

Program<\/h3>\n

15:00-15:10\u2002Welcome
\n15:10-16:00\u2002Lecture (in English)
\n16:00-17:00\u2002Q&A (in English and Japanese)<\/p>\n

Organizer<\/h3>\n

Waseda University Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences
\nRyusaku Tsunoda Center of Japanese Culture
\nSGU Global Japanese Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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