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Dear all, The committee of the New Helvetic Society is pleased to invite you to a zoom session with Suzanne Perrin about: WOMEN IN JAPAN - Not Just a Geisha
To register please see below: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuytrjgsHNHQJZrmrT5YeKiTnEI7d-q6
The popular image of Japanese women is that of the Geisha, or professional entertainer, encapsulating the ideals of beauty, culture and intelligence packaged like a perfect porcelain doll for the amusement of men. These women formed a tiny percentage of the educated female class from the 18th to 20th centuries, belying the wide and varied roles that women have contributed to Japan’s complex social culture. From early times women have been depicted as goddesses and empresses in myths and folklore, but their fortunes and status in society have risen and fallen with changing times and circumstances. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Westernisation in Japan brought conflicting roles for women, from the ‘Madam Butterfly’ syndrome to modern, working women seeking new opportunities and independent lifestyle which is enjoyed today. SUZANNE PERRIN B.A. (Hons); M.A. is an independent researcher and historian specialising in Japanese History, Art & Culture, and founded Japan Interlink in 1995 to promote the understanding of Japan in the UK. Suzanne has lectured to a wide range of institutions including universities, museums and adult education groups in the UK and overseas. She taught Japanese History & Culture at Richmond American International University in London for over ten years, lectures for the Arts of Asia course at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, for the London Institute Universities including the School for Oriental & African Studies, the University of Cape Town, lecture tours in South Africa, Australia and for The Arts Societies in Europe (Spain, Germany, Malta, Belgium). Suzanne has organized exhibitions of Japanese arts and crafts including Kimono exhibitions for demonstration and display.
Suzanne has published articles on Japanese culture and contemporary living for various magazines, and published her first book in 2016 titled: Bridges: Anglo-Japanese Cultural Pioneers 1945-2015. She is working on her second book on Japanese craftspeople in Kyoto, and visits Japan regularly to continue her research.
To register please see below: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuytrjgsHNHQJZrmrT5YeKiTnEI7d-q6
Dear all, The committee of the New Helvetic Society is pleased to invite you to a zoom session with Suzanne Perrin about: WOMEN IN JAPAN - Not Just a Geisha
To register please see below: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuytrjgsHNHQJZrmrT5YeKiTnEI7d-q6
The popular image of Japanese women is that of the Geisha, or professional entertainer, encapsulating the ideals of beauty, culture and intelligence packaged like a perfect porcelain doll for the amusement of men. These women formed a tiny percentage of the educated female class from the 18th to 20th centuries, belying the wide and varied roles that women have contributed to Japan’s complex social culture. From early times women have been depicted as goddesses and empresses in myths and folklore, but their fortunes and status in society have risen and fallen with changing times and circumstances. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Westernisation in Japan brought conflicting roles for women, from the ‘Madam Butterfly’ syndrome to modern, working women seeking new opportunities and independent lifestyle which is enjoyed today. SUZANNE PERRIN B.A. (Hons); M.A. is an independent researcher and historian specialising in Japanese History, Art & Culture, and founded Japan Interlink in 1995 to promote the understanding of Japan in the UK. Suzanne has lectured to a wide range of institutions including universities, museums and adult education groups in the UK and overseas. She taught Japanese History & Culture at Richmond American International University in London for over ten years, lectures for the Arts of Asia course at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, for the London Institute Universities including the School for Oriental & African Studies, the University of Cape Town, lecture tours in South Africa, Australia and for The Arts Societies in Europe (Spain, Germany, Malta, Belgium). Suzanne has organized exhibitions of Japanese arts and crafts including Kimono exhibitions for demonstration and display.
Suzanne has published articles on Japanese culture and contemporary living for various magazines, and published her first book in 2016 titled: Bridges: Anglo-Japanese Cultural Pioneers 1945-2015. She is working on her second book on Japanese craftspeople in Kyoto, and visits Japan regularly to continue her research.
To register please see below: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuytrjgsHNHQJZrmrT5YeKiTnEI7d-q6
