"Japan Pop Goes Global: Japanese Popular Culture on Aesthetics and Creativity" will be held this November 24-25, 2017 at the School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University (Shibuya campus).
The symposium will examine the ways in which Japanese pop culture has been deeply influencing the arts, theater, movies, comics, and media around the world. Presentations will be made by Matteo Fabbretti of Cardiff University on manga scanlations and Northrop Davis will talk about his new book "Manga and Anime Go To Hollywood."
The symposium is free of charge and open to everyone.
The full schedule can be see at link below.