INTPART Project website launched! This project is a three-year research and teaching collaboration with the Center for Gender Research at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the fields of gender equality and diversity. Please visit the project website.

Journal of Gender Studies, no. 23（July 2020)

Special Section: Transgender Questions: Body, Race and Identity

Institute for Gender Studies is reopened from June 1st, 2020. We still need to be cautious to prevent COVID-19 spread, and please use the contact form on our website for making an inquiry.

Institute for Gender Studies is closed until May 29^th, 2020, due to the prevention of COVID-19 spread. For making an inquiry, please use the contact form on our website. 

We are pleased to inform you that the Call for Papers is open for our upcoming issue of Journal of Gender Studies (volume 23). It is scheduled to be published in July 2020. We are currently calling for original manuscripts in any field of gender research, written in Japanese or English. Contributions by Gender Studies researchers worldwide are welcome.

Deadline

19 February 2020 (Wed.), 5 pm（Japan time）

How to Submit a Manuscript

1. All manuscripts should be unpublished original research, written in Japanese or English.
2. Submit manuscripts by attachments to the following webpage on the website of the Institute of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University. Fill in the submission form and submit the manuscript by attachment.

submission form (Japanese)

submission form (English)

3. Please ensure that the main text and abstracts are provided in both MS Word and PDF files, the tables and figures in MS Word/MS Excel and PDF files, and photographs in JPEG and PDF files. All those files need to be submitted as attachments.

(Note that the journal will only consider manuscripts submitted by using the above-mentioned submission format.)

* Instructions for Authors

* Please note that all English manuscripts should use Style Sheet for Journal of Gender Studies.

Inquiries

Keiko Hirano, Editorial Office, The Journal of Gender Studies Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University
2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Tel.: 81-3-5978-5846; Fax: 81-3-5978-5845
Email: jgs-edit@cc.ocha.ac.jp

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our former director of the Institute for Gender Studies, Hiroko Hara (Emeritus Professor of Ochanomizu University), on October 7, 2019, at the age of 85 years.

Professor Hara’s association with Ochanomizu University began in 1979 when she obtained a teaching position in the Home Economics Department. Since then, she performed a key role in the Archive of Women’s Studies, the Institute for Women’s Studies and the Institute for Gender Studies. Her contributions to the fields of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies extended far beyond IGS and Ochanomizu University. Professor Hara will be forever remembered by her numerous colleagues and students in Japan and overseas.

Memorial ceremonies for Professor Hara will be held as follows:

Wake: 18: 00–19: 00 October 13th (Sun.)

Funeral: 10: 00–11: 00 October 14th (Mon.)

Venue: Yoyohata Saijo

2-42-1 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Tel: 03-3466-1006

(Directions) 6 minutes on foot from the South Exit of Hatagaya Station, Keio New Line, or 20 minutes on foot from the North Exit of Yoyogi Uehara Station, Odakyu Line/Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

Chief mourner: Yutaka Hara (the son of the deceased)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our former director of the Institute for Gender Studies, Nobuyoshi Toshitani (Emeritus Professor of Ochanomizu University), on August 19, 2019, at the age of 87 years.

He was the founding Director of the Institute for Gender Studies of Ochanomizu University, the first research institute focused on gender issues in Japan. His colleagues and students will forever remember his great contributions.

His funeral service was held in August 2019 by his family members.

Journal of Gender Studies, no. 22（July 2019)

Special Section: Gender and Security

Prof. Ki-young Shin co-authored the blog on women’s political parties for the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London.

“Women’s political parties may be marginal in electoral terms, but they still matter” (15 January 2019)

We are pleased to inform you that the Call for Papers is open for our upcoming issue of Journal of Gender Studies (volume 22). It is scheduled to be published in July 2019. We are currently calling for original manuscripts in any field of gender research, written in Japanese or English. Contributions by Gender Studies researchers worldwide are welcome.

Deadline

15 February 2019 (Fri.), 5 p.m. Japan time.

How to Submit a Manuscript

1. All manuscripts should be unpublished original research, written in Japanese or English.
2. Submit manuscripts by attachments to the following webpage on the website of the Institute of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University. Fill in the submission form and submit the manuscript by attachment.

submission form (Japanese)

submission form (English)

3. Please ensure that the main text and abstracts are provided in both MS Word and PDF files, the tables and figures in MS Word/MS Excel and PDF files, and photographs in JPEG and PDF files. All those files need to be submitted as attachments.

(Note that the journal will only consider manuscripts submitted by using the above-mentioned submission format.)

* Instructions for Authors

* Please note that all English manuscripts should use Style Sheet for Journal of Gender Studies.

Inquiries

Sera Ono, Editorial Office, The Journal of Gender Studies
Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University
2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Tel.: 81-3-5978-5846; Fax: 81-3-5978-5845
Email: jgs-edit@cc.ocha.ac.jp