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I would very much liked to have attended this conference but unfortunatelyI I can't organise to be there at such short notice. Roger Dr. Roger Burt Professor Emeritus History Department School of Humanities and Social Studies Amory Building University of Exeter Devon, EX4 4RJ UK Tel.01392 851410 (Home) Web Page http://people.exeter.ac.uk/RBurt ________________________________________ From: mining-history [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bennett E.A. [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 28 August 2009 13:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Symposium: Regenerating the Coalfields; History and education in South Wales and Japan REGENERATING THE COALFIELDS: HISTORY AND EDUCATION IN SOUTH WALES AND JAPAN Digital Technium 104, Swansea University 10-11 September 2009 Thursday 10th September 1000: Coffee 1020: Welcome from Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Noel Thompson (Swansea University) 1030: Address by Leighton Andrews, AM (Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Welsh Assembly Government) 1115: Professor Hideo Nakazawa (Chuo University), 'Japan's coalfields in context: the decline of the coal industry, labour movements and mining municipalities' 1215: Lunch 1315: Professor Chris Williams (Swansea University), 'Comparing coalfields in South Wales and Japan' 1415: Professor Naoko Shimazaki (Waseda University) and Professor Kei'ichi Sawaguchi (Taisho University), 'Community regeneration in Joban: the role of the ex-miners' career archive' 1530: Tea 1600: Professor Colin Trotman (Swansea University), 'The significant impact of adult education in the South Wales coalfield' 1700: Visit to University Archives to view South Wales Coalfield Archive [host: Elisabeth Bennett, University Archivist, Swansea University] Friday 11th September 0930: Hirotaka Yoshioka (Sapporo International University), 'Community regeneration and the role of collective memory in Sorachi' 1030: Coffee 1100: Panel discussion: 'Archives, libraries and museums: regeneration and education', featuring: * Ceri Black and Sharon Ford (National Museum Wales) * Rheinallt Jones (People's Collection / Casgliad y Bobl) * Gary Tuson (Gwent Record Office) 1300: Lunch 1400: Themed session featuring the work of graduate students: 'Mining community, life and memory in northern Kyushu: stories from two coalfields' * Maki Nishimuta (Kwansei Gakuin University), 'Miners' housing in the Miike coalfield, Fukuoka' * Shisei Kimura (JSPS Research Fellow), 'The regeneration of memory: a case study of Gunkanjima (Hashima colliery)' * Hiroto Inoue (Waseda University), 'A study of life at Hashima colliery' 1600: Tea, and Closing reflections (lead: Chris Williams) 1700: Visit to South Wales Miners' Library [hosted by Siān Williams, Librarian, South Wales Miners' Library] This symposium is being sponsored by: The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The British Academy, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and by Swansea University. To book your place please contact: Professor Chris Williams ([log in to unmask]) / 01792 602318 / 07814 234403 Elisabeth Bennett Archivist Library & Information Services Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 295021 Archifydd Gwasanaethau Llyfrgell & Gwybodaeth Prifysgol Abertawe Parc Singleton Abertawe SA2 8PP Ffon: 01792 295021