[Commlist] CFP: Internationalisation Revisited - Workshop event on Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games

Please find below our call for papers for an upcoming research event in 
September on the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. The deadline 
for abstracts is* Friday July 22nd.*




*Internationalisation Revisited: The global role of Japan and China 
following the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games*

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games finally began in late July 
2021 following a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Earlier 
that month, hosted by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese 
Arts and Cultures, Dr Christopher Hayes and Dr Duncan Breeze brought 
together an international group of scholars for the event 
‘Internationalisation Interrupted’: a workshop that explored the global 
position of Japan during the build-up to Tokyo 2020. One year on, and 
two Olympic events later, we now once again invite scholars back for a 
follow-up event that considers the impact of the games in on Japan. 
Broadening our scope from last year, we also invite discussion on the 
global response to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: an event that took 
place under different conditions of global scrutiny.

While last year’s research event considered the build-up to the Tokyo 
2020 games, this year’s event ‘Internationalisation Revisited’ offers an 
opportunity to review global reaction since their occurrence. 
Historically seen as an opportunity for hosting nations to market a 
positive international image, the Olympics and Paralympics provide rich 
opportunities to investigate how nations communicate across borders. 
Tokyo 2020 occurred during a time of global anxiety and a weight of 
expectation due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Though international attention 
during the preceding months was fixed on pandemic-prevention policies, 
political scandals and escalating costs, the games themselves ushered in 
more positive local and global reactions, thanks largely to successful 
pandemic-prevention procedures and a strong athletic performance from 
the host nation. Therefore, Tokyo 2020 perhaps mended some of the global 
criticism and rebuilt public trust in the political institutions that 
had previously been so heavily scrutinised. Correspondingly, the Beijing 
2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were equally met with a range of 
positive and negative reactions from global commentators for social, 
political and humanitarian reasons that offer clues to how China 
positions itself and is perceived as a global entity.

Inviting participants (including those who presented last year) from 
multi-disciplinary backgrounds, we ask, how have the Tokyo 2020 and 
Beijing 2022 events and their aftermath developed our understanding of 
Japan and China from the perspective of identity and representation? Our 
aim is to encourage discussion on the various ways by which both events 
contributed to national and global discourse on the politics of 
self-identity in Japanese/Chinese or East Asian contexts. We are 
interested in how the host nations packaged and sold positive images of 
themselves throughout the games and how these were internationally 
perceived. Moreover, we also encourage debate on the more negative 
discourses that grew in the wake of the games, and explore the 
possibilities of the more detrimental global impact of the Olympics and 
Paralympics.

Internationalisation Revisited will take place online on*Monday 5th and 
Tuesday 6th of September 2022*. We invite presenters to send abstracts 
of no more than 250 words that consider the role of Tokyo 2020 and 
Beijing 2022 in relation to topics including (but not limited to):

  * Domestic and International Media Coverage
  * The Covid-19 Pandemic and its effects on the Games
  * Comparisons between Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
  * Marketing
  * Transnationalism
  * Cultural Diplomacy
  * Race, gender and sexuality
  * Disability and ableism
  * Local/national responses to the Olympics
  * Television, news, and social media
  * Celebrities and Tokyo 2020/Beijing 2022
  * Globalisation
  * Cultural Diversity

*Please submit your paper title and 250 word (maximum) abstract, along 
with your name, position and institution to**(Tokyo2020sisjac /at/ gmail.com)* 
<mailto:(Tokyo2020sisjac /at/ gmail.com)>**

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*The deadline for abstracts is Friday 22^nd July. Successful applicants 
will be notified of the outcome by Friday 29^th July.*

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*If you have any questions, please contact us 
through**(Tokyo2020sisjac /at/ gmail.com)* <mailto:(Tokyo2020sisjac /at/ gmail.com)>**


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