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Wednesday, September 27

Does Your Soul Have A Cold?
A film on mental illness in Japan
Time:
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Presenter:
Clark Chilson, Department of Religious Studies
Location:
Cathedral of Learning G24
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Toshiba International Foundation and Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi Endowments
Cost:
Free and open to the public
Contact:
Shashank Srivastava
Contact Phone:
412-648-7963
Contact Email:
shashank.srivastava@pitt.edu

Documentary, 2007. Director: Mike Mills

Starring Hiyaso Hayashiguchi, Michiko Ishikawa, Taketoshi Hayashiguchi.

Running time: 1 hr 22 min.

Part of the "From Madness to Medicine in Japanese Culture Conference." The academic conference is interested in contextualizing ideas about madness and mental health in the fields of literature and art as well as anthropology and medicine, particularly the history of medicine. Our goal is to more clearly articulate what the boundaries of “health” and “illness” are and how those definitions have fluctuated through Japan’s experience of modernity and post-modernity. For the full schedule, see https://sites.google.com/view/mental-health-conference/conference-overview.