The workshop brings together experts on the gender history of East Asia to discuss some of the most distinctive features of the phenomenon of New Woman, Modern Girl in each country and how those features reflect both national particularities and global trends. The workshop will pay special attention to the intersecting influences on New Woman, Modern Girl within the region that came about through the print media, educational institutions, churches and feminist movements.

Co-sponsored by Academy of Korean Studies, ANU Gender Institute and ANU Japan Institute.