Seminars on Japanese Studies as an Interdisciplinary Meeting Point
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The Tohoku Forum for Creativity will begin a seminar series entitled “Seminars on Japanese Studies as an Interdisciplinary Meeting Point”. This seminar series will cover a wide range of Japanese studies themes, and aims to facilitate discussions and collaborations among various researchers focusing on Japan–related issues at Tohoku University. This seminar series will initiate the activities in “The 21st Century Hasekura Project: Japanese Studies as the Interface of a New Knowledge”, which will be a thematic program in the 2017 academic year. These seminars will be held once a month during Tohoku University term time. All researchers at Tohoku University are welcome to join the seminars.
March 8, 2017 at 16:20 – 17:50
The ninth seminar [28. 02, 2017 Updated]
Title: The Mutual Emplacement of Europe, Japan, and South–East Asia during the Early Modern Period.
Speaker: Angelo Cattaneo (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology)
Moderator: Orion Klautau (Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University)
Language: English / Poster: [PDF]
Venue: Room 208, 2nd Floor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 13 in the map.)
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February 10, 2017 at 16:20 – 17:50
The eighth seminar [30. 01, 2017 Updated]
Title: Art and Crisis: New Paradigms in 20th Century Painting between Japan and Europe
Speakers: Marcello Ghilardi (Associate Professor, University of Padova)
Moderator: Akihiro Ozaki (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Language: English / Poster: [PDF]
Venue: Room 208, 2nd Floor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 13 in the map.)
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January 13, 2017 at 13:00 – 15:00
The seventh seminar [17. 01, 2017 Updated]
Title: The Coming Transformation of Dutch Art History
Speakers: Thijs Weststeijn (Professor, Utrecht University),
Akihiro Ozaki (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Moderator: Christopher Craig (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Language: English / Poster: [PDF]
Venue: Room 208, 2nd Floor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 13 in the map.)
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July 22, 2016 at 15:00 – 16:30
The sixth seminar
Title: Ningyōjōruri bunraku: The Charms and Struggles of Traditional Theatres
Speaker: Bonaventura Ruperti (Professor, Ca'Foscari University of Venice)
Moderator: Hiroshi Yokomizo (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: Room 311, 3rd Floor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 13 in the map.)
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April 21, 2016 at 16:30 – 18:00
The fifth seminar
Title: “Kyoka” and “Ukiyoe” as Biographical Sources of the Edo Period
Speaker: Akinori Takahashi (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Moderator: Yoshiya Shiotani (Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: The Large Conference Room, 11th Floor, New Humanities Building, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 14 in the map.)
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January 21, 2016 at 16:30 – 18:00
The fourth seminar
Title: Polysemy and Congruence of Word Meanings in Japanese
Speaker: Naoyuki Ono (Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University)
Moderator: Yoshiya Shiotani (Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: The Large Conference Room, 11th Floor, New Humanities Building, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 14 in the map.)
[Map]
December 17, 2015 at 16:30 – 18:00
The third seminar
Title: Theoretical and Historical Background of Japanese Architecture in The World of Contemporary Globalized Tourism
Speaker: Taro Igarashi (Professor, School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Moderator: Yoshiya Shiotani (Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: The Large Conference Room, 11th Floor, New Humanities Building, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 14 in the map.)
[Map]
October 22, 2015 at 16:30 – 18:00
The second seminar
Title: Gouichi Miyake and Hegelian Dialectic
Speaker: Takashi Kurihara (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University)
Moderator: Yoshiya Shiotani (Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: The Small Lecture Room 1, 2nd floor, Multidisciplinary Research Building, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 19 in the map.)
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July 22, 2015 at 17:00 – 18:30
The first seminar
Title: Consideration of Contemporary Japan in terms of Social Capital Theory
Speaker: Yoshimichi Sato (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
Moderator: Yoshiya Shiotani (Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)
Language: Japanese / Poster & Abstract:
[PDF]
Venue: The small lecture room 1, 2nd floor, Multidisciplinary Research Building, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
(The building is shown as C 19 in the map.)
[Map]