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Past Lectures and Research Meetings

Symposium

  Theme Organaizer Date
1 ----- NAKANISHI Susumu
Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 2-3, 1992
2 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 20-21, 1992
3 ----- HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 30, 1992
4 ----- NAKANISHI Susumu
Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 22, 1992
5 ----- YAMAORI Tetsuo
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 2, 1994
6 European Project of Comparative Social History on Population and Family HAYAMI Akira
Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 20-22, 1994
7 Tokugawa Studies at the Nichibunken: A Mutual Review of Recent Publications

HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS

SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

KASAYA Kazuhiko
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS 

Jun. 28-29, 1994
8 The Themes Relating to Historical Sociology SONODA Hidehiro
Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 2-3, 1994
9 The History of Japanese Vegetation YASUDA Yoshinori
Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 28-29, 1994
10 Bureaucracy and Its Cultural Base in Eastern Asia MURAI Yasuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 16-19, 1995
11 High Accuracy of Climatic Fluctuations for Historical Climatology YASUDA Yoshinori
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 25-26, 1995
12 Modern Japanese Music and Society - Songs in the Meiji Era, Lieders in the Taisho Era and Ballads in the Showa Era

HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS.

KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Mar. 28-29, 1995
13 Problems of the Japanese-style Organization KASAYA Kazuhiko
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jan. 22-23, 1996
14 Future Problems in Art Exchange Between Japan and Asia HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 2-3, 1996
15 Studies in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy: A Perspective Toward the 21st Century HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS
May 16-17, 1996
16 Problems of the Japanese-style Organization (II) KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 29-30, 1996
17 Problems of the Japanese-style Organization (III) KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 22-23, 1996
18 Tokugawa Travel Literature and Problem of Seeing HAGA Toru
Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 20-21, 1996
19 Drawings, Prints, Photographs SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 21-22, 1997
20 ----- OCHIAI Emiko
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 25- 27, 1997
21 -----

KAWAI Hayao
Director, IRCJS

KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Mar. 16- 18, 1997
22 What is Shogi (Japanese Chess) ? OMOTO Keiichi
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 24- 25, 1997
23 ----- MITSUTA Kazunobu
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 27, 1997
24 Problems of the Japanese-style Organization (IV) KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Apr. 4-5, 1997
25 Research on the History of Cultural Exchange in East Asia KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 29, 1997
26 Research on the History of Cultural Exchange in East Asia KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 22-23, 1998
27 Ethics in Inter-cultural Communication INAGA Shigemi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 24-25, 1998
28 Synthetic Research on Chinese Pictures and Literature Related to Japan KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 11-12, 1998
29 On the Possibilities of a Research Exchange through a Network and Electronic Media: The Case of the Research on Japan and Japanese Language in China

KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

YAMADA Shoji
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Mar. 13, 1998
30 Logic and Ethics of the Japanese Administration System KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 10-11, 1998
31 Cultural Mobility in Modern Japan - Buke, Kuge and Shomin during the Tokugawa Period- KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 17-18, 1998
32 Toward a New Ethics in Cross-Cultural Communication INAGA Shigemi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Aug. 4-5, 1998
33 Symposium on OCR and Ancient Handwritten Manuscripts YAMADA Shoji
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Aug. 5-6, 1998
34 Ambiguity Brought into Focus SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 5-7, 1999
35 The Change of the View on Asia in Japan, China and Korea LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 4, 1999
36 Comparative Study of Modernization in Japan and Turkey KASAYA Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1999
37 Achievement and Challenges of the Eurasia Project, 1995-2000

HAYAMI Akira
Prof. Emeritus, IRCJS

OCHIAI Emiko
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2000
38 Dialogue between Sociology and History on Modern Japan SONODA Hidehiro
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 9-11, 2000
39 Possibilities for the History of East Asian Comparative Literature LIU Jianhui Assoc.
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 11-12, 2000
40 Visual Databases in Japanese Studies AKAZAWA Takeru
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 24-25, 2000
41 Palaeology of Turtle

SENDA Minoru
Prof., IRCJS

UNO Takao
Prof., IRCJS

Mar. 26, 2000
42 Renga Space - to Contact with 'Renga', Session 2000 MITSUTA Kazunobu
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 27-29, 2000
43 Preservation and Utilization of the Civil Judgement Text File ISHll Shiro
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 28, 2000
44 Figures and Places of the Sacred YORITOMI Motohiro
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 29-30, 2000
45 Japanese Studies in the Post-Bubble Era James C. BAXTER
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 31, 2000
46 Japanese Studies in Korea: Views of Scholars Resident in Japan and Korea SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 9-11, 2001
47 Asian Modernization in Maps and Geographical Knowledge SENDA Minoru
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 19-20, 2001
48 Crossing Disciplinary Borders in the Making of 'Modern East Asia': Art, Architecture, Archaeology and Heritage Movement INAGA Shigemi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 15-16, 2001
49 Cultural Exchange between China and Japan: the Western World View through the Prisms of Maps and Exchange Students LIU Jianhui
Assoc. prof., IRCJS
Jun. 20, 2001
50 Interdisciplinary Studies of General Magazines in Meiji Period SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 28, 2001
51 The Formation and Reformation of Literary Genres on Modern Japan SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 7-8, 2001
52 Reflecting on Chinese-Japanese Relations in the 20th Century SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Jan. 29, 2002
53 Peninsular Regions in the Formation of East Asian Civilization: Focusing on Shantung and Liaotung Peninsulas

SENDA Minoru
Prof., IRCJS

UNO Takao
Prof., IRCJS

Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2002
54 Television Commercials as Cultural Texts: Explorations in Methodology YAMADA Shoji
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 28, 2002
55 Radio History in East Asia SATO Takumi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Oct. 19-20, 2002
56 The Formation and Reformation of Literary Genres on Modern Japan 2002 SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 6-7, 2002
57 The Present Situation and Future Possibilities of Japanese Studies

SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS

LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Jan. 27, 2003
58 The World of 'One Hundred Poems from One Hundred Poets' SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 9-11, 2003
59 Is It Just a Game? Possibilities for 'Shogiology' HAYAKAWA Monta
Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 21-22, 2003
60 Christian Missionaries and Missions in Modern East Asia: Exploring Future Possibilities for Research Timothy D. KERN
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 15-16, 2003
61 On Ishikawa Jun SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 15, 2003
62 ----- KAWAKATSU Heita
Prof., IRJCS
Mar. 30-31, 2003
63 ----- KOMATSU Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS
Apr. 25-26, 2003
64 The Influence of Protestant Missionaries on Modern East Asian Culture Timothy D. KERN
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 18-19, 2003
65 Toward the Reconstruction of the East Asian Art and Cultural Histories INAGA Shigemi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 30-31, 2003
66 ----- YASUDA Yoshinori
Prof., IRCJS.
Oct. 13-14, 2003
67 ----- LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 12-13, 2003
68 Ethos of the Rice Agricultural Civilization YASUDA Yoshinori
Prof., IRCJS.
Jan. 11-13, 2004
69 Seeking a New Dimension of Cultural Studies Using Television Commercials YAMADA Shoji
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jan. 30-31, 2004
70 Study on Publication and Its Genres in Japan SUZUKI Sadami
Prof. , IRCJS
Feb. 7-9, 2004
71 Transmission and Reception of Concepts Between Modern Japan and China: Reformation of Academic Terms LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Feb. 10, 2004
72 Memorial Symposium for Retirement of Prof. AKAZAWA

KOMATSU Kazuhiko
Prof., IRCJS

UNO Takao
Prof., IRCJS

INAGA Shigemi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

MORI Hirohisa
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS

Mar. 19, 2004
73 Progress of the Latest Research of Photograph History-Visual Resources and Research of Academic Culture SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 13, 2004
74 The Reformation of Cultural History in Modern East Asia LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 25, 2004
75 Inter Asian Competition for the World Market KAWAKATSU Heita
Prof., IRJCS
Mar. 17-18, 2005
76 Wabi, Sabi, Yugen: 'the Birth of Element of Japanese Culture' SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
May 14, 2005
77 Temporary in Japanese Music: its conceptual aesthetics frame and the relative practical aspects in the musical languages of the different genres HOSOKAWA Shuhei
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
May 14, 2005
78 The Experiment for Reformation of Cultural History in East Asia LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 25, 2005
79 Reciprocity and Submergence: Mutual Receptions in Cultural Exchange between Japan and China Reconsidered LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 26,2005
80 Borderlines and Cultural Identity INAGA Shigemi
Prof., IRCJS
May 24, 2006
81 Is the Landscape of Shinto Shrine's Grove Created in Modern & Present Age? SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 5, 2006
82 ----- SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 15, 2006
83 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Jan. 26-27, 2007
84 The Educational Culture at the Islamic Seminary James C. BAXTER
Prof., IRCJS
Jul. 17, 2007
85 The Purview of Yasumaru Yoshio’s Popular History: Subjectivity, Totality and Ambivalence ISOMAE Jun'ichi
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Oct. 4, 2008
86 Genealogy of East Asian Solidarity Discourse and East Asian International Understanding LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Oct. 22, 2008
87 Music and Modernity in Osaka in the Interwar Years HOSOKAWA Shuhei
Prof., IRCJS
Dec. 4-7, 2008
88 The Kyoto School and ‘Overcoming Modernity’: Modernity, Empire and Universality SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
May 23-24, 2009
89 A Nichibunken-Berkeley Colloquy James C. BAXTER
Prof., IRCJS
Jun. 17, 2009
90 Restructuring Cultural History in Northeast Asia LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Sep. 9-14, 2009
91 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 25-27, 2009
92 The 10th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan Univ. Symposium "Shunga Books and Prints in Context" SOAS, Univ. of London/
Art Research Center, Ritumeikan Univ./
Global COE Program "Digital Humanities Center For Japanese Arts And Cultures", Ritsumeikan Univ./
IRCJS
Dec. 4-5, 2009
93 The State of Historical Research in East Asian History and the Effective Use of Extant Sources Liu Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Mar. 3-6, 2010
94 Trans-nationalism in East Asia; Possibility of Humanities SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Jul.16-18, 2010
95 ----- YAMADA Shoji
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Sep.11, 2010
96 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Sep.19, 2010
97 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS

Co-organized by Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanjing University and IRCJS
Sep.23-25, 2010
98 ----- SUZUKI Sadami
Prof., IRCJS
Oct.30, 2010
101 Viewing the Postwar in 1950’s Japanese Cinema HOSOKAWA Shuhei
Prof., IRCJS
Mar.19-20, 2011
102 Viewing the Postwar in 1950’s Japanese Cinema: Its Continuation and Discontinuation from the Wartime HOSOKAWA Shuhei
Prof., IRCJS
Jul.30-31, 2011
103 International Exhibitions and Asia: From Shanghai to Shanghai, and Beyond SANO Mayuko
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Sep.30- Oct.1, 2011
104 Modern Manchuria as Seen from Ecosystems, Environment and Resources:
Continuities and Discontinuities from the Premodern Period
LIU Jianhui
Assoc. Prof., IRCJS
Nov. 25, 2011

 

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