■Conferences/Symposiums The 19th Overseas Symposiums

Rethinking “Japanese Studies”, from Practices in the Nordic Region

2012 -8-22 - 2012-8-24 The 19th    Overseas Symposiums
Theme: Rethinking “Japanese Studies”, from Practices in the Nordic Region
Host: International Research Center for Japanese Studies Associate Prof. LIU Jianhui
Co-Host: The University of Copenhagen 共催側代表者:Prof. NAGASHIMA Yoichi and Associate Prof. Marie Roesgaard
Place: The University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
 
19:00 Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception hosted by the University of Copenhagen
Ulf Hedetoft
Dean,  Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
19:00
Kazuhiko Komatsu
Director General,  Nichibunken
10:00 Keynote Lecture 1 Reflections on Japanese Yōkai Culture
Kazuhiko Komatsu
,  Nichibunken
11:30 Session 1 Convener    From Religion to Popular Culture: New Readings of Texts and Spaces
Mark Teeuwen
,  University of Oslo
11:45 Speakers    In Memoriam? Rethinking the Portrait Sculptures of Princess-Abbesses Enshrined in the Dharma Hall at Shinnyoji Temple
Patricia Fister
,  Nichibunken
12:10 Speakers    Medieval Buddhist Textuality: Kyōgyōshinshō as Literature
Laeticia Söderman
,  University of Helsinki
12:35 Speakers    The Concept of Final Thought-Moment in Buddhist Setsuwa
Alari Allik
,  Tallinn University
14:10 Speakers    The Visual Image Media and the Narrative Literature: Re-thinking
Hiroshi Araki
,  Nichibunken
14:35 Speakers    From Elite Zen to Popular Zen: Readings of Text and Practice in Japan and the West
Jørn Borup
,  Aarhus University
15:00 Speakers    Between History and Heritage: The tropes of Forests and Mountains in Tsushima Yūko’s Nara Report
Reiko Abe Auestad
,  University of Oslo
15:55 Speakers    Order and Disorder in Meiji Shrine: Festive Events and Practices in 1920
Yoshiko Imaizumi
,  Meiji Jingu Research Institute
16:20 Speakers    The Rediscovery of ‘Sacred Space’ in Contemporary Japan: Intrinsic Quality or Discursive Strategy?
Aike Rots
,  University of Oslo
16:45 Discussion
Fumihiko Sueki
,  Nichibunken
10:00 Keynote Lecture 2 What is Japanese about Japanese philosophy?
Rein Raud
,  University of Helsinki
11:30 Session 2 Convener    Japan and Europe-Leading to Globalised “Japanese Studies”
Yoichi Nagashima
,  University of Copenhagen
11:45 Speakers    Information about Napoleon in Bakumatsu Japan
Tetsunori Iwashita
,  Meikai University
12:10 Speakers    Another Path towards “ Modern”: Roles of Canton and Shanghai in the Japan-West Interchange during the 19th Century
Jianhui Liu
,  Nichibunken
12:35 Speakers    Western Music and Japan
Margaret Mehl
,  University of Copenhagen
14:10 Speakers    Globalisation in Japan: The Case of Moral Education
Marie Roesgaard
,  University of Copenhagen
14:35 Japan, Europe, and East Asian Regionalism
Bart Gaens
,  Finnish Institute of International Affairs
15:00 From “International” to “Global”: Diplomatic Reflections on Modern Japan beyond a West European World
Frederick Dickinson
,  University of Pennsylvania
15:25 Haiku: A Bridge between Sweden and Japan
Noriko Takei-Thunman
,  University of Gothenburg
16:20 Japanese Literature in Global Contexts
Gunilla Lindberg-Wada
,  Stockholm University
16:45 Discussion
Shigemi Inaga
,  Nichibunken
19:00 Closing Ceremony & Farewell Dinner hosted by Nichibunken
Kazuhiro Kuramoto
Coordinator,  Nichibunken
19:00
Marie Roesgaard
Head, Steering group of ADI,  University of Copenhagen