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Thursday Seminar

2025

Date	Overview
2025.04.17 (Thu)	The 283rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme ・Working as a faculty member at Nichibunken: “Professor Ota, what do you do after coming here so early in the morning?” ・Thinking about the world through diaries ・Scheele’s Green and Seimi Kaisō * Attention. This seminar will be held on-site only; online participation via Zoom is not available. Thursday Seminar
2025.02.20 (Thu)	The 282nd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Japan as Knowledge: For a global Japanese studies * Attention. This seminar will be held on-site only; online participation via Zoom is not available. This seminar will be held at Campus Plaza Kyoto. It will not be held at Nichibunken. Thursday Seminar

2024

Date	Overview
2024.11.21 (Thu)	The 281st Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Expanding Global Japanese Studies – Seminar inaugurating the Uehiro Research Division for Global Japanese Studies Thursday Seminar Uehiro Research Division for Global Japanese Studies
2024.07.18 (Thu)	The 280th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Applying morphology to late Edo popular fiction Thursday Seminar
2024.05.23 (Thu)	The 279th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Across Boundaries: A Comprehensive Exploration of KIRINO Natsuo's Novels Thursday Seminar
2024.02.22 (Thu)	The 278th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme New Religion and National Governance in Modern Japan Thursday Seminar

2023

Date	Overview
2023.11.22 (Wed)	The 277th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Bordering, heritagization and islands at Japan’s edges Thursday Seminar
2023.07.20 (Thu)	The 276th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Genius Loci in English renditions of modern Japanese literature: with special references to Osaragi Jirō, Ōe Kenzaburō, and Yu Miri Thursday Seminar
2023.05.25 (Thu)	The 275th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme LIAN Quan, a Chinese Collector Who Supported ŌMURA Seigai in His Art History Works * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Thursday Seminar
2023.01.26 (Thu)	The 274th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Considering Cultural Creation in a Shrinking Society * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Thursday Seminar

2022

Date	Overview
2022.11.24 (Thu)	The 273rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Rereading Meiji-Era Track and Field Athletics using Comparative Literature Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Thursday Seminar
2022.09.22 (Thu)	The 272nd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Internationalizing (or De-Japanizing) the Study of Japanese Political History * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Thursday Seminar
2022.06.23 (Thu)	The 271st Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Book Review: Yasui Manami, "Nerawareta Shintai: Yamai to Yokai to Gender" (The Body Under Attack: Sickness, Yokai and Gender)Tokyo, Heibonsha, 2022. * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Thursday Seminar
2022.03.17 (Thu)	The 270th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Have you found your space? ――Social Discriminations visualized through the Great East Japan Earthquake Thursday Seminar

2021

Date	Overview
2021.12.16 (Thu)	The 269th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Revisiting “Momotaro, Sacred Sailors”(Mitsuyo Seo,1945): Asia Pacific War and Japanese Animation Thursday Seminar
2021.10.21 (Thu)	The 268th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Hōjōki as world literature: Representation of Chōmei in early 20th century Anglophone world Thursday Seminar
2021.02.18 (Thu)	The 267th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme The Monks who Dreamed of Studying Abroad in the Early Modern Era Thursday Seminar
2021.01.21 (Thu)	The 266th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Social Discrimination and Museums: Studies and Representations of "Negative Histories" Thursday Seminar

2020

Date	Overview
2020.11.26 (Thu)	The 265th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme One woman's Journey toward a Postcolonial Feminist Scholar of Religion Thursday Seminar
2020.10.22 (Thu)	The 264th Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Inter-religious Dialogue and Christianity in Japan: Transformations in Faith through the "Other" Thursday Seminar
2020.09.17 (Thu)	The 263rd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme The Intermedial Method as Seen from the Translation of Emaki Manga Thursday Seminar
2020.02.20 (Thu)	The 262nd Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Athletics as Civilization: Regarding Civilization and the Body Thursday Seminar
2020.01.23 (Thu)	The 261st Nichibunken Thursday Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Changes in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Language through External Contact Thursday Seminar

Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2025

Date	Overview
2025.05.22 (Thu)	The 260th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Cultural Politics of the Tibetan Diaspora in Japan Please refrain from taking photos, recording videos, or audio recording. To members of the media: If you wish to conduct interviews or media coverage, please inform the reception desk. Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2025.01.09 (Thu)	The 259th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme 'Crime' and 'Punishment': The Metaphor and Estrangement of Moxibustion in Edo Period Japan Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2024

Date	Overview
2024.10.03 (Thu)	The 258th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme The Transpacific Tidelands of the Pacific Oyster Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2024.06.06 (Thu)	The 257th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Sex on the Brain: Reappraising Jippensha Ikku’s Literary Style in the Context of Chronic Neurosyphilis Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2024.04.04 (Thu)	The 256th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Recent Trends in Okinawan Society: Attitudes toward Immigrants, Nationalism, and Identity Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2024.01.18 (Thu)	The 255th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Japanese Contemporary Art in the Lining Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2023

Date	Overview
2023.10.05 (Thu)	The 254th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme “Ruinous Garden” Formats: Decay, Erosion and Waning in Contemporary Visual Culture Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2023.06.08 (Thu)	The 253rd Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Japan’s Fertility Century: How Reproduction Became National Policy Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2023.04.06 (Thu)	The 252nd Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Metamorphosis of Earth: Contemporary Ceramics in Kyoto and its Vicinity * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2023.02.02 (Thu)	The 251st Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Placing War in Ukraine: Comparisons and Vantage Points * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2022

Date	Overview
2022.12.08 (Thu)	The 250th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Theories of Embodiment in Japan: Introducing New Research from Ghent University * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2022.10.06 (Thu)	The 249th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme A Dialogue between Two Japanese Studies Institutes * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2022.07.07 (Thu)	The 248th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme The Serious and the Shallow: The Task of Translating MISHIMA Yukio's Life for Sale (“Inochi urimasu”) * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2021

Date	Overview
2021.11.04 (Thu)	The 247th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Petals on a Wet, Black Bough: The Waterways of Chikushiji and Senryū Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2021.06.03 (Thu)	The 246th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Remaking the lived body: surveying the voices of the pandemic in everyday life Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2021.03.04 (Thu)	The 245th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Intertwined National Ideals: Manchukuo's Chinese Government Leaders, 1931-1937 Nichibunken Evening Seminar

2020

Date	Overview
2020.11.05 (Thu)	The 244th Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme What's Happened in the 2020 Presidential Election? Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2020.09.03 (Thu)	The 243rd Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Victims of Forced Sterilizations in Japan and the Politics of Redress Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2020.07.02 (Thu)	The 242nd Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Class and Gender in an Age of Revolution: The life of a samurai housewife before and after the Meiji Restoration Nichibunken Evening Seminar
2020.02.06 (Thu)	The 241st Nichibunken Evening Seminar
Events for Researchers	Theme Imaginary Athens in Berlin, Tokyo and Seoul: Memory and Architecture from a Transmodern Viewpoint Nichibunken Evening Seminar

Lectures

2024

Date	Overview
2024.11.25 (Mon)	The 167th Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme 日仏翻訳グローバル理論とヒストリーの試み Nichibunken Lecture
2024.10.30 (Wed)	The 166th Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme Creating a Narrative of the Pre-war Japanese Community in Singapore Nichibunken Lecture
2024.09.26 (Thu)	The 165th Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme A Tendai Tale : The Doctrinal Foundations of Aki no yo no naga monogatari Nichibunken Lecture
2024.02.13 (Tue)	The 164th Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme The Aesthetics of Animation in Early Modern Japanese Portraiture Nichibunken Lecture

2023

Date	Overview
2023.06.15 (Thu)	The 163rd Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme Nuclear Power and the Arrogance of Man: Revisiting the World's Worst Nuclear Disasters Nichibunken Lecture
2023.06.09 (Fri)	The 162nd Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme Rethinking Historical Maps for the 21st Century: A Quantitative Perspective on Japan’s kuniezu Nichibunken Lecture

2022

Date	Overview
2022.12.02 (Fri)	The 161st Nichibunken Lecture
Events for Researchers	Theme Nature and Architecture * Depending on the future situation of the COVID-19 infection, this seminar may be changed. Thank you for your understanding. For the latest information, please refer to the Nichibunken website (This page). Nichibunken Lecture

International Research Symposiums

2022

Date	Overview
2022.02.11 (Fri) ≀ 2022.02.12 (Sat)	The 55th International Research Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme The Scars of Post-war Japan

2020

Date	Overview
2020.11.13 (Fri) ≀ 2020.11.15 (Sun)	The 54th International Research Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme Living Between the Empires Crossing the Border, Human Migration, and Identity

Nichibunken's NIHU Transdisciplinary Projects

2025

Date	Overview
2025.07.11 (Fri) ≀ 2025.07.13 (Sun)	International Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme “Global Perspectives on Japanese Media and Popular Culture History: Critical Lessons from a Century of Broadcasting” Please refrain from taking photos and recording videos and audio. To members of the press: Please contact us in advance if you wish to cover the event. ※ not open for public on July 12 and 13 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト

2024

Date	Overview
2024.12.14 (Sat)	研究推進部会横断型ワークショップ
Events for Researchers	Theme 「宗教・思想文化の接合域としての近世・近代「日本」」機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2024.11.16 (Sat) ≀ 2024.11.17 (Sun)	海外シンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 非西欧社会における近代化の再考：日本（東アジア）とエジプト（アラブ）の場合Ⅲ 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2024.10.18 (Fri) ≀ 2024.10.19 (Sat)	Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme 2024年度日中妖怪研究シンポジウム「東アジアにおける自然観と霊魂観―妖怪を核にして」機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2024.03.26 (Tue)	国際シンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 「国際比較のなかの戦後天皇制―「アメリカ王室主義」の観点から―」 International symposium “The Post-War Tennō System in International Comparison : The Perspective of American Royalism” 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2024.03.23 (Sat) ≀ 2024.03.24 (Sun)	シンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 日本宗教・思想文化の接合域と多面性を考える ――「他者」とどのように向き合ったのか―― 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト

2023

Date	Overview
2023.12.16 (Sat)	Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme グローバル・コンテクストにおける妖怪の理論化と歴史化機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2023.10.13 (Fri) ≀ 2023.10.14 (Sat)	海外シンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 服飾・装飾から考える東アジアの近代機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2023.08.22 (Tue) ≀ 2023.08.23 (Wed)	研究会横断型ワークショップ
Events for Researchers	Theme Designing a Japanese University for the Globalizing Century 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2023.02.17 (Fri) ≀ 2023.02.19 (Sun)	機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト「「国際日本研究」コンソーシアムのグローバルな新展開－「国際日本研究」の先導と開拓－」キックオフシンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 日本文明の再構築―岩倉使節団150周年に寄せて― 機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト

2022

Date	Overview
2022.12.24 (Sat)	Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme 宗教とジェンダーの最前線機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2022.12.17 (Sat)	国際シンポジウム「｢デジタル日本学｣の可能性」
Events for Researchers	Theme ｢デジタル日本学｣の可能性（大阪大学・日文研共同主催）機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト
2022.12.03 (Sat)	Symposium
Events for Researchers	Theme 2022年度日中妖怪研究シンポジウム機関拠点型基幹研究プロジェクト

Nichibunken Research Projects

2024

Date	Overview
2024.03.29 (Fri)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」（代表：井上章一）令和5年度第6回研究会（最終回）
Events for Researchers	Theme 北魏胡太后の模索
2024.02.29 (Thu)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」令和5年度第5回研究会
Events for Researchers	Theme 隋の軍事体制と倭の戦略的位置づけ

2023

Date	Overview
2023.12.06 (Wed)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」令和5年度第4回研究会
Events for Researchers	Theme 斉明紀の渡来トカラ人と竹取物語
2023.11.02 (Thu)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」令和5年度第3回研究会
Events for Researchers	Theme 中華の形成と遊牧民―鮮卑拓跋部の事例
2023.08.01 (Tue)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」令和5年度第2回研究会
Events for Researchers	Theme 秦氏と幻想のユダヤ人
2023.04.28 (Fri)	国際日本文化研究センター研究プロジェクト「日本古代史の国際的研究」令和5（2023）年度第1回研究会
Events for Researchers	Theme 秦氏と日本の芸能

Other Conferences／Symposia

2024

Date	Overview
2024.07.27 (Sat)	第42回人文機構シンポジウム
Events for Researchers	Theme 「デジタル・ヒューマニティーズが拓く人文学の未来」