Report of International Symposium: Japan-consciousness and International Consciousness (Research Approach 1)

Date: 16th & 17th July 2011

Time: 13:30-17:30 (16th July) / 10:30-17:30 (17th July)

Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, Sotobori Building

Organizer: Yuko Tanaka (Professor, Hosei University)

<Programme>
Day 1 (16th July)

Theme: “Japan” and “Foreign Countries” to People in the Edo Period

13:30 Yuko Tanaka (Hosei University) / Organizers’ Speech
13:45 Aki Ishigami (Ritsumeikan University / British Museum)
14:35 Hitoshi Iwasaki (Tobacco and Salt Museum)
15:40 Fumiko Kobayashi (Hosei University) / Summarization of Presentation
16:00 Discussion (Chair: Fumiko Kobayashi)

Day 2 (17th July)

Theme: Japan-consciousness and International Consciousness

10:30 Ronald Toby (University of Illinois) / Keynote Speech
13:00 Timon Screech (University of London)
14:00 Yasushi Oki (University of Tokyo)
15:20 Minato Kawamura (Hosei University)

Chair: Yuko Tanaka (Hosei University)
Commentator: Hiroshi Watanabe (Hosei University)

<Executive Summary>
In 16th and 17th July, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS) held the International Symposium “Japan-Consciousness and International Consciousness”. We had seven presentations: Dr. Aki Ishigami and Mr. Hitoshi Iwasaki in 16th July and Prof. Dr. Ronald Toby (keynote speech), Prof. Dr. Timon Screech, Prof. Dr. Yasushi Oki, and Prof. Minato Kawamura.