The 4th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop / 2021 International New Generation Workshop

Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies will be co-hosting an online international workshop with the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies and Centre Européen d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace.
This year’s theme is “Japanese Studies and Transnationalism”

▲Poster

■Organizing Committee：
・Consortium for Global Japanese Studies (CGJS)
・Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS)
・European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA)

■Date:　October 29h-31th, 2021
■Time Zones: CET (France) / JST (Japan) / EDT(USA) 

【Keynote Speakers】
Claudia DERICHS (Humboldt University of Berlin / Germany)
Naoki SAKAI (Cornell University / USA)
Sandra SCHAAL (Strasbourg University / France )

【Presenters】
Yijie CHEN (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies / Japan)
Aki YOSHIDA (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations / France)
Maria Carlotta AVANZI (Akita Prefectural University / Japan)
Pia Maria JOLLIFFE (University of Oxford / UK)
Danila KASHKIN (University of Geneva / Switzerland)
David MALITZ (German Institute for Japanese Studies / Japan)
Takahiro YAMAMOTO (Heidelberg University / Germany)
Michiyo KOGA (Hosei University / Japan)
Chiara Rita NAPOLITANO (University of Naples / Italy)

【Commentators】
Shin ABIKO (Hosei University / Japan)
Akinobu KURODA (Strasbourg University / France)
Josef KYBURZ (CNRS-CRCAO / France)
Regine MATHIAS (CEEJA / France)
Masashi OGUCHI (Hosei University / Japan)
Erich PAUER (CEEJA / France)
Yusuke SUZUMURA (Meijo University / Japan)
Nozomi TAKAHASHI (Strasbourg University / France)
Kei TAKATA (Hosei University / Japan)
Hideto TSUBOI (International Research Center for Japanese Studies Nichibunken / Japan)

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◆Day 1 (Friday, October 29th)
— Transnational Culture —
Chair: Hideto TSUBOI (Nichibunken, Japan)

1. 11:00 – 11:30 (CEST) / 18:00 – 18:30 (JST) / 05:00 – 05:30 (EDT)
Opening Remark / Technical Instructions

2. 11:30 – 13:00 (CEST) / 18:30 – 20:00 (JST) / 05:30 – 07:00 (EDT)
Keynote: Sandra SCHAAL (Strasbourg university, France)
Discovering Women’s Voices: The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words

3. 13:30 – 14:15 (CEST) / 20:30 – 21:15 (JST) / 07:30 – 08:15 (EDT)
Yijie CHEN (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)
The Reception of Shasan yōketsu in China: Focus on Fu Baoshi’s Introduction

4. 14:15 – 15:00 (CEST) / 21:15 – 22:00 (JST) / 08:15 – 09:00 (EDT)
Aki YOSHIDA (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France)
Transnationalism in Literature and Its Reception: a Case Study of Zainichi Literature

5. 15:15 – 17:15 (CEST ) / 22:15 – 00:15 (JST) / 09:15 – 11:15 (EDT)
Keynote: Naoki SAKAI (Cornell University, USA)
Internationality and Transnationality: Translation and Area Studies

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◆Day 2 (Saturday, October 30th)
— Connecting with the West and the East —
Chair: Kei TAKATA (Hosei University, Japan)

1. 11:00 – 11:45 (CEST) / 18:00 – 18:45 (JST) / 05:00 – 05:45 (EDT)
Maria Carlotta AVANZI (Akita Prefectural University, Japan)
Religions Beyond Borders – Buddhism and its Impact on Ancient Japanese Art

2. 11:45 – 12:30 (CEST) / 18:45 – 19:30 (JST) / 05:45 – 06:30 (EDT)
Pia Maria JOLLIFFE (University of Oxford, UK)
Transnational Relations and Young People’s Intellectual Lives: The Tenshō Embassy 1582-1590

3. 13:00 – 13:45 (CEST) / 20:00 – 20:45 (JST) / 07:00 – 07:45 (EDT)
Danila KASHKIN (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
They Came from beyond the Sea: Castaways and the Transnational Cultural Exchange between Japan and the West

4. 13:45 – 14:30 (CEST) / 20:45 – 21:30 (JST) / 07:45 – 08:30 (EDT)
David MALITZ (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan)
Japan in Southeast Asia/Southeast Asia in Japan: Transnational Perspectives from Thailand and Japan

5. 14:45 – 16:45 (CEST ) / 21:45 – 23:45 (JST) / 08:45 – 10:45 (EDT)
Keynote: Claudia DERICHS (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Tracing Transnationalism: Japan in Southeast Asia and the Middle East

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◆Day 3 (Sunday, October 31st)*
— Transnationalism and Boundaries –
Chair: Shin ABIKO (Hosei University, Japan)

*For participants from Europe: Please be aware winter time begins from Sunday October 31st.

1. 11:00 – 11:45 (CET) / 19:00 – 19:45 (JST) / 06:00 – 06:45 (EDT)
Takahiro YAMAMOTO (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Demarcating Japan: A Microhistorical Approach

2. 11:45 – 12:30 (CET) / 19:45 – 20:30 (JST) / 06:45 – 07:30 (EDT)
Michiyo KOGA (Hosei University, Japan)
Can Japanese Express Universality? – Comparative Linguistic between Japan and France

3. 13:00 – 13:45 (CET) / 21:00 – 21:45 (JST) / 08:00 – 08:45 (EDT)
Chiara Rita NAPOLITANO (University of Naples, Italy)
Rewriting Tradition: An Analysis of the Influence of Transnational Cultural Flow on Japanese Traditional Townhouses

4. 14:00 – 15:30 (CET ) / 22:00 – 23:30 (JST) / 09:00 – 10:30 (EDT)
Round-table discussion

5. 15:30 – 16:00 (CET ) / 23:30 – 00:00 (JST) / 10:30 – 11:00 (EDT)
Closing Remark / Chat and Drink

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▶Outline・Program・Abstracts

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■Due to the health situation, the symposium will be held on a HyFlex basis

◆If you would like to participate in the workshop as an observer, please send an email in English to the Centre Européen d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace ( f.ebrard@ceejajapon.com ) with the following pieces of information:
(1) Surname and given name
(2) Email address
(3) Academic affiliation
(4) Mode of participation (full or partial; if partial, please let us know of your tentative plan)

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