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［イベント情報］July 29, 2025(Tue)
ARC and CCMTW Joint Meeting 2025
-Exploring Emerging Spatial Technologies in Digital Humanities Research and Education-The International Joint Meeting, Exploring Emerging Spatial Technologies in Digital Humanities Research and Education, will be held from July 29 to 31, 2025. The event will take place in a hybrid format--both on-site at Ritsumeikan University and online. We would be pleased to have your participation if you are interested. To join the event, please submit your information using the form below by July 25.
【Program】
［イベント情報］July 19, 2025(Sat)
The Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series for July 2025 is organized by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.
3430th Session (Planning: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
Date: July 19 (Sat), 2025 10:00-11:30 JST
Venue: Suekawa Memorial Hall, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (this event will not be streamed live; a video recording will be made available for a limited time after the event)
Topic:平成と令和の復元⾸⾥城について:復元根拠の変遷 (The Restored Shuri Castle of the Heisei and Reiwa eras [1990s-2020s]: Changes in the Basis for Restoration)
Speaker: IYORI Tsutomu (Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)Participation is free of charge. Advance registration is required.
＞＞Register here.Abstract：
はじめに 首里城の「城」とは中国都市「城市」の京城・皇城（王府城）・宮城のうちの「王府城」相当
1. 琉球の三山グスクの中の首里城：琉球国の明朝入貢と冊封
2. 中山王府城としての首里城略史
［以下、本題の復元根拠の概要の説明に入る］
3. 首里城を詳しく観察した人々：明清朝派遣中山王冊封使たち
4. 首里城跡発掘調査(1985-2018)があきらかにした遺構
5. 戦前指定の国宝建造物「沖縄神社拝殿」関係の現存資料
6. 平成の首里城復元の根拠
7. 令和の再建時に登場した新たな根拠と学術上の課題
おわりに 滅失文化財とその復元の諸課題［イベント情報］July 12, 2025(Sat)
In commemoration of the 155th anniversary of the founding of Ritsumeikan and the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Academy, we are pleased to announce the upcoming symposium 'Visualizing Art and Technology through Future Research Design: A Transdisciplinary Challenge in Digital Public Humanities,' organized by the Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) and co-organized by the Art Research Center (ARC). The event will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace--particularly with significant advances in generative AI and XR (extended reality technologies that blend the physical and digital worlds)--fundamental questions have reemerged: What does it mean to be human? Where does creativity originate? As technology grows more sophisticated, there is a renewed appreciation for the embodied experiences and values of art and design, leading to new forms of cross-disciplinary collaborations on a global scale.
The Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) is dedicated to fostering "nodes" of connection that bridge the sciences, humanities, and the arts--generating new knowledge through interdisciplinary dialogue inside and outside the university.
In order to share and deepen knowledge, this symposium is held to explore how art and technology can visualize and expand human wisdom, experiences, places, and the very process of research itself.
Featured speakers include Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters), Director of the Art Research Center (ARC); ARC-affiliated faculty members Prof. Takanobu Nishiura and Prof. Satoshi Tanaka (College of Information Science and Engineering); and Dr. Monika Bincsik, Diane and Arthur Abbey Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Visiting Senior Researcher at the ARC.
We warmly invite you to join us for this interdisciplinary discussion.Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025, 13:00-17:40 (doors open at 12:30)
Venue: Learning Infinity Hall, 2F, Building H, Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC), Ritsumeikan University + Online Livestream
Capacity: 200 on-site participants / 500 online participants
Details & Registration (free) → https://rararits250712.peatix.com (in Japanese)
This event will be held in Japanese.
Co-organizers: Art Research Center (ARC); Asia-Japan Research Institute; Committee for Establishment of the College of Art and Design, Ritsumeikan University
［イベント情報］July 12, 2025(Sat)The Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series will be planned by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, in the month of July 2025.
3429th Session (Planning: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
Date: July 12 (Sat) ,2025 10:00-11:30 JST
Venue: Suekawa Memorial Hall, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (online streaming available via ZOOM)
Topic: Ryukyuan Embassies Brought to Life in Scroll Paintings
Speaker: Seifman Travis(ARC Research Manager/Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)Participation is free of charge. Advance registration is required.
＞＞Register here.Abstract：
琉球王国は17－19世紀をかけて、使節を17回江戸へ派遣した。その使節は江戸城内、徳川将軍とのお目見え儀礼を通して、琉球を島津家の家臣みたいな位置、そして徳川幕府に対する朝貢国みたいな位置、との政治関係を再確認するためのことであった。江戸を初め、日本の様々な城下町や宿場町、または港町に、その使節団は一般町民も見えた行列も行って、琉球の文化性質や政治的な位置を見せた。
今回は、その行列を描く海外所蔵の絵巻数点を紹介して、行列そのものを儀礼の種類としても軽く論じる。
最後に、琉球使節と京都との関係について触れる。［イベント情報］July 9, 2025(Wed)The 152n International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,July 9, from 18:30 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speakers: Corey Noxon (Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University)
Topic: "Fit to scale: Photogrammetry project considerations for all shapes and sizes"
※This seminar is held in English.
Date: Wednesday, July 9 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST
Participation: free of charge
Zoom webinar https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002
Live streaming on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504
The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.
Please invite anyone who is interested.
［イベント情報］July 2, 2025(Wed)The 151st International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,July 2, from 18:30 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speakers: Makoto GOTO Associate Professor of National Museum of Japanese History
※This seminar is a Japanese presentation,
Topic: Towards New Developments in Digital Humanities
Participation: free of charge
Zoom webinar https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002
Live streaming on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504
The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.
Please invite anyone who is interested.
［イベント情報］June 28, 2025(Sat)An open research forum will be held.
For more information: 絵入狂言本公開研究会企画.pdf (Japanese note)
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 14:00 JST
Venue:
Art Research Center Multipurpose Room
Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus (56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto)Title: "Revival of Research on Eiri Kyogen-bon and Genroku Kabuki"
Planning: Study Group for Eiri Kyogen-bon (Illustrated Kyogen Books)
Organized by: International Joint Research Center Project (intramural type)
Construction of a Global Driving Space for Japanese Cultural Resource Data
Cooperation: Art Research Center (ARC)Inquiries:
Phone: +81-75-466-3411 (Main number)
9:30-17:00 (JST) ※Except for weekends, national holidays, etc.Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 JAPAN［イベント情報］June 18, 2025(Wed)The 150th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,June 18, from 18:30 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speakers: Dr. Chelsea FOXWELL (Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, University of Chicago)
※This seminar is a Japanese presentation.
Topic: "The Type of Research that a Digital Book Database Makes Possible:Concerning the Overlap Between Edo-Period Painting Manuals and Natural History Books"
Date: Wednesday, June 18 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST
Participation: free of charge
Zoom webinar https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002
Live streaming on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504
The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.
Please invite anyone who is interested.
［イベント情報］June 11, 2025(Wed)The 149th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,June 11, from 18:30 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speakers: Osamu YOSHIDA (President, Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum)
Topic: 'Playing the Sugoroku of the Forest of Knowledge: Fun, Database, and History'
Date: Wednesday, June 11 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST
Participation: free of charge
Zoom webinar https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002
Live streaming on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504
The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.
Please invite anyone who is interested.
