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A workshop with the Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques (浮世絵木版画彫摺技術保存協会) will be held on February 17, 2023, co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center.

There has been a longstanding cooperation between the ARC and the association, and workshops have been previously organized in February 2011, February 2015, June 2019, and February 2022.

The purpose of the workshops is to exchange information and opinions with experts, deepen the understanding of the ARC Collection and facilitate the sharing of knowledge concerning ukiyo-e woodblock engraving and printmaking techniques.

Date: 17 February (Fri), 2023, 14:00-17:00

Method: Online (Zoom)

Program

1. Speaker: Akama Ryo (Professor and Director of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 海外の浮世絵コレクション紹介　欧州ドイツ編

2. Speaker: Takaaki Kaneko (Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターの板木コレクション

3. Speaker: Ryoko Matsuba (Lecturer in Japanese Digital Arts and Humanities, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)

Topic: Connecting Present to Past: Re-evaluating Japanese Traditional Printmaking プロジェクト報告および葛飾北斎作品の彫、摺の疑問点

Co-organizers: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center; Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques

→ Website of the Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques

For inquiries, please contact:

Office of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

E-mail: r-darc (at) st.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace "at" with @)

Co-organised under a joint project by the Asia-Japan Research Institute and the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, that has been ongoing since FY 2022, this event will feature research reports by ten graduate students from the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences and the Graduate School of Letters, with invited academics from within and outside the university as guest commentators.

Date：January 31 (Tue), 2023 9:50〜18:00(JST)
Language: Japanese (+English Summary)

Venue: SOSHIKAN 408, Kinugasa Campus Ritsumeikan University + Zoom https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/93140942144

Co-hosted by the priority research program unit ʼArts and Culture Studies of East Asiaʼ, Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University and Digital humanities center for Japanese arts and cultures preject ʼVisual Culture Studies in the Domestic Spahere, Utilizing ARC Databasesʼ, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Supported by the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences , Ritsumeikan University

Contact：ajccom2023@gmail.com

■Guest Commentators
URYU Yoshimitsu, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
KATO Hiroyasu, Lecturer, Kanto Gakuin University
KAMIKURA Tsuneyuki, Emeritus, Osaka University
SUZUKI Keiko, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
TERADA Shima, Associate Professor, Ryukoku University
NAKAGAWA Shin, Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University
NISHIBAYASHI Takahiro, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
MATSUNAGA Shinji, Associate Professor, Kyoto University
MIKI Junko, Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
MISU Yusuke, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Marco Bohr, Associate Professor, Nottingham Trent University

The International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the International Online Symposium 'Tracing the Reception of Japanese Art in the West: As Seen through Case Studies in Central Europe'.

This event is held in English with live simultaneous interpretation in Japanese available.

Date: January 28 (Sat), 2023

Time: 16:00 - 18:00 JST / 8:00 - 10:00 CET

Topic: 'Tracing the Reception of Japanese Art in the West: As Seen through Case Studies in Central Europe'

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1. Opening Remarks: Prof. Ryo Akama (Director of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University) & Emily Li (University Research Administrator, Ritsumeikan University)

2. Keynote Speech: Professor Hans B. Thomsen (Chair for East Asian Art History, University of Zurich)
Title: 'Academia and Museums: The Importance of Collaborative Projects'

3. Individual Presentations

The 114th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, January 18, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Session

Speaker: Nozomu ATAKA (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: The Reality of Temples and Shrines in Nara in the Late Edo Period, Seen from Neifu kiji, a Diary of Kawaji Toshiakira, a Magistrate of Nara

2. Session

Speaker: Shiori Totsuka (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Title: On Some Problems of Censor's Seals as Seen in the Katsukawa School's Ukiyo-e

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

Supported by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), the exbibition 'Arewa Textiles of African Print (「アフリカ×日本：アレワ紡の時代―ナイジェリアと日本の繊維生産 1963-2005」)' will be held at the Museum and Archives, Kyoto Institute of Technology from January 10, 2023.

Exhibition period: January 10 (Tues) - February 17 (Fri), 2023

Organizer: Museum and Archives, Kyoto Institute of Technology

Co-organizer: International joint research project 'A Digital Archive Connecting Modern Design and Industry: Towards a New History of Machine Textile Printing in Modern Kyoto' (「新しい近代京都機械捺染史構築に向けて―近代デザインと産業史をむすぶデジタル・アーカイブを一助として―」), adopted by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC)/ Project leader: Aya Ueda (Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts)

Supported by: University Mseum Association of Kyoto, International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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The 113th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, December 21, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Session

Speakers: Midori Ogita (Lecturer, Humanities Division, NIT(KOSEN), Maizuru College)

Topic:'Classroom Practice in NIT(KOSEN) Colleges for the Integration of Classics and Science: Using the Kuzushi-ji Reprinting Learning and Support System'

2. Session

Speaker: ZHANG Yutao (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 'A Study on Speech Recognition System for Kuzushiji Transcription'

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

Professor Keiji Yano, Deputy Director of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, will serve as chair for the public symposium 'Current Status and Issues of Place Name Standardization: Toward the Establishment of a Place Name Database and a Place Name Standardization Organization', organized by the Science Council of Japan.

Date: December 18 (Sun), 2022, 13:00-17:00 JST
Participation: Online
Anyone is welcome to attend (registration required).

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The 112th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, December 14, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Julie Iezzi (Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Topic: 100 years of English Kabuki in Hawai'i: Building, Breaking, and Maintaining Tradition

Date: Wednesday, December 14, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The 111th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, December 7, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Session

Speakers: Fadjar I. Thufail, Ph.D. (Director, Research Center for Area Studies (PRW), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN))

Upik Sarjiati, MPP (Researcher, Research Center for Area Studies (PRW) National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN))

Topic: 'Assembling Borobudur as a World Heritage: An Actor-Network Approach'

2. Session

Speaker: Bramantara, ST. MA. (Borobudur Conservation Office)

Topic: 'Reshaping the Past: The Use of 3D Technology for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Indonesia'

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

The interactive workshop 'Sustainable Geodesign of Downtown Alexandria: Egypt Vision 2030' will be co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

Venue: Library Theatre, Fayza Abulnaga Central Library, E-JUST, Burg al-Arab, Alexandria
Day 1: Tuesday, 29th Nov., 2022 (09:00 - 16:00 EET Cairo / 16:00 - 23:00 JST)
Day 2: Wednesday, 30th Nov., 2022 (09:00 - 16:00 EET Cairo / 16:00 - 23:00 JST)

For inquiries, please contact: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp.

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