International ARC Seminar

The 117th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 10, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Naoki ISHIBASHI (Professor, Graduate School of Data Science, Musashino University)

Topic: to be announced

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

The 116th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 26, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

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

Topic: to be announced

Speaker: Simon KANER (Executive Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)

Topic: to be announced

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

The 115th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 12, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Ryuzo UENO (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: The Acceptance of"Sanguozhi"in Japan through Ukiyo-e

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

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.

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.

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 110th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, November 16, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Dr. Ellis TINIOS (Honorary Lecturer in History, School of History, University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

Topic: 'After native drawings': the books that introduced nishiki-e and ehon to Western audiences: Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan (1859) and Japanese Fragments (1861).

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 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 109th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, November 2, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Her Imperial Highness Princess Akiko of Mikasa (彬子女王殿下)

Topic: Do we need to preserve our culture? (「文化は守らなければいけないものなのか？」)

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: Those concerned will be informed separately by e-mail.

The 108th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, October 26, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Kazuo A. TANAKA (Appointed Professor for International Collaboration, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)

Topic: Cutting-edge Laser Science and Japanese Culture (Western and Eastern Ways of Thinking)「レーザー最先端科学と日本文化（西洋と東洋の発想）」

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 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.