International ARC Seminar

The 107th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, September 28, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Koichi Murotani (Part-time Lecturer, Ryukoku University and Otemae University)

Topic: On the City of Amagasaki's Archaeological Site Survey System (「尼崎市遺跡調査システムについて」)

Date: Wednesday, September 28, 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 106th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, July 20, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Speaker: Weite LI (Lecturer, Chongqing Technology and Business University, China)

Topic: Understanding the Real World with Deep Learning and Visualization Technologies

2. Speaker: Yuji MIYATA (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic：Initiatives and Prospects for Utilization of "Kyoto News" - Digital Archive Construction Practices

Date: Wednesday, July 20, 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 105th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, July 13, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Yuichi TAKATA (Senior Researcher, Data and Information Section, Department of Planning and Coordination, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)

Topic: SORAN and SORAN GIS as an Integrated Platform for Cultural Heritage Information

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 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 104th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, June 29, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. 18:00～18:45

Speaker: Hitomi MOHRI (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: The Dawn of Video Games in Japan as Viewed from the Toy Industry

2. 18:45～19:30

Speaker: Chitoko KOIDE (Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Osaka Shoin Women's University)

Topic: Prospects and Issues of Game Exhibition in Japan

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

*A YouTube livestream will be available for the second part of the seminar from 18:45 for non-ARC members→via the following link.

The 103rd International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, June 8, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Chikahiko Suzuki (Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Gunma Prefectural Women's University)

Topic: "KaoKore" and "edomi" - Examples of using humanities materials based on microcontents method

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 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 102nd International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 25, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers:

1.Kana Tsuneki (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts (Humanities), National Institute of Technology, Kurume College)

Topic: Shunyodo's Woodblock Print Publications in the Meiji Period: Positioning of Kuchi-e Print Anthologies of Shosetsu souga-shu and Edo nishiki (in Japanese)

2. Biligsaikhan Batjargal (Affiliate Research Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: A trial to classify Mongolian legal documents using deep learning (in English)

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

A YouTube livestream will be available for the second part of the seminar from 18:45 for non-ARC members → via the following link.

The 101st International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 11, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Topic: Going to War During the Taisho Period: Japan's Siberian Intervention of 1918-1922 as Illustrated by the Pictorial Diaries of Infantryman Takeuchi Tadao

Speaker: Dr. Nadine Willems (Lecturer in Japanese History, School of History, University of East Anglia)

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 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 100th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 27, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Topic: KOBAYASHI, Ichizo: Social and Cultural Projects as the Two Wheels of his Business

Speaker: Yoshiyuki SENKAI (Executive Board Member and Director, Itsuō Art Museum; Ichizo Kobayashi Memorial Museum; and Ikeda Bunko, Hankyu Culture Foundation)

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 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 99th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 13, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Speaker: Mayuko Takeshita (Curator, Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex Restorations and Exhibition Dept.)

Topic: Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex--A New Initiative to Protect Cultural Properties

2. Speaker: Kyoko Hasegawa (Associate Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: Digital Archiving and Visualization of Taima-dera Temple by 3D scanning

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 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 98th International ARC Seminar, held on January 19, 2022, is now available on YouTube.

The program was as follows:

Topic: Tracing the Roots of Popular Music in Kyoto - BAN HIROSHI University in Ritsumeikan University -

Speaker: Ban Hiroshi (Musician /Rock 'n' Roller)
　　　　 Saito Shinya (Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
　　　　 Takeda Shosaku (Professor, Ritsumeikan University

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