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November 6, 2008

Ritsumeikan University's International Training Program (ITP) has Launched its Homepage

The Homepage is for the International Training Program (ITP): the Global On-site Training for Young Researchers on the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Art Work, conducted at the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage and the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

Please visit its website at the following URL:

 http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/re/k-rsc/itp/e/

November 1, 2008

GCOE Seminar in November, 2008

■Vol.34 : November 4 (Tue.), 2008 Special Lecture

Kiyoko Myōjō (Saitama University)
"Matters to Contemplate Prior to Digitization: What is the Foundation of Research in the Humanities"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.35 : November 11 (Tue.), 2008

1.Ping Zhou (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture Group / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"The Current Situation of Japanese Cultural Studies in China: Related to My Research Theme"

2.Takaaki Okamoto (PD / Japanese Culture Group)
"About a Kunten (dialectical information) database on Japanese classics and religious documents: Using Image Database System of Japanese Historical Materials"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.36 : November 18 (Tue.), 2008

1.Takashi Kirimuta (RAⅢ / Historical GIS Group / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Building a website of the catalog about web-based maps: the functions of spatial query and analysis"

2.Takuji Hanada (RAⅡ / Kyoto Culture Group / D3, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Battles in Kyoto during the Nanbokuchō Period: Seen from military tie documents and Gunki monogatari"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.37 : November 25 (Tue.), 2008

1.Kenichi Honda (RAⅡ / Histrical GIS Group / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"A study of the Imamiya-matsuri Festival in Kyoto during the late medieval period"

2.Takaaki Kaneko (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture Group / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Digital archiving of woodblock materials"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Special Lecture Vol.7 : November 27 (Thu.), 2008

Gregory Irvine (Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum)
"Japan at the Victoria & Albert Museum: acquiring and recording the collections"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

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