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The 2nd International Symposium on Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures (DH-JAC2011)

2011-11-19T01:20:12Z

The 2nd International Symposium on Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures (DH-JAC2011)

The Present and Future of the Digital Humanities

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The Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures, Ritsumeikan University is a Global Center of Excellent (COE) Program, designated by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and Technology. Since the Center’s start in June 2007, we have been conducting education and research, aiming at creating a new type of the humanities that fully utilize information technologies so that we could bridge the gap between Japanese Studies in Japan and abroad, as well as lead the humanities in the future.The upcoming symposium is to summarize the Center’s research and educational activities in the past five years.

detailed information＞＞DH-JAC2011

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Date:	November 19 and 20 (Saturday and Sunday), 2011
Place:	Soshikan Hall, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University
Sponsored/organized by:
	The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures,” RitsumeikanUniversity

Admission free; no advanced registration necessary

Invited Speakers include:

Dr. Makoto Nagao (Director, National Diet Library)
Prof. Simon C Lin (Principle Investigator of International Collaboration and Promotion of Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Project, TELDAP)
Dr. Akihiro Kinda (President, National Institutes for the Humanities)
Prof. Seishi Namiki (Director, Museum and Archives; Director, Center for Education and Research of Cultural Heritage, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Dr. Ellis Tinios (Honorary Lecturer, University of Leeds)
Prof. Peter Bol (Director, Center for Geographic Analysis Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University)
Prof. Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta)
Prof. Hongbin Zha (Center for Information Science, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University)
Prof. Neil Fraistat (a founder of centerNet; and Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland )
Prof. Jieh Hsiang (Chair of centerNet Asia Pacific; and Director, Research Center for Digital Humanities Distinguished Professor in Computer Science, National Taiwan University)

Contact us at:
Kyoko Yoshida
c/o Research Office (Kinugasa)
Shugakukan, 2nd Fl., Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Toji-in Kita-machi, Kita-ku,
Kyoto 603-8577 Japan
Phone: +81-75-465-8476
FAX: +81-75-465-8342 ext. 511-2829
E-mail: arc-jimu■arc.ritsumei.ac.jp
※Please change ■ to @ and send e-mail to us.

Research Members in the second half FY2011

2011-11-01T01:05:37Z

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Project Members(affiliated to Ritsumeikan University, otherwise mentioned)
Visiting Professors
Visiting Scholars and Researchers
Postdoctoral Fellows (PDs)
Research Assistants (RAs)
Graduate students in doctoral degree who have a research plan for a doctoral dissertation with a theme relevant to the fields of Digital Humanities
Research Assistants (Researcher)
Ritsumeikan Research Collaborators (Faculty,Graduate Students,etc.)

]]> Project Members Name Research Field Research Group Title & Affiliation Ryo Akama History of Japanese culture Center Director;
Leader of Japanese Culture Professor, Graduate School of Letters Kozaburo Hachimura Image Analysis & Computer Graphics Center Vice-Director;
Leader of Digital Archiving Technology Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Keiji Yano GIS Secretary-general of the Center;
Leader of Historical GIS Professor, Graduate School of Letters Masaaki Kidachi Japanese archaeology Kyoto Culture Professor, Graduate School of Letters Takao Sugihashi Japanese history Kyoto Culture Professor, Graduate School of Letters Mika Tomita Japanese film history Leader of Kyoto Culture Associate Professor, Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences Masao Kawashima Japanese medieval history Kyoto Culture Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization;
Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University Ikuyo Matsumoto Japanese cultural history Kyoto Culture Associate Professor, Yokohama City University;
Visiting Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization John Carpenter Japanese arts and cultures Japanese Culture Reader, SOAS, University of London;
Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization Kazuaki Kimura Japanese literature Japanese Culture President, Poole Gakuin University;
Visiting Professor, R-GIRO Kohei Furukawa Electronic system information technology Japanese Culture Associate Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences Seigo Wada Japanese archaeology Japanese Culture Professor, Graduate School of Letters Tatsunori Kawasumi Environmental archaeology Historical GIS Associate Professor, College of Letters Akihiro Kinda Human geography Historical GIS President, National Institutes for the Humanities;
Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization Satoshi Tanaka Computer Science Historical GIS Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tomoki Nakaya GIS Historical GIS Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters Ruck Thawonmas Artificial intelligence Digital Archiving Technology Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Hiromi Tanaka Information and Communication Engineering Digital Archiving Technology Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Akira Maeda Multilingual information processing Digital Archiving Technology Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Yoichi Yamashita Sound-data processing Digital Archiving Technology Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Mitsuyuki Inaba Software engineering Leader of Web Technology Professor, Graduate School of Policy Science Masayuki Uemura Electronic engineering Web Technology Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences Akinori Nakamura Theory of the video game industry Web Technology Professor, Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences Koichi Hosoi Content industrial history Web Technology Professor, Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences

Visiting Professors
Name	Research Group	Title & Affiliation
Masao Kawashima	Kyoto Culture	Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization; Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University; Project Member
John Carpenter	Japanese Culture	Reader, SOAS, University of London; Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization; Project Member
Akihiro Kinda	Historical GIS	President, National Institutes for the Humanities; Visiting Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization; Project Member
Ikuyo Matsumoto	Kyoto Culture	Associate Professor, Yokohama City University; Visiting Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization; Project Member
Keiko Suzuki	Research Manager	Visiting Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization

Visiting Scholars and Researchers
Name	Research Group	Title & Affiliation
Sachiko Idemitsu	Kyoto Culture	Curator, Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Manabu Ueda	Kyoto Culture	Assistant, The Tsubouchi Memorial THEATRE MUSEUM Waseda University
Noboru Tani	Kyoto Culture
Jianli Zhang	Kyoto Culture	Associate Professor and Vice GM, Department of Japanese Society & Culture, Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Rieko Uejima	Kyoto Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto University of Art and Design
Tomohiro Saeki	Kyoto Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, Kobe Sukugawa Gakuin University
Lucia Dora Dolce	Kyoto Culture	Associate Professor, SOAS, University of London
Ohya Atsuko	Kyoto Culture	The Museum of Kyoto
C. Andrew Gerstle	Japanese Culture	Professor, SOAS, University of London
Ellis Tinios	Japanese Culture	Honorary Lecturer, University of Leeds
Hidenori Onishi	Japanese Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University
Takaaki Okamoto	Japanese Culture	Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives
Kazuko Kameda-Madar	Japanese Culture	Ph.D. candidate, University of British Columbia
Kiyofumi Kusui	Japanese Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, College of Letters, College of Law, College of Image Arts and ciences, Ritsumeikan University
Julie N. Davis	Japanese Culture	Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Ryoko Matsuba	Japanese Culture	Researcher,Nanzan University; PD, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Akiko Yano	Japanese Culture	Research Fellow (Postdoctoral), SOAS, University of London
Matjaž Matošec	Japanese Culture	PhD Candidate, Lecturer, Utrecht University
Laura Moretti	Japanese Culture	Lecturer, Newcastle University
Elena Riu	Japanese Culture	Venice Museum of Oriental Art
Angelica Koch	Japanese Culture	PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Hiroyuki Tamada	Historical GIS	Special Assistant Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Yuzuru Isoda	Historical GIS	Associate Professor, Tohoku University
Manabu Inoue	Historical GIS	Full-time Lecturer, Department of International Tourism, Heian Jogakuin
Keigo Matsuoka	Historical GIS	Adjunct Lecturer, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University
Yutaka Takase	Historical GIS	Freelance Translator
Dai Kawahara	Historical GIS	CAD Center Corporation
Mamiko Sakata	Digital Archiving Technology	Associate Professor, Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University
Hideo Toyama	Digital Archiving Technology	Adjunct Lecturer of Hanazono Univ., Tetsukayama Univ., and College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University
Minako Nakamura	Digital Archiving Technology	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
Mieko Marumo	Digital Archiving Technology	Professor, College of Arts, Nihon University
Naoki Saiwaki	Digital Archiving Technology	Associate Professor, Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University
Sachie Takahashi	Digital Archiving Technology
Woong Choi	Digital Archiving Technology	Assistant Professor,Information and Computer Engineering,Gunma National College of Technology
Takashi Obana	Web Technology	Adjunct Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University; Temporary researcher, Doshisha University
Shinya Saito	Web Technology	Adjunct Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University
Toru Fujimoto	Web Technology	Adjunct Lecturer, Tokyo Polytechnic University Assistant Professor, The Uniersity of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Chief Researcher, The Industry-Academia Collaboration Initiative Nonprofit Organization
Geoffrey Rockwell	Web Technology	Professor, University of Alberta

Postdoctoral Fellows (PDs)
Name	Research Group
Princess Akiko of Mikasa	Kyoto Culture
Masako Yamamoto	Kyoto Culture
Takuji Hanada	Kyoto Culture
Shinya Maezaki	Japanese Culture; PD, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO)
Takaaki Kaneko	Japanese Culture
Ping Zhou	Japanese Culture
Aki Ishigami	Japanese Culture
Ayako Matsumoto	Histrical GIS; PD, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Akihiro Tsukamoto	Histrical GIS; PD, Ritsumeikan University
Takashi Kirimura	Histrical GIS; PD, Ritsumeikan University
Naomi Akaishi	Histrical GIS
Kingkarn Sookhanaphibarn	Digital Archiving Technology
Kyoko Hasegawa	Digital Archiving Technology
Liang Li	Digital Archiving Technology; PD, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO)

Research Assistants (RAs)
RA Type-Ⅰ
Name	Research Group	Year of the doctoral course at Ritsumeikan University
Mizuho Kamo	Japanese Culture	D3, Graduate School of Letters
Chise Saito	Japanese Culture	D3, Graduate School of Letters
Monika Bincsik	Japanese Culture	D3, Graduate School of Letters
Biligsaikhan Batjargal	Digital Archiving Technology	D2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Worawat Choensawat	Digital Archiving Technology	D3, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Alejandro Toledo Nolasco	Digital Archiving Technology	D3, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
RA Type-Ⅱ
Name	Research Group	Year of the doctoral course at Ritsumeikan University
Sota Mikami	Japanese Culture	D3, Graduate School of Letters
Nobushiro Takahashi	Japanese Culture	D2, Graduate School of Letters
Nozomi Futamata	Japanese Culture	D1, Graduate School of Letters
Tothill Vanessa Katherine	Japanese Culture	D1, Graduate School of Letters
Takafusa　Iizuka	Histrical GIS	D2，Graduate School of Letters
Chulapong Panichkriangkrai	Digital Archiving Technology	D1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Michiru Tamai	Web Technology	D2, Graduate School of Policy Sciences
RA Type-Ⅲ
Name	Research Group	Year of the doctoral course at Ritsumeikan University
Toshikazu Seto	Histrical GIS	D3, Graduate School of Letters; DC2, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Nao Shikanai	Digital Archiving Technology	D2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering; DC2, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Graduate students in doctoral degree who have a research plan for a doctoral dissertation with a theme relevant to the fields of Digital Humanities
Name	Research Group	Title & Affiliation
Atsuko Oya	Kyoto Culture	D4, Graduate School of Letters
Yumiko Sakabe	Japanese Culture	D2, Graduate School of Letters
Yasunori Yamamoto	Digital Archiving Technology	D2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Shin Ono	Web Technology	D4, Graduate School of Policy Science

Research Assistants (Researcher and Research Assistant)
Researcher
Name	Research Group
Masae Kurahashi	Research Manager
Yuji Hamada	Studio Leader
Research Assistant
Name	Research Group
Masanori Yamaji	Research Assistant

Ritsumeikan Research Collaborators (Faculty,Graduate Students,etc.)
Faculty
Name	Research Group	Title & Affiliation
Aimi Sako	Kyoto Culture	Associate Professor, College of Letters
Yuichiro Momosaki	Kyoto Culture	Lecturer, College of Letters
Toshio Tsukamoto	Japanese Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, College of Letters
Hiroki Nanbu	Japanese Culture	Adjunct Lecturer, College of Letters
Kenichi Yano	Japanese Culture	Professor, College of Letters
Norifumi Kawahara	Historical GIS	Associate Professor, College of Letters
Susumu Nakata	Historical GIS	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Kazumasa Hanaoka	Historical GIS	Assistant Professor, College of Letters
Akio Muranaka	Historical GIS	Lecturer, College of Letters
Ross F. Walker	Digital Archiving Technology	Professor, College of Science and Engineering
Fuminori Kimura	Digital Archiving Technology	Assistant, College of Science and Engineering
Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi	Digital Archiving Technology	Chair Professor, Research Organization of Science and Engineering
Kook Cho	Digital Archiving Technology	Assistant, College of Science and Engineering
Masaru Tsuchida	Digital Archiving Technology	Visiting Professor, College of Science and Engineering
Takanobu Nishiura	Digital Archiving Technology	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Masanori Morise	Digital Archiving Technology	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Frank Rinaldo	Digital Archiving Technology	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Wataru Wakita	Digital Archiving Technology	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Akihiro Saito	Web Technology	Professor, College of Image Arts and Sciences
Graduate Students, etc.
Name	Research Group	Title & Affiliation
Takumi Komai	Kyoto Culture	Doctoral student, Graduate School of Letters
Makoto Tanaka	Kyoto Culture	Doctoral student, Graduate School of Letters
Atsuko Namekawa	Kyoto Culture	Researcher, Graduate School of Letters
Naoto Yoshioka	Kyoto Culture	Doctoral student, Graduate School of Letters
Shintaro Wada	Kyoto Culture	B3, College of Image Arts and Sciences
Daniel Sastre De La Vega	Japanese Culture	D4,Graduate School of CoreEthics and Frontier Sciences
Young Joo Choi	Japanese Culture	Doctoral student, Graduate School of Letters
Kenichi Honda	Historical GIS	D4, Graduate School of Letters
Yasutaka Watanabe	Historical GIS	Research Associate, Graduate School of Letters
Yudai Ikenaga	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Sho Itsubo	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Masato Umeda	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takahiko Osaki	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Kohei Kato	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Yuji Kawasaki	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Taku Sawamura	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Hideyuki Shimazaki	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Yoshiki Sugisaki	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Shuhei Takehisa	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takaaki Dokai	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Ryota Nakamura	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Narumitsu Hanafusa	Digital Archiving Technology	M2, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takahiro Hisaki	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takashi Hirose	Digital Archiving Technology	M3, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Akira Fukumoto	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Ryu Muraoka	Digital Archiving Technology	M1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takafumi Katayama	Web Technology	B4, College of Image Arts and Sciences
Takumi Horiike	Web Technology	B4, College of Image Arts and Sciences

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II) for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On September 16, 2011)

2011-09-16T04:59:29Z

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We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II) under the Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” for Academic Year 2011.

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
September 16 (Friday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline.)

【Guideline】
Guideline for RA Type-II Application（15KB)

【Application Forms】
Application Form for Research Assistantship（77k）
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（50k）

■Contact us at:
Research Office (Kinugasa) c/o Shoko Kurata Shugakukan, 2nd Fl., Kinugasa Campus Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Toji-in Kita-machi Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 Japan
Phone: +81-75-465-8476 (9:00AM-5:30PM JST）ext. 511-2825
FAX: +81-75-465-8342 ext. 511-2829
E-mail : kura-a■st.ritsumei.ac.jp
※Please change ■ to @ and send e-mail to us.

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On June 30, 2011)

2011-06-30T01:44:33Z

＞日本語

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows under the Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” for Academic Year 2011.

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
June 30 (Thursday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline.)

【Guideline】
Guideline for Postdoctoral Fellowship Application（16.8KB）

【Application Forms】
Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship（70.0KB)
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（48.5KB）
Research Plan Proposal（42.5KB）

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II, RA Type-III) for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On June 30, 2011)

2011-06-30T01:41:17Z

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We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II, RA Type-III) under the Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” for Academic Year 2011.

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
June 30 (Thursday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline.)

【Guideline】
Guideline for RA Type-II Application（15.4KB)
Guideline for RA Type-III Application（14.8KB）

【Application Forms】
Application Form for Research Assistantship（76.5k）
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（48.5k）

Digital Humanities 2011

2011-06-21T23:58:03Z

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During June 19-22 2011, the Digital Humanities 2011 was held in Stanford university, USA. Digital Humanities is the annual international conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO), which was held at King’s College London last year and will be held at university of Hamburg, Germany, next year.

In this conference, I has made a presentation on "A Labanotation Editing Tool for Description and Reproduction of Stylized Traditional Dance Body Motion" and was honored to receive the 2011 Bursary Award, for young researchers, from the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. Therefore, I would like to thank Prof. Hachimura and the GCOE program with all of you directly and indirectly giving me comments and suggestions in my research so that my research paper was qualified.

GLOBAL COE PROGRAM ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures) September 2011 Admission

2011-06-17T05:02:37Z

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( PDF:3MB)

Application Period:
June 3rd (Friday), 2011 - July 17th (Friday), 2011
* Application must be sent by mail, with a postmark no later than July 17th (Friday), 2011 .

]]> Screening Methods:
1st stage screening: screening of application materials
2nd stage screening: interview

Date of Interview:
July 9th (Saturday), 2011

Place for Interviews:
Kinugasa Campus of Ritsumeikan University
* We will issue exam admission slips to the applicants who passed the 1st stage screening, which tell an exact place where the interviews take place.
* Applicants living overseas may have an interview through the Internet. If that is the case, please contact us at: g-coe@st.ritsumei.ac.jp.

Notification of Results:
July 22nd (Friday), 2011

Mailing Address for Application:
Office of Graduate Studies, Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577, Japan
E-Mail: g-coe@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
Phone: +81-75-465-8195 (direct line)

Application Guidelines and Forms:
Please download the application guidelines and forms from the following website.

http://www.ritsumei.jp/gr/jdh_exam_april.html

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II) for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On April 7, 2011)

2011-03-22T07:38:35Z

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We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II) under the Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” for Academic Year 2011.

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
■Guideline for RA Type-II Application for the First-year Sudents in Doctoral Program:
　April 7 (Thursday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline)

【Guideline】
Guideline for RA Type-II Application（15k）

【Application Forms】
Application Form for Research Assistantship（77k）
Curriculum Vitae（50k）

■Contact us at:
Office of Humanities and Social Sciences Research c/o Shoko Kurata Shugakukan, 2nd Fl., Kinugasa Campus Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Toji-in Kita-machi Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 Japan
Phone: +81-75-465-8476 (9:00AM-5:30PM JST）ext. 511-2825
FAX: +81-75-465-8342 ext. 511-2829
E-mail : kura-a■st.ritsumei.ac.jp
※Please change ■ to @ and send e-mail to us.

Brush-up Workshop for Curators in the Digital Age

2011-02-09T07:13:26Z

Digital Museum Project, Ritsumeikan University presents

Brush-up Workshop for Curators in the Digital Age
Course 1: Analog Material and Digital Archives

This course is a part of the Digital Museum Project which started in FY2009. The project aims at putting rapidly advancing digital technology and information technology to practical use at museums in order to boost their activities. The project depends on the success in not only development of the technology but also that of human resources, more precisely, that of curators to manage museum activities. Giving consideration to this fact, Ritsumeikan University has launched the Digital Museum Human Resources Development Plan.
              This Plan is to research what is expected for curators in the digital age in terms of information technology and knowledge and how they can manage museums by using digital technology effectively—the research to design a new educational curriculum for curators.
              As a part of the Plan, in February 2011, the university will hold a five-day workshop for those who have museum experience and graduate students interested in pursuing museum careers. The workshop presents them with an exciting opportunity to learn about the bases of the digital museum, including how to digitize museum collections and how to use digital technology in various museum settings.
With scholarships available, we hope many will join the workshop. Please understand that we will give the highest priority of the scholarships to those who are interested in Japanese arts and cultures, regardless of their Japanese proficiency. This is because, for digitization, Course 1 of a series of the workshops will focus on cultural property, artworks, historical documents, and movie films, all of which were made in Japan.

Workshop:
Time and Date: Everyday between February 7 and 11, 10am to 5 pm
Place: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus, Kyoto

Course Curriculum: The workshop includes lectures, labs, and study tours.
Day 1 on Feb. 7, Monday               “Curators in the Digital Age and
                                                          Databases”
Day 2 on Feb. 8, Tuesday               “Digital Archives of Historical Documents”
Day 3 on Feb. 9, Wednesday          “Digital Archives of Japanese and Chinese
                                                          Classics”
Day 4 on Feb. 10, Thursday           “Digital Archives of Old Films”
Day 5 on Feb. 11, Friday                “Digital Archives of Three-dimensional
                                                         Objects”
                                                         Wrap-up Meeting
After the course, participants are expected to submit a report.

Scholarships:
Maximum 11 scholarships will be available, as follows:
   The scholarship will cover your tuition, travel expense, accommodations, as well as provide you with small daily allowance.
   The scholarship will cover your travel expense between where you live and Kyoto, whether you live overseas or in Japan.

How to Apply for the Workshop:
Please submit your curriculum vitae and Application Form (prescribed; attached to this mail) with three references as e-mail attachments to Mr. Tasuku Aoyagi at: t-aoyagi@st.ritsumei.ac.jp by January 23, 2011.

Contact us:
Tasuku Aoyagi (Mr.)
Office of Sciences and Engineering Research
Ritsumeikan University
1-1-1 Noji-higashi
Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 JAPAN
E-mail: t-aoyagi@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
Phone: 077-561-2815, Ex.515-6547
FAX: 077-561-2811, Ex.515-7509

Sponsored by: Digital Museum Project
Feasibility Study for Digital Museums
Research and Development in Experimental Systems for Digital Museums
Cosponsored by: MEXT Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Culture, Ritsumeikan University; and Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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This workshop is a part of the Digital Museum Project which aims at developing new types of museums to fully utilize digital information technology. For that purpose, the Project conducts the research toward the development of integrated systems which allow museum-goers to experience culture interactively with their five senses. The project puts the greatest emphasis on the human resources development of curators in the digital age. Such “digital curators” are expected to not only understand digital technology and environment but also to make full use of the technology to the extent that they could design museum exhibitions to bring out the best in exhibits, as well as retrieve, organize, and distribute digital data.
              The Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University is the base for MEXT Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Culture. Appropriate to the digital age, the Center members are conducting research and educational activities to bring information technology in the Humanities research. The Center’s major projects include the Virtual Kyoto Project, and digital archiving of various cultural properties, both intangible (classic performing arts) and tangible (ukiyo-e, historical documents, and artifacts) and their global information-sharing.

We are pleased to announce the ADDITIONAL recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On January 28, 2011)

2011-01-06T06:08:16Z

【Application Deadlines】
January 28 (Friday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline)

【Guideline】
Guideline for Postdoctoral Fellowship Application（17KB）

【Application Forms】
Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship（69.5KB)
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（48.5KB）
Research Plan Proposal（42.5KB）

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
January 28 (Friday), 2011 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline)

【Guideline】
Guideline for Postdoctoral Fellowship Application（58KB）

【Application Forms】
Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship（69.5KB)
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（48.5KB）
Research Plan Proposal（42.5KB）

International Symposium "Digital Iconography: Image Databases and the Study of Edo Print Culture"

2010-12-18T00:56:46Z

140th Anniversary of the Ritsumeikan Academy, and 110th Anniversary of Ritsumeikan University

International Symposium
Digital Iconography: Image Databases and the Study of Edo Print Culture
「デジタル・イコノグラフィー　イメージデータベースと江戸出版文化研究」

Sponsored by: MEXT Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures,” Ritsumeikan University
Organized by: John Carpenter Lab., Japanese Culture Research Group
Date: Workshop on December 17 and Symposium on 18, 2010
Place: Multipurpose Room, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

For more details, please refer to the following.

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On December 10, 2010)

2010-12-10T14:54:32Z

＞日本語

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows under the Global COE Program “Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” for Academic Year 2011.

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
December 10 (Friday), 2010 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline)

【Guideline】
Guideline for Postdoctoral Fellowship Application（16.8KB）

【Application Forms】
Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship（69.5KB)
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（48.5KB）
Research Plan Proposal（42.5KB）

We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Research Assistants (RA Type-II, RA Type-III) for Academic Year 2011. (Application Deadline: On December 10, 2010)

2010-12-10T14:00:00Z

＞日本語

Please refer to the guidelines below for more detail information.

]]> 【Application Deadlines】
December 10 (Friday), 2010 by 17:00 (Please keep the deadline)

【Guideline】
Guideline for RA Type-II Application（15.5KB)
Guideline for RA Type-III Application（14.8KB）

【Application Forms】
Application Form for Research Assistantship（66.5k）
*Please don't fill in the "(2) Employment Condition" field.
Curriculum Vitae（51k）

GLOBAL COE PROGRAM ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures) April 2011 Admission

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( PDF:1.2MB)

Application Period:
December 10th (Friday), 2010 - January 7th (Friday), 2011
* Application must be sent by mail, with a postmark no later than January 7th (Friday), 2011.
* Note that Ritsumeikan University will be shut down for a winter break between December 26, 2010 and January 5, 2011, and we cannot answer your questions by e-mail, phone, or personal visits to the campus.

Screening Methods:
＜1st stage screening: screening of application materials＞
All applicants have to submit:
1. All required documents (see below), and
2. A thesis (Master’s thesis or a thesis equivalent will be appropriate).
＜2nd stage screening: interview＞

Date of Interview:
February 8th (Tuesday), 2011

Notification of Results:
February 25th (Friday), 2011

Application Guidelines and Forms:
Please download the application guidelines and forms from the following website.

http://www.ritsumei.jp/gr/jdh_exam_april.html

International Symposium Utsushi: The Art of Copying

2010-10-12T07:20:04Z

＞日本語

We are pleased to announce that the Center will sponsor the International Symposium Utsushi: The Art of Copying with other organizations. The Symposium will be held at Korean Auditorium & Art Auditorium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, where three members of our Center will present their papers.

International Symposium Utsushi: The Art of Copying

■ Date: October 12 (Tuesday), 2010
■ Place： Korean Auditorium & Art Auditorium, University of Hawaii at Manoa

For more details, please refer to Utsushi: The Art of Copying.