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A Joint Colloquium of the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley and the Art Research Center (ARC) was held on Sep 15, 2023September 20, 2023(Wed)
Co-organized by the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, a joint colloquium was held at Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley on September 15, 2023.
Under the theme Theory and Methods in the Japanese Humanities: Research Using Visual Sources and Archives, faculty and graduate students from the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) and the Art Research Center (ARC) delivered presentations on the use of visual sources and archives in their research. While discussing the specific content of their respective research projects, the presenters discussed and exchanged research methods, approaches, and techniques for employing visual sources and archives.
Theme: Theory and Methods in the Japanese Humanities: Research Using Visual Sources and Archives
Date: September 15 (Fri), 16:00-18:00 PDT / September 16 (Sat), 8:00-10:00 JST
Venue: Rm 370, Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley + online via ZOOM (※This was a non-public event.)
Program
16:00 - 16:05 Opening remarks by Prof. Jonathan E. ZWICKER (Center for Japanese Studies, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley)
16:05 - 16:25 The Value of Visual Sources in Digital Archives for Researching the Ryukyu Kingdom's Embassies to Edo (held in English)
Speaker: Dr. Travis SEIFMAN (Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University/Research Manager of the ARC)
16:25 - 16:40 The Utility of Digital Archives in Kabuki Research: Focusing on an Approach Using Actor's Prints from the Mid-Edo Period (held in English)
Speaker: Shiori TOTSUKA (PhD Student, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
16:40 - 16:55 An Attempt to Construct a Design Encyclopedia Using Digital Archives (held in English)
Speaker: Risako HIRANO (PhD Student, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
-Break (5 minutes)-
17:00 - 17:15 The Comedy of Inoue Hisashi and the Critique of Modern Japan (held in English)
Speaker: Megumi HIROTA (MA Student in Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
17:15 - 17:30 帝国日本の銃後の主体性 (Agency) -1943年の一枚のプロパガンダ小説、辻小説を中心に- (held in Japanese)
Speaker: Hong JANG (PhD Student in East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley)
17:30 - 17:45 Archival Hesitancies: Problems of Research as Method (held in English)
Speaker: Frank CAHILL (PhD Student in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley)
17:45 - 17:55 Discussion
17:55 - 18:00 Closing remarks by
18:00 ~ Reception
This colloquium was supported by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
