Ritsumeikan University will establish a College of Arts and Design and a Graduate School of Arts and Design at its Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto from April 2026.
The Art Research Center has organised a series of seminars centred on the faculty members who will be joining this new faculty. In these seminars, each faculty member will introduce their current research themes.
This seminar is open to the public, including those considering enrolment in the College of Arts and Design or its Graduate School, as well as anyone interested in the research activities.

We look forward to having you join us! 

 ＜Participation＞Free of charge・No booking required・Open to all.

・Zoom webinars: https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/98502436897
・YouTube live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 ＜Seminar＞
All Days: 18:30～20:00 (For completed seminars, clicking the title will take you to the archived video.)

• October 22 ,        Topic: "Archaeology × Design & Art: A Challenge"  (Streaming video)
                              Sp:　Oki　NAKAMURA（Specialty: Design, Art, and History）

• October 29 ,        Topic: "Design in the Connected World"(Streaming video)
                               Sp: Yo OSHIMA （Specialty: Digital Design Expression）

• November 19 ,    Topic: "Cultural heritage video mapping and Manga AI"  (Streaming video)　　
                              Sp: Kazushi Mukaiyama (Specialty: Digital Art)

• November 26 ,    Topic: "Digital Archive of Past Urban Landscape Using Photogrammetry"　 (Streaming video)
    　　　　　　　Sp: Takashi Kirimura (Specialty:Geographic Information Science, Historical GIS, 3D GIS)
  

• December 10,     Topic: "From Exhibition to Exhibition: A Case Study of Ota Kijiro"
                               Sp: Sayoko Ueda (Professor, Institute for General Education, Ritsumeikan University / Professor, College of Arts and Design, Ritsumeikan University)
  

• December 17,      Topic: "Designing Connectives-- Time, People, Skills, and Materials as Seen in Japanese Traditional Woodblock Printing"
                                Sp: Ryoko Matsuba (Professor, College of Letters Japanese Literature, Ritsumeikan University / Professor, College of Arts and Design, Ritsumeikan University)

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