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The Art Research Center (ARC) is pleased to inform that we are organizing two sessions of the Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminars, a public lecture series by Ritsumeikan University. Participation is free of charge.

1. Ritsumeikan University Special Saturday Lecture (3349th session) >> Click here to register<<

Date and Time: January 22 (Sat), 2022 13:00 - 14:30 (JST)

Speaker: Hirotaka Sato (Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: デジタル・アーカイブによる地域文化資源の発見と活用 (→ Synopsis)

2. Ritsumeikan University Special Saturday Lecture (3350th session) >> Click here to register<<

Date and Time: January 29 (Sat), 2022 13:00 - 15:00 (JST)

1. Speaker: Rika Yamamoto (Associate Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: ツーリズムが求める産業遺産の歴史性とデジタルテクノロジー (→ Synopsis)

2. Speaker: Nozomu Ataka (Research Assistant, International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 文化資源から見たツーリズム 〜小型案内記・絵図から見た江戸時代の奈良半日観光 (→ Synopsis)

Commentators:

Yukio Teratoko (Associate Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Yuji Miyata (Research Assistant, International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

**Jointly organized with the Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University.

Participation: Online via Zoom (free of charge)

Registration: Advance registration is required (limited capacity of 400)

Please refer to the website of the Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series for details (in Japanese).

**Please note that these lectures will be held in Japanese.

The Art Research Center (ARC) is pleased to announce that its academic journal ART RESEARCH vol.22-1 has been released as an e-journal for the first time.

Furthermore, we are accepting manuscripts for our next issue. We are looking forward to your manuscript submission.

Click here for vol.22-1.

Click here for the Call for Manuscript Submissions vol.22-2.

Japan Search has launched an online gallery based on the digital exhibition 'Japanese Legends of the Supernatural World' (「日本の伝説　異界展」) created by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.

Following the introduction of the legend of Tengu, we are delighted to announce the release of a second PV about Kintaro--a child of superhuman strength from Japanese folklore--who later became known as Sakata no Kintoki in his adult life.

The PV features various woodblock prints from the ARC Ukiyo-e Portal Database.

JAPAN SEARCH has launched an online gallery based on the digital exhibition 'Japanese Legends of the Supernatural World' (「日本の伝説　異界展」) created by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.

On this occasion, JAPAN SEARCH has released a PV to introduce its online gallery 'Japanese Legends of the Supernatural World'.

The online gallery offers insights into some of the unknown aspects of the Legend of Tengu, amongst others--drawing from the contents of the ARC's digital exhibition 'Japanese Legends of the Supernatural World' available in our Virtual Museum.

The Art Research Center (ARC) is pleased to announce the upcoming Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar 'Kinugasa, the Birthplace of Cinema' on September 4 which has been postponed from January 2021 due to COVID-19.

Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar 'Kinugasa, the Birthplace of Cinema'

Organized by: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Speaker: Macoto Tezka (Visualist & Film Director)

Topic: The Achievements of Teinosuke Kinugasa (→ Synopsis)

Date and Time: September 4 (Sat), 13:00 - 14:30 (JST)

Participation: Online via Zoom (free of charge)

Registration: Advance registration is required (limited capacity of 400)

>> Click here to register.

>>Click here for details (in Japanese).

**Please note that this seminar will be held in Japanese.

We are pleased to announce that the Art Research Center's journal--ART RESEARCH--will be reborn as an online journal from volume 22-1.

The purpose of the journal is to widely publicize the results of the research projects and activities conducted by the Art Research Center and its partner institutions and collaborative researchers. As an academic journal specializing in arts and culture, it has received many contributions from industry experts every year.

Since its establishment in 1998, the Art Research Center (ARC) has been selected for several national grants as a center of excellence for research in culture, art, and information science. In FY2019, the center assumed the role as the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art & Culture (ARC-iJAC) upon its accreditation by the MEXT as an International Joint Usage/Research Center. The ARC is highly regarded as a leading hub for the digital archiving of Japanese art and culture.

Our online journal will be published several times a year, and at the end of the fiscal year, a print booklet summarizing all contributions will be distributed..

By accepting manuscripts any time from now, we hope to greatly increase the submission opportunities for researchers.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript submission.

Tanabata 2021 is one of the largest cultural exchange events between Cambodia and Japan and will be held online from July 9 (Fri) to July 11 (Sun).

As part of this event, the video of the Japan Foundation "An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2020"--produced in collaboration with the Art Research Center--will be screened. We warmly invite you to watch this video.

The event has attracted more than 6,000 people in the past, and has introduced Japanese culture from various angles through stage performances and traditional Japanese music.

Due to the spread of Covid-19, the program has been changed to an online format.

Dates: July 9-11

Organizers: Japan Foundation Asia Center Phnom Penh, Embassy of Japan in Cambodia, CJCC (Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center)

＜Related websites＞
Facebook event page
Japan Foundation Asia Center, Phnom Penh

On June 10, 2021, the ARC-iJAC-funded research project of Professor Eriko Hata (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University) on the primary sources related to the legend of Urashima in the collection of Itoi Bunko Library in Maizuru City was featured in the evening edition of the Kyoto Shimbun.

The article reported on a different and unexpected turn from the commonly known story on the legend of Urashima Taro from the Edo period that is introduced in an easy-to-understand way by Prof. Hata's research group investigating the Itoi Bunko Library in Maizuru.

On June 5, 2021, the research project on old colour photographs of Kyoto during the occupation period by Associate Professor and ARC member Naomi Kawasumi (College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University) was featured in the newspaper Kyoto Shimbun.

The article introduced how Prof. Kawasumi, a researcher in the field of Digital Humanities (DH), has deciphered colour photographs from the occupation period using overlay maps, which allow to see what buildings and houses were like before and after the war by overlaying old maps on current ones.

The article includes a photo of the Kyoto Hotel from about 70 years ago and a photo taken by US military in 1948 from near the west side of the Sanjo Bridge.

2021年度　立命館大学NEXTフェローシップ・プログラム
「アート・リサーチセンター　フェローシップ生」　募集要項

１．「立命館大学NEXTフェローシップ・プログラム」の概要
　立命館大学では、学園ビジョン「R2030チャレンジ・デザイン」において、「新たな価値を創造する次世代研究大学」と「イノベーション・創発性人材を生み出す大学」を本学が将来あるべき姿として掲げ、深い専門性に加えて学際的な視点と社会実装能力をもった高度専門人財を組織的に育成・輩出することを目指します。その一環として2021年度より実施する「立命館大学NEXT　(New Educational Xross-Training)フェローシップ・プログラム」では、優秀で意欲のある博士課程後期課程学生に対して、研究専念支援金・研究費の支給と学際的で先端的な研究に専念できる環境を提供することにより、後期課程修了時までに高度専門人財としての資質を獲得することを支援します。
　本プログラムは、文部科学省「科学技術イノベーション創出に向けた大学フェローシップ創設事業」の採択を受けて大学院キャリアパス推進室*が2021年度より実施・運営するものであり、学内の研究所、センターもしくはプロジェクト研究拠点が育成拠点として「立命館大学NEXT フェローシップ・プログラム生」（以下、フェローシップ生）を受け入れ、育成します。
　*大学院の入試、教学、キャリア・奨学金支援制度の有機的連携を行いながら、大学院生のキャリアパスを支援するための組織　http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/ru_gr/g-career/

　この度、アート・リサーチセンターが2021年度NEXTフェローシップ育成拠点に採択されましたので、以下の要領でフェローシップ生を募集します。

２．「フェローシップ生」とは
　フェローシップ生は、博士課程後期課程の3年間を通じて、育成拠点の学際的研究プロジェクトにおいて、多様な分野の研究者や地域社会・産業界の人材と協働しながら研究に従事することで、自らの専門性を深めながら複眼的視点を獲得することを目指します。また、育成拠点が連携する社会・地域・企業等との共同研究プロジェクトを通じ、社会課題や地域課題の解決に専門知を応用する技法を学ぶことで、高度専門人財に必要な学際的視点と社会実装能力の涵養を図ります。