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[イベント情報]January 28, 2023(Sat)
The International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the International Online Symposium 'Tracing the Reception of Japanese Art in the West: As Seen through Case Studies in Central Europe'.
This event is held in English with live simultaneous interpretation in Japanese available.
Date: January 28 (Sat), 2023
Time: 16:00 - 18:00 JST / 8:00 - 10:00 CET
Topic: 'Tracing the Reception of Japanese Art in the West: As Seen through Case Studies in Central Europe'
Organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University1. Opening Remarks: Prof. Ryo Akama (Director of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University) & Emily Li (University Research Administrator, Ritsumeikan University)
2. Keynote Speech: Professor Hans B. Thomsen (Chair for East Asian Art History, University of Zurich)
Title: 'Academia and Museums: The Importance of Collaborative Projects'
3. Individual PresentationsA: Dr. Klaus J. Friese (Lecturer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Title: 'Siebold's Collection in Munich: A New Type of Museum?'
B: Sabine Sophia Bradel (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Zurich)
Title: 'Japanese Woodblock Prints in a Private Collection in Winterthur, Switzerland'Read more>>
C: Matilde E. Tettamanti (MA, University of Zurich)
Title: 'A First Examination of the Japanese Art Collection of Monte Verità in Ascona, Switzerland'[イベント情報]December 18, 2022(Sun)Professor Keiji Yano, Deputy Director of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, will serve as chair for the public symposium 'Current Status and Issues of Place Name Standardization: Toward the Establishment of a Place Name Database and a Place Name Standardization Organization', organized by the Science Council of Japan.
Date: December 18 (Sun), 2022, 13:00-17:00 JST
Participation: Online
Anyone is welcome to attend (registration required).[イベント情報]October 3, 2022(Mon)The Modern Architecture WEEK 2022 was held in cooperation with the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, from 27 September (Tue) to 2 October (Sun), 2022.
Event introduction: Sanjo Dori is a unique area in Kyoto with its concentration of modern Western-style buildings built between the Meiji and early Showa periods.
This event is an opportunity to learn about and enjoy these fascinating architectural clusters. Anyone is welcome to attend, so please come and rediscover the fascination of modern Western-style architecture as an aspect of the historical city of Kyoto.
Organizers: Explore Kyoto in History Cluster Executive Committee; Kyoto Sanjo Community Development Council; The Museum of Kyoto
Cooperation in planning & organization: Kyoto Keikan Forum; Kyoto Society of Architects & Building Engineers; Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
>>More information: 京の三条まちづくり協議会
[イベント情報]September 27, 2022(Tue)The Modern Architecture WEEK 2022 is held in cooperation with the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, from 27 September (Tue) to 2 October (Sun), 2022.
Event introduction: Sanjo Dori is a unique area in Kyoto with its concentration of modern Western-style buildings built between the Meiji and early Showa periods.
This event is an opportunity to learn about and enjoy these fascinating architectural clusters. Anyone is welcome to attend, so please come and rediscover the fascination of modern Western-style architecture as an aspect of the historical city of Kyoto.
Organizers: Explore Kyoto in History Cluster Executive Committee; Kyoto Sanjo Community Development Council; The Museum of Kyoto
Cooperation in planning & organization: Kyoto Keikan Forum; Kyoto Society of Architects & Building Engineers; Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)
>>More information: 京の三条まちづくり協議会
Read more>>[イベント情報]July 4, 2022(Mon)The Kyoto News Archive was released in the ARC Virtual Institute on June 24, 2022:
< ARC Virtual Institute: The Kyoto News Archive >Kindly supported by the City of Kyoto and the Kyoto Toy Film Museum, the Commemorative Public Symposium 'The Kyoto News Archive: Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future' was held by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, on July 2, 2022.
Background
In collaboration with the Toy Film Museum in Kyoto, the Art Research Center (ARC) has been building a digital archive of Kyoto News--a series of newsreels produced by Kyoto City between 1956 and 1994 (Showa 31 - Heisei 6).
During that period, the newsreels were shown in movie theaters in Kyoto before the start of the main film. As one of the earliest regional newsreels, they are a valuable historical testimony of Kyoto City. They have recorded a wide range of topics in the city, including seasonal customs and festivals.
As the Kyoto News Archive has partly been completed and opened to the public, the public symposium was held to commemorate the launching of the archive, as well as to report on our research outcomes and discuss the prospects for regional video archives.
Symposium Information
Date: July 2 (Saturday), 2022
Time: 14:00 - 16:30 Japan Standard Time
Topic: The Kyoto News Archive: Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future
Event Venue: Online via Zoom
Organizer:
International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Supported by: Kyoto City and the Toy Film Museum
Inquiries: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
E-mail: arc-jimu(at)st.ritsumei.ac.jp (please change "at" to @)
URL: https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/
(*This event was held in Japanese)
(***UPDATE: Please note that the event will be held online only.***)
The Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the Commemorative Public Symposium 'The Kyoto News Archive ~Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future~'.
(*This event is held in Japanese)
Date: July 2 (Saturday), 2022
Time: 14:00 - 16:30 Japan Standard Time
Topic: The Kyoto News Archive ~Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future~
Event Venue: online via Zoom
Registration methods:
Click here to register for online participation via ZOOM. (Online: Capacity of 300 seats, first-come-first-served basis)
Background
In collaboration with the Toy Film Museum in Kyoto, the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, has been building a digital archive of Kyoto News--a series of news videos produced by the Kyoto City between 1956 (Showa 31) to 1994 (Heisei 6).
During that period of time, it was shown as a newsreel in movie theaters in Kyoto before the start of the main film. As one of the earliest regional newsreels, the videos are a valuable historical testimony of Kyoto City. They have recorded a wide range of topics in the city, including seasonal customs and festivals.
The Kyoto News Archive has partly been completed and opened to the public, so we are holding a public symposium in commemoration of this video series to report on our research outcomes thus far and to discuss the prospects for regional video archives, including the Kyoto News Archive.
Organizer:
International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Supported by: Kyoto City, Toy Film Museum
Inquiries: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
E-mail: arc-jimu(at)st.ritsumei.ac.jp (please change "at" to @)
URL: https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/
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In collaboration with Ako City, the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, organized the Chūshingura Ukiyo-e International Symposium--Spreading the Legend of Chūshingura to the World--on February 11, 2022.
Based on a historical event, Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) tells the story of forty-seven rōnin, or leaderless samurai, from Ako, who avenged the death of their lord.
The symposium began with a welcoming address by the mayor of Ako, Masatoshi Murei, followed by the individual presentations of Professor Satoko Shimazaki (UCLA), Dr. Annegret Bergmann (The University of Tokyo), Kenichiro Ishibashi (Kabuki Researcher), and Professor Ryo Akama (Ritsumeikan University), the current Director of the ARC.
In the second part, Emeritus Professor Andrew Gerstle (SOAS University of London) gave a keynote speech to discuss the question ʻAre the Depictions of Loyalty, Heroism, Tragedy in Kanadehon chūshingura universal?ʼ. The symposium concluded with a panel discussion moderated by Prof. Akama.
Ako City and the ARC have been collaborating on the digital archiving of the Chūshingura Ukiyo-e Collection held by the city which is available in the Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Database on the ARC website.
Based on the database, digital exhibitions have also been launched in the ARC Virtual Institute, which facilitates developing database operation methods and promoting its utilization.
>> Click here to enter the Ako City Chūshingura Ukiyo-e Digital Exhibition.
>> Click here for the Ako City Chūshingura Ukiyo-e Database.
The symposium took place in the Ako City Culture Hall without an audience to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but was broadcasted online via Zoom.
There were a total of 122 registrations from 15 countries for this event.
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Read more>>[イベント情報]December 13, 2021(Mon)Public Online Symposium (*held in Japanese)
The Science Council of Japan Presents:
Visualization Facilitating Scientific Knowledge Making (7): 'Visual Thinking' that brings a Comprehensive Knowledge of Humanity to Life
<<Register here: https://qr.paps.jp/6EaGt>>
Date: December 13 (Monday), 2021 13:00-17:50 (Japan Standard Time)
Organizer: Subcommittee for Visualization Facilitating Scientific Knowledge Making, General Engineering Committee, Science Council of Japan
Co-Organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Visualization Society of Japan
Japan Society for Simulation Technology
The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan
The Society for Art & Science
Computer Graphic Arts Society
Computer Graphics and Visual Informatics, Information Processing Society of Japan
IPSJ SIG Computers and the Humanities
Center for Interdisciplinary AI and Data Science, Ochanomizu University
Participation: Via Zoom (free of charge)
<<Register here: https://qr.paps.jp/6EaGt>>
(Note: The symposium will be recorded and available on the ARC YouTube Channel https://bit.ly/3nIUR0k.)
Purpose of the Event: We are entering an era in which a wide variety of Big Data generated every day has an enormous impact on science, society, culture, education, the human body and mind. The effects are highly complex and diverse.
For this reason, 'visualization' that supports the effective use of a wide variety of Big Data in an integrated manner to obtain comprehensive knowledge is required. Through such visualization, our thinking will be accelerated and deepened into 'Visual Thinking'.
This symposium, the seventh in the series, is a comprehensive report on the ongoing discussion of the ways of visualization in the era of Big Data and has been held for three and a half years since the 'Visualization Subcommittee for Contributing to the Generation of Scientific Knowledge' was established at the Science Council of Japan. At the same time, it is an opportunity to discuss various ideas about visualization in the future.
Program: https://www.scj.go.jp/ja/event/2021/317-s-1213.html (in Japanese)
For inquiries, please contact Satoshi Tanaka (Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University). E-mail: stanaka*is.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace * with @).
The International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, will be co-hosting the 2021 Annual Conference of the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS) on June 19 (Sat) and 20 (Sun), 2021.
You are cordially invited to join us.
■ Date:
June 19 (Sat) 13:00 - 17:00
June 20 (Sun) 10:00 - 16:15
■ Participation method:
The conference will be held online.
*Please note that the conference will not be held on the Kinugasa Campus of Ritsumeikan University.
*Details regarding the online access to the conference and the conference proceedings (PDF) will be informed separately.
*Any change in the outline of the conference will be announced via the conference mailing list (ML). If you have not yet registered for the ML, please do so.
■ Participation fee:
Free of charge for both JADS members and non-members.
*A paper version of the proceedings will not be published this year. Please print out the PDF file of the proceedings if required.
■ Registration:
Please register via our application form.
*Upon registration, an automatic email will be sent to you with details to access the conference and the proceedings.
Application deadline: June 18 (Fri), 2021
*This conference is open to both members and non-members, except for the general meeting on the second day.
Organized by: Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS) and the MEXT International Joint Usage / Research Center International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Supported by: 記録管理学会 、情報処理学会人文科学とコンピュータ研究会、情報知識学会、人文系データベース協議会、全国大学史資料協議会、全国美術館会議、全国歴史資料保存利用機関連絡協議会、専門図書館協議会、デジタルアーカイブ学会、日本アーカイブズ学会、日本アートマネジメント学会、日本デジタル・ヒューマニティーズ学会、日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会
For inquiries, please contact:
Organizing Committee for the 2021 Annual Conference of the Japan Art Documentation Society
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jads_conf2021■googlegroups.com (Please change "■" to "@")[イベント情報]June 19, 2021(Sat)Due to the extension of the state of emergency declared by Kyoto Prefecture, we regret to inform that this event has been changed to a non-audience event. The event will be recorded and the video distributed as scheduled from July 1 (Thurs) to August 31 (Tues). Please refer to the registration details below to apply for watching the event video online.
Those who have already applied for the on-site event will be contacted individually.
The Gion Festival in Kyoto, designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO, is one of the most important Japanese festivals.
A highlight of the festival is the magnificent parade of decorated floats known as the Yamahoko Junkō.
Amongst these, the Taka-yama float boasts a long history of participating in the parade that dates back to the 15th century.
However, the float has been absent from the festival since 1826, when a great storm damaged its decorations. The situation was further worsened by a fire that destroyed most parts of the float in 1864.
In recent years, there has been a movement to revive the Taka-yama float - a long-cherished wish of the townspeople.
Finally, the Taka-yama float is due to return to the Gion Festival in July 2022 for the first time in 200 years.
Besides reporting on the progress of its reconstruction and showcasing its return in a virtual Yamohoko parade, this event also intends to expand the circle of Takayama supporters and raise the momentum for its long-anticipated return to the Gion Festival.
*The event will be held in Japanese.
Date: June 19 (Saturday), 2021 13:00 - 16:00 (entry from 12:00)
Organizer: The Asahi Shimbun
Co-organizers: Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, Taka-yama Preservation Association
Supported by: Kyoto City, NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station, Gion Festival Yamahoko Association
Sponsored by: Hatena Co., Ltd
Registration
1. Attend the event at the venue → The event has been changed to a non-audience event.
For inquiries, please contact: 06-6201-0638 (weekdays 10am-5pm)
https://www.asahi-family.com/takayama
2. Watch the event video online (available from July 1 - August 31, 2021)
Please register by scanning the QR code on the flyer or go to the events section on the 朝日 ID-website.
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