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July 1, 2009

GCOE Seminars in July, 2009

■ Vol.58: July 28 (Tue.), 2009
Presentations by Graduate and Non-degree Students Taking the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program

1. Ai Yoneda (Graduate Student in the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program / M2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

2. Masumi Yoshida (Graduate Student in the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program / M2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

3. Fukiko Nakao (Graduate Student in the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program / M2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

4. Sachie Takahashi (Non-Degree (Non-Ritsumeikan) Student in the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program)

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■ Vol.57:  July 21 (Tue.), 2009
1. Takuji Hanada (RAⅡ / Kyoto Culture / D4, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

2. Bincsik Monika (RAⅠ / Kyoto Culture / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"From Museum Display Systems to Databases, or How is Art History Produced?"

3. DH2009 Report Meeting

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■ Special Lecture Vol.13: July 15 (Wed.), 2009
1. I Seung Sin (Professor, Research Center of Japanese Studies, Korea University)

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■ Vol.56: July 14 (Tue.), 2009
1. Takaaki Kaneko (RAⅢ / Japanese Culture / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University /  DC1, JSPS)
"Observing printed books through woodblocks"

2. Atsuko Ōya (RAⅠ / Kyoto Culture / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"Concept and Condition: the Database on “Chronology of Cinema & Theater Performance in Taisho Era at Kyoto” "

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■ Special Lecture Vol.12: July 13 (Mon.), 2009 12:00-13:00
1.Dr. Julie A. Iezzi (Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawai’i )
"Japanese Theatre at the University of Hawaii: Developing “Traditions” "

> More info


■ Special Lecture Vol.11: July 8 (Wed.), 2009 12:00-13:00
1. Dr. Daniel McKee (Kroch Library, Cornell University)
"The Semiotics of Surimono: The Construction of Meaning in Privately Commissioned and Distributed Woodblock Prints in Relation to Ritual and Poetic Precedents"

> More info


■ Vol.55: July 7 (Tue.), 2009
1. Takashi Obana (PD / Web Technology)
"Research and Construction of Database for “Video Game Manuals” "

2. Sota Mikami (RAⅡ / Japanese Culture / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

> More info (※ Japanese only)
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TIME: 18:00-19:30
PLACE: Art Research Center, 【Kinugasa campus (KIC), Ritsumeikan University】; 【Biwako Kusatsu campus (BKC), Ritsumeikan University】; and  the Internet (PowerLive)
ADMISSION: Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)
 

June 1, 2009

GCOE Seminar in June, 2009

■Vol.54 : June 30 (Tue.), 2009
1.Kenichi Honda (RAⅡ / Histrical GIS / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"The Change of Road Network in Nishijin of Kyoto between Medieval Period and Early Modern"

2.Toshikazu Seto (RAⅠ / Histrical GIS / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"New Development of Geographic Spatial Information in the Internet Age"

3.Takashi Kirimura (RAⅢ / Histrical GIS / D3, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University / DC1, JSPS)
"Spatial Changes of Residential Characteristics in 20th-Century Kyoto"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.53 : June 23 (Tue.), 2009
1.Mizuho Kamo (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"A Research on Design Patterns, based on Visual Materials, and its Issues: Toward Construction of Japanese Design Pattern Database"

2.Ping Zhou (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"Construction of Oiwa’s Role: On its Stylized Settings"

3.David Jerome Putnam (University of Zurich)
"The development of “Individuality” seen in the onnagata-Kabuki-images. From Nakamura Tomijuro I (1719-1786)to Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917-2001)"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.52 : June 16 (Tue.), 2009
1.Toledo Nolasco Alejandro (RAⅠ / Digital Archiving Technology / D1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering)
"Interactive Visual Analysis of Personal Names in Japanese Historical Diary"

2.Kingkarn Sookhanaphibarn (PD / Digital Archiving Technology)
"Digital museums in Second Life"

> More info


■Vol.51 : June 9 (Tue.), 2009
Special program

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1.Aki Ishigami (PD / Japanese Culture)

2.Sawako Chang Takemura (HAA Robert F. Lange Foundation Japanese Art Imaging Project Manager / Research Assistant)

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.50 : June 2 (Tue.), 2009
1.Shin Ōno (RAⅠ / Web Technology / D2, Graduate School of Policy Sciences)
  Shinya Saito (PD / Web Technology)
  Mitsuyuki Inaba (Project Member / Leader of Web Technology / Professor, Graduate School of Policy Science)
"Collective Culture and Visualization of Spatiotemporal Information"

2.Akihiro Tsukamoto (JSPS PD / Historical GIS)
"A Historical GIS Analysis of the Landscape Compositions: A Case Study of Folding Screens “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu” "

3.Takaaki Okamoto (PD / Japanese Culture)
"Text and Pictures in Japanese Historical Documents"

> More info
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TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)
 

May 1, 2009

GCOE Seminar in May, 2009

■Vol.50 : May 26 (Tue.), 2009 ※ This Lecture has been called off.

1.Xin Yin (PD / Digital Archiving Technology)
"Restoring 3D Digital Woodcut Shape for Reproducing Ancient Book"

2.Toledo Nolasco Alejandro (RAⅠ / Digital Archiving Technology / D1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering)
"Interactive Visual Analysis of Personal Names in Japanese Historical Diary"

3.Kingkarn Sookhanaphibarn (PD / Digital Archiving Technology)
"Digital museums in Second Life"


■Vol.49 : May 19 (Tue.), 2009
1.Chise Saito (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"A Report on the Italian Government’s Policy toward Digitizing Cultural Properties, and on the Current Conditions and Future Possibilities of Systematizing Japanese Art Collections in Italy"

2.Kiyofumi Kusui (PD / Japanese Culture)
"Construction and Problems about a Database of the Gaichi (Foreign Lands) Japanese Literature"

3.Shinya Maezaki (PD / Japanese Culture)
"Matsubayashi Tsurunosuke and St Ives: Creating a Digital Database of Historical Materials on Japanese Ceramics"

4.Takaaki Okamoto (PD / Japanese Culture)
"Digital Archiving for Yuzen Designs"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.48 : May 12 (Tue.), 2009
1.liset turino (El Colegio de Mexico Master in Asia and Africa Studies)
"Sinners in the crossroad: parody and the subversion of authority in the oni kyōgen"

2.Hiroyuki Sekiguchi (Visiting Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization / Digital Archiving technology)
  Takaaki Okamoto (PD / Japanese Culture)
"Participation Report in the 2009 Tokyo Workshop on Digital Humanities"

> More info (※ Japanese only)
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TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)
 

April 1, 2009

GCOE Seminar in April, 2009

■Vol.47 : April 28 (Tue.), 2009
1.Noboru Tani (Researcher / Kyoto Culture)
"Political Issues Faced by Retired Emperor Go-Toba in Relation to Court Ceremonies and Religious Rites"

2.Akinori Nakamura (Project Member / Web technology / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Policy Science)
"Know-How Transfer of Japanese animation/CG production Case Studies of Digital Content Industry Cluster in the PRC"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.46 : April 21 (Tue.), 2009
1.Prof. Max Moerman (The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University)
"Geographies of the Imagination: Buddhism and the Japanese World Map"

> More info


■Special Lecture Vol.10 : April 13 (Mon.), 2009
1.Dr. Tao Cheng (Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London)
"An Activity-Based Spatio-Temporal Data Model for Transport Modelling and Epidemics Transmission Analysis"

2.Dr. Alex Singleton (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London)
"Geodemographics 2.0: Some Developments in the Specification, Estimation and Testing of Geodemographic Models"

> More info


■Vol.45 : April 9 (Thu.), 2009

1.Prof. Paul Longley (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) and Dept of Geography, University College London)
"Some Developments in Geographic Information Systems and Science"

> More info
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TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

January 1, 2009

GCOE Seminar in January, 2009

■Vol.44 : January 27 (Tue.), 2009
Feature: Students for the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program

1.Masumi Yoshida (Student for the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program / M1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"Heiankyo seen from the route of movement of nobles"

2.Fukiko Nakao (Student for the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program / M1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"A consideration of the spread of Tenjin worship"

3.Sachie Takahashi (Non-Degree (Non-Ritsumeikan) Student for the Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures Educational Program)
"On the Potential of Using Motion Capture in Noh Dancing Practice"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.43 : January 20 (Tue.), 2009

1.Keisuke Asada (RAⅡ/ Web Technology Group / D1, Graduate School of Policy Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
"The features and the present situation of the Virtual Worlds"

2.Shinya Maezaki (RAⅡ/ Japanese Culture Group /D3, Department of Art and Archaeology, SOAS, University of London)
"Researching Japanese Ceramic Collections in the West"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.42 : January 13 (Tue.), 2009

1.Atsuko Ōya (RAⅠ / Kyoto Culture Group / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
"A report for archival material of Makino Mamoru Collection in C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University A phase of film exhibitions in Kyoto during the emerging period of moving picture theaters"

2.Takashi Obana (PD / Web Technology Group)
"Research of “Game-play Capture System” for Videogame studies"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

December 1, 2008

GCOE Seminar in December, 2008

■Vol. 38 : December 12 (Tue.), 2008

1.Aki Ishigami (PD / Japanese Culture Group)
"Survey of Ehon Overseas: The British Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"

2.Woong Choi (PD / Digital Archiving Technology Group)
"Quantitative Analysis of Iaido Proficiency by Using Motion Capture"

 > More info (※ Japanese only)


■Special Lecture Vol.8 : December 4 (Thu.), 2008 21:00-22:00 (JPT)
※ Accessible only through the Internet. Please note that this seminar will be held at a time different from the regular seminar time.

Cagno Maiko Ota (Archivist, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University)
"The way of archive and prospects on “Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection” in C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.39 : December 9 (Tue.), 2008

1.Chise Saitō (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture Group / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Trend of the Portal Sites with the Aim of Supporting the Research of Art and Humanities"

2.Kiyofumi Kusui (PD / Japanese Culture Group)
"The Construction and Problems of the Literary Magazine's Database published in Colonial Age of Korea"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol. 40 : December 16 (Tue.), 2008

John Carpenter (Project Member / Japanese Culture Group / Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University / Reader, SOAS, University of London)
"Calligraphy as an art, Medieval"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Special Lecture Vol.9 : December 18 (Thu.), 2008

Gen Takagi (Faculty of Letters, Chiba University) 
Series: Explore the Possibility of DH
"Heaven in the Vase: Solitude of Japanese Literature in the Digital Environment"
> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol. 41 : December 23 (Tue.), 2008

1.Manabu Ueda (RAⅡ / Kyoto Culture Group / D4, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"A phase of film exhibitions in Kyoto during the emerging period of moving picture theaters"

2.Shinya Saitō (PD / Web Technology Group)
"Visualization and Interpretation of Narrative Information using Stratum Modeling"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

November 1, 2008

GCOE Seminar in November, 2008

■Vol.34 : November 4 (Tue.), 2008 Special Lecture

Kiyoko Myōjō (Saitama University)
"Matters to Contemplate Prior to Digitization: What is the Foundation of Research in the Humanities"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.35 : November 11 (Tue.), 2008

1.Ping Zhou (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture Group / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"The Current Situation of Japanese Cultural Studies in China: Related to My Research Theme"

2.Takaaki Okamoto (PD / Japanese Culture Group)
"About a Kunten (dialectical information) database on Japanese classics and religious documents: Using Image Database System of Japanese Historical Materials"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.36 : November 18 (Tue.), 2008

1.Takashi Kirimuta (RAⅢ / Historical GIS Group / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Building a website of the catalog about web-based maps: the functions of spatial query and analysis"

2.Takuji Hanada (RAⅡ / Kyoto Culture Group / D3, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Battles in Kyoto during the Nanbokuchō Period: Seen from military tie documents and Gunki monogatari"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.37 : November 25 (Tue.), 2008

1.Kenichi Honda (RAⅡ / Histrical GIS Group / D1, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"A study of the Imamiya-matsuri Festival in Kyoto during the late medieval period"

2.Takaaki Kaneko (RAⅠ / Japanese Culture Group / D2, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan Univerasity)
"Digital archiving of woodblock materials"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Special Lecture Vol.7 : November 27 (Thu.), 2008

Gregory Irvine (Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum)
"Japan at the Victoria & Albert Museum: acquiring and recording the collections"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

October 1, 2008

GCOE Seminar in October, 2008

■Vol.30 : October 7 (Tue.), 2008

1.Hideo Toyama (Visiting Researchers / Digital Archiving Technology Group)
"Digital Archives and Digital Humanities"

2.Mitsuyuki Inaba (Project Member / Web Technology Group / Professor, Graduate School of Policy Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
"Trends in Digital Humanities Research: Conference Report of Digital Humanities 2008"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.31 : October 14 (Tue.), 2008

1.Akira Maeda (Project Member / Digital Archiving Technology Group / Reader, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
"Research trends in digital humanities in the U.K.: Report of King's College London visit and DRHA08 conference"

2.Kozaburo Hachimura (Project Member / Digital Archiving Technology Group / Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
"Digital Humanities Activities in North America"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.32 : October 21 (Tue.), 2008

1.Shin Ōno (RAⅠ / Web Technology Group / D1, Graduate School of Policy Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
"Research of combination among chronological events"

2.Ayako Katsumura (PD / Histrical GIS Group)
"Possibility of Community Culture Creation through Art Projects"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Vol.33 : October 28 (Tue.), 2008

1.Seiya Tsuruta (RAⅡ / Digital Archiving Technology Group / D3, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
"Fundamental research on extracting emotional information from music for Virtual Dance Collaboration System"

2.Xin Yin (PD / Digital Archiving Technology Group)
"Developing of Cultural Heritage Exhibition System for Representing Cutaneous Tactile"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


■Special Lecture  Vol.6 : October 31 (Fri.), 2008

Tomoji Tabata
 (Reader, Department of Language and Culture, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University)
"Mining Linguistic Variations in the Inaugural Addresses of US Presidents"

> More info (※ Japanese only)


TIME : 18:00~19:30
PLACE : 【Kinugasa campus(KIC), Ritsumeikan University】 Art Research Center
【Biwako Kusatsu campus(BKC), Ritsumeikan University】 The Internet (Power Live)
ADMISSION : Free

※Participation through the Internet (PowerLive) is available. If you wish to do so, please contact Nishikawa at: nyoshi■fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (please replace ■ with @).

※ Handouts will be available from the afternoon of the day of the seminar at the following website (for a limited time only).
 http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/dhjac/ppt/haihusiryo-index.html (※ Japanese only)

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