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The Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series will be planned by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, in the month of July 2025.

3429th Session (Planning: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

Date: July 12 (Sat) ,2025 10:00-11:30 JST
Venue: Suekawa Memorial Hall, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (online streaming available via ZOOM)

Topic: Ryukyuan Embassies Brought to Life in Scroll Paintings
Speaker: Seifman Travis(ARC Research Manager/Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)

Participation is free of charge. Advance registration is required.
　＞＞Register here.

Abstract：
　琉球王国は17－19世紀をかけて、使節を17回江戸へ派遣した。その使節は江戸城内、徳川将軍とのお目見え儀礼を通して、琉球を島津家の家臣みたいな位置、そして徳川幕府に対する朝貢国みたいな位置、との政治関係を再確認するためのことであった。江戸を初め、日本の様々な城下町や宿場町、または港町に、その使節団は一般町民も見えた行列も行って、琉球の文化性質や政治的な位置を見せた。
今回は、その行列を描く海外所蔵の絵巻数点を紹介して、行列そのものを儀礼の種類としても軽く論じる。
最後に、琉球使節と京都との関係について触れる。

The 152n International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,July 9, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Corey Noxon (Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University) 

Topic: "Fit to scale: Photogrammetry project considerations for all shapes and sizes"

※This seminar is held in English.

Date: Wednesday, July 9 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: free of charge

Zoom webinar 　https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002

Live streaming on YouTube　 https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.

Please invite anyone who is interested.

The 151st International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,July 2, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Makoto GOTO 　　Associate Professor of National Museum of Japanese History

※This seminar is a Japanese presentation,

Topic: Towards New Developments in Digital Humanities

Participation: free of charge

Zoom webinar 　https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002

Live streaming on YouTube　 https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.

Please invite anyone who is interested.

An open research forum will be held.

For more information:  絵入狂言本公開研究会企画.pdf  (Japanese note)

Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 14:00 JST
Venue:
    Art Research Center Multipurpose Room
    Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus (56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto) 

Title: "Revival of Research on Eiri Kyogen-bon and Genroku Kabuki"

Planning: Study Group for Eiri Kyogen-bon (Illustrated Kyogen Books)
Organized by: International Joint Research Center Project (intramural type)
　Construction of a Global Driving Space for Japanese Cultural Resource Data
Cooperation: Art Research Center (ARC)

Inquiries:
Phone: +81-75-466-3411 (Main number)
9:30-17:00 (JST) ※Except for weekends, national holidays, etc.

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Toji-in Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 JAPAN

The 150th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,June 18, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Dr. Chelsea FOXWELL (Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, University of Chicago)

※This seminar is a Japanese presentation.

Topic: "The Type of Research that a Digital Book Database Makes Possible:Concerning the Overlap Between Edo-Period Painting Manuals and Natural History Books"

Date: Wednesday, June 18 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: free of charge

Zoom webinar 　https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002

Live streaming on YouTube　 https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.

Please invite anyone who is interested.

The 149th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,June 11, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Osamu YOSHIDA (President, Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum)

Topic: 'Playing the Sugoroku of the Forest of Knowledge: Fun, Database, and History'

Date: Wednesday, June 11 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: free of charge

Zoom webinar 　https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002

Live streaming on YouTube　 https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.

Please invite anyone who is interested.

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/kinugasaartfes/

The 148th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, May 28, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Koichi HOSOI (ZEN University Professor, Department of Social Informatics, and Senior Research Fellow, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
                 Yuji MIYATA  (ZEN University Lecturer, History of Content Industry Archives Research Center, and Visiting Researcher, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 'Archiving the History of the Content Industry: Initiatives and Challenges of ZEN University'

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (affiliated parties only, no reservation required)

*This webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are invited to participate via YouTube.

The 147th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, May 21, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Dr. Charlotte Horlyck (Reader in the History of Korean Art, and Head of Department, School of Arts, SOAS University of London )

※This seminar is a English presentation.

Topic: Mining the Archive for Collecting Histories of Korean Art

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (affiliated parties only, no reservation required)

*This webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are invited to participate via YouTube.

The 146th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, April 23, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Dr. Hiroyuki YAMAUCHI (Associate Research Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 'The Plan and Trial Investigations for the ARC "Research Metaverse": Based on Applications for Geography Education Studies'

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (affiliated parties only, no reservation required)

*This webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are invited to participate via YouTube.