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Kyoto Lectures 2024-05

22 MAY 24

Afro-Brazilian Religions in Japan: The Flux and Re-territorialization of People, Spirits, and Materialities
Wednesday, May 22nd, 18:00
Speaker: Daniela Calvo
The ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-04

17 APRIL 24

Greek Japan: Or, How do we Possess a Culture?

Wednesday, April 17th, 18:00 JST

Speaker: Michael Lucken
Western classical culture, and Greek culture in particular, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-03-29

29 MARCH 24

Edo Popular Literature and Female Readership

Friday, March 29th, 18:00

Speaker: Mario Talamo
The publishing world of the late Edo period was marked by the attempts to ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-02-21

21 FEBRUARY 24

Izumi Kyōka’s Animistic Prose: When the Semantic Becomes Mantic Wednesday, February 21st, 18:00h Speaker: Cody PoultonPraised by younger writers like ...

KYOTO LECTURES 2024-01

22 JANUARY 24

Japanese Traditional Kites: From Regional Studies to the World of Arts Speaker: Cecile Laly Monday, January 22nd, 18:00 JSTThe vanishing energy of Japanese traditional ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-12-12

12 DECEMBER 23

Japan and the Journey of Soy: From Food from Somewhere to Washoku Tuesday, December 12th, 18:00hSpeaker: Felice FarinaIn recent years, there has been a growing appreciation ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-11-22

22 NOVEMBER 23

“Hokusai”: the Name that Sold BooksWednesday, November 22nd, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Ellis TiniosThe Hokusai ‘brand’ in book illustration was the ...

South Face of Namdae Gate, Inner Wall, Kaesong Fortress, c. 14e s. © EFEO/NAPCH

Kyoto Lectures 2023-10-31

31 OCTOBER 23

The Urban Development of the City of Kaesong:From the Koryŏ Period to Twentieth-Century DPR KoreaSpeaker: Élisabeth ChabanolOctober 31st, 18:00h ...

Serizawa Keisuke, Sansui noren 山水のれん, c. 1965, kataezome. Private collection, former Eudald Serra collection

Kyoto Lectures 2023-07-12

12 JULY 23

Kataezome: The Artistic Legacy of Serizawa Keisuke in CataloniaSpeaker: Ricard BruWednesday, July 12th, 18:00h This lecture is based on the exhibition being held from ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-06-20

20 JUNE 23

“Everyday Uncertainties”Sharing and Learning Terminologies in Eighth-century JapanSpeaker: Antonio ManieriTuesday, June 20th, 18:00hSome bilingual ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-05-31

31 MAY 23

Japonisme, a French Art FormSpeaker: Sophie BaschWednesday, May 31st, 18:00hThis lecture is based on the recent publication of Le Japonisme, un art français (Les ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-05-09

09 MAY 23

The Stolen RobeCopyright and its Metaphors in Medieval Japanese PoetryPier Carlo Tommasi SPEAKERTuesday, May 9th, 18:00hAuthorship and creativity are elusive concepts, and ...

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Kyoto Lectures 2023-03

15 MARCH 23

Reframing Japonisme: Women’s Engagement with Japanese Art in 19th-Century FranceSpeaker: Elizabeth EmeryWednesday, March 15th, 18:00h The origin stories of ...

Ishibutai-kofun in Nara

Kyoto Lectures 2023-02

13 FEBRUARY 23

Megaliths Everywhere: Prehistoric Japan as a Showcase of Human Societies’ DiversitySpeaker: Laurent NespoulousMonday, February 13th, 18:00h JSTEurope clearly has ...

Kyoto Lectures【Zoom】 2023-01

24 JANUARY 23

The Politics of Flying Saucers in Yukio Mishima's Beautiful StarTuesday, January24th 2023, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Stephen DoddGiven Mishima Yukio’s (1925-1970) ...

Kyoto Lectures【Zoom】 2022-12

14 DECEMBER 22

Zoom LINKhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85956624382Meeting ID: 859 5662 4382Doxographies of Empire: The Imperial Transformation of Japanese Buddhist ...

Kyoto Lectures 【Zoom】2022-11

16 NOVEMBER 22

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81672014973Meeting ID: 816 7201 4973Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory Reconsidered: What, and Why?Speaker: Olivier AnsartWednesday, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-10

19 OCTOBER 22

An Archaeology of Wealth and Poverty: Unexpected Sources of Medieval Japanese Economic ThoughtWednesday, October 19th, 18:00hSpeaker: Ethan SegalThis paper offers ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-07-15

15 JULY 22

How Zen Became JapaneseThe Daitō Branch and the Birth of a New Practice in Rinzai BuddhismFriday, July 15th, 18:00hDidier Davin SPEAKERThe kanhua chan (Jp. kannazen ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-05-16

16 MAY 22

Between Collective Security and “Old Diplomacy”Japanese-French Relations during the Manchurian Crisis, 1931–1933Monday, May 16th, ...

Festival of Suwa shrine

Kyoto Lectures 2022-04-13

13 APRIL 22

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83706882374ミーティングID: 837 0688 2374De-Christianizing Nagasaki: Temples and Shrines in the Early Edo PeriodWednesday, April ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-03-18

18 MARCH 22

Urbane Waters: The Worldliness of Gion, ca. 1825Speaker: Stephen RoddyFriday, March 18th, 18:00hIs a truly cosmopolitan sensibility possible where foreign travel is nearly ...

YokohamaTraders Sadahide 1861

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-02-14

14 FEBRUARY 22

Law, Justice, and International Relations at the Dawn of the Meiji Restoration: The María Luz IncidentMonday, February 14th, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Giorgio Fabio ...

春色三題噺

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-01-26

26 JANUARY 22

Rakugo as Variety Entertainment ⇆ Rakugo as LiteratureSpeaker: M.W. ShoresWednesday, January 26th, 18:00 JSTThis lecture will be available only via Zoom.Unlike the arts of ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-12-15

15 DECEMBER 21

The Circulation of Playful Energy in Early Modern Japanese Popular CultureSpeaker: Laura MorettiThis lecture will be available only on ZoomDecember 15th, 2021 18:00 JSTPlay ...

Kyoto Lectures 2021-11-29

29 NOVEMBER 21

Thoughts on the Cult of Tokugawa Ieyasu as the Great AvatarSpeaker: Timon ScreechMonday, November 29th, 18:00hIt is well known that Tokugawa Ieyasu was deified and that his ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-10-28

28 OCTOBER 21

Weather and Local Knowledge: Forecasting Strategies in Japanese Small-Scale FisheriesSpeaker: Giovanni BulianThursday, October 28th, 18:00h Despite what Robert Marc ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-10-11

11 OCTOBER 21

Emperor of Shadows: Napoleon and the Japanese Imagination (1800-1900)Speaker: François LachaudMonday, October 11th, 18:00hFrom 1812 to today, Napoleon remains the ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-07-19

19 JULY 21

Health and Modern Warfare: Locating Medical History in Japan's Long Nineteenth CenturyMonday, July 19th, 18:00hKen Daimaru SPEAKERThis talk explores the dynamics of the ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-06-18

18 JUNE 21

Scriptures and Their Deployment: Two Examples of Sacred Works (Shōgyō 聖教) from Early Medieval JapanFriday, June 18th, 18:00hBrian Ruppert SPEAKERThis talk explores ...

『尾張名所図会　前編　巻4　愛智郡』（1880年）国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-05-28

28 MAY 21

Datsueba's Role in Structuring Religious LandscapesRisshakuji in Yamagata and the Pilgrimage Route to Atsuta ShrineFriday, May 28th, 18:00hChihiro Saka SPEAKERIn Japanese ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-04-23

23 APRIL 21

Studying Women and Networks in the Late Tokugawa PeriodThe Case of the Rai FamilyFriday, April 23rd, 18:00hBettina Gramlich-Oka SPEAKERThe aim of the talk is twofold: to ...

Kyoto Lectures 2021-03-25 【CANCELLED】

25 MARCH 21

We are very sorry to inform you that we have to cancel the following event due to unexpected circumstances. The lecture will be rescheduled most likely in May. We will keep ...

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Yokohama kodai Eiyakkan no zenzu Bentendori go-chome 横浜高台英役館之全図 (View of the British legation at Bluffland in Yokohama), c 1868

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-03-08

08 MARCH 21

‘Tommy Atkins' in Japan: Examining the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875) through First Person AccountsThomas French SPEAKERMonday, March 8th, 18:00hThis talk ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-02

12 FEBRUARY 21

Early Medieval Monks and their Patrons: The Cases of Butsugon and Shinjaku-bōSpeaker: Alessandro PolettoFriday, February 12th, 18:00hWhen compared to the great figures ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-12

11 DECEMBER 20

Bringing the Vernacular into Modernism:Architect Antonin Raymond in Interwar JapanSpeaker: Yola GloaguenFriday, December 11th, 18:00hAntonin Raymond’s career ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-11

20 NOVEMBER 20

The Annexation of the Ryūkyū Kingdom to Japan from a Global PerspectiveFriday, November 20th, 18:00hMarco Tinello SPEAKERFrom 1872 onward Tokyo's leaders resorted to a ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-10

28 OCTOBER 20

Locating Shugendō through Institution, Ritual, and Narrative: The Case of Mount TogakushiWednesday, October 28th, 18:00hCaleb Carter Speaker Japan’s mountain ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-09

28 SEPTEMBER 20

Articulating Inner Dharma The Development of the “Five Viscera Mandala” in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Monday, September 28th, 18:00h ...

Kyoto Lectures 【ON ZOOM】2020-07

29 JULY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOMAnimal Shape-Shiftersfrom Japanese Folktales to North-American FictionLuciana Cardi SPEAKERWednesday, July 29th, 18:00hIn recent years ...

Kyoto Lectures 【On Zoom】2020-06

26 JUNE 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOMFriday, June 26th, 18:00hEarly Meiji “Accounts of Prosperity”The Making of an Urban Literary CanonGala Maria Follaco SPEAKERIn 1874 ...

Kyoto Lectures 【ON ZOOM】2020-05

27 MAY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOM Wednesday, May 27th, 18:00hJapan's Ocean Borderlands: Nature and SovereigntySpeaker: Paul KreitmanSome of Japan's most far-flung ...

Kyoto Lectures 【on Zoom】2020-04

22 APRIL 20

To reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centre of EFEO Kyoto is closed to the public from the 2nd April until further notice. We will hold this Lecture on Zoom.Gesaku ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-02

07 FEBRUARY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020Art, Gender, and Community in an Age of RevolutionThe Life of a Samurai Housewife and Artist in Kishu Domain, 1830-1880Simon Partner SpeakerFriday, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-01

29 JANUARY 20

Environmental Expertise in Modern Japan and the Ashio Copper Mine CaseWednesday, January 29th, 18:00h@ EFEO Kyoto29 Bettō-chō, Kitashirakawa, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, 606-8276 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-11

28 NOVEMBER 19

Early Encounters of Shin Buddhism with Shintō “Interreligious” Contacts and HagiographyMarkus Rüsch SPEAKERThursday, November 28th 18:00h @EFEO ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-10

31 OCTOBER 19

KYOTO LECTURES 2019 Thursday, October 31st, 18:00h＠EFEO Kyoto The French Campaign Against Imports of Japanese Cultured Pearls in the Interwar Years Speaker: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-09

19 SEPTEMBER 19

The Multiple Faces of Japanese Military Disobedience, 1868-1937 Roots and ConsequencesDanny Orbach SPEAKERThursday, September 19th, 18:00h@EFEO KyotoMany people in the ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-07

18 JULY 19

KYOTO LECTURES 2019-07Thursday, July 18th, 18:00h@EFEO KyotoThe “Global Novel” of Murakami Haruki and Elena FerranteA Comparative ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-06

24 JUNE 19

Andreas Kim Taegŏn (1821-1846): The Clandestine Life and Heroic Afterlife of the First Korean Catholic Priest Speaker: Pierre-Emmanuel RouxMonday, June 24th, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-05

27 MAY 19

Observing Japanese mythologiesWhy the Nihon Shoki has two books with myths but the Kojiki only one?Speaker: Robert F. WittkampMonday, 27 May 201918h00-19h30 @EFEO ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-04

18 APRIL 19

Rule of (Cosmological) Law: The Rhetoric of Authority in Japan’s Medieval MirrorsErin L. Brightwell (Université de Michigan)Thursday, April 18 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-03

07 MARCH 19

The Japanese Uses of European RenaissanceRegeneration and Reconstruction in the Modern PeriodFrancesco Campagnola speakerThursday, March 7th, 18:00h @EFEO ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-11

06 NOVEMBER 18

Monkey BusinessDiffering Approaches to the“Reconstruction” of the Bugaku Piece SomakushaSpeaker: Andrea GiolaiTuesday, November 6th, 18:00h ...

Kyoto Letures 2018-10-11

11 OCTOBER 18

Boxes of Fleas and Butterfly Folding FansCollecting Insects in Colonial TaiwanBy Kerstin Pannhorst(This lecture is held in English)Thursday, October 11th, 18:00hPlease ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-07-23

23 JULY 18

Lawrence E. Marceau SPEAKERAnomalies in AesopExtraneous Episodes in the Japanese Script Editions of Isopo monogatariMonday, July 23rd, 18:00hIn 1593 the Jesuit Mission ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-06-04

04 JUNE 18

Kyoto Lectures 2018 June Dead Goddesses and Living Narratives: Variant Accounts in Early Japanese Mythology Speaker: David Lurie Monday, June 4th, 18:00h＠EFEO Kyoto (29 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-05-29

29 MAY 18

KYOTO LECTURES 2018Tuesday, May 29th, 18:00hTitle: Christian Sorcerers CrucifiedReconsidering the Keihan Kirishitan Incident of 1827-29Speaker: Mark TeeuwenPlease ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-04-17

17 APRIL 18

KYOTO LECTURES 2018Tuesday, April 17th, 18:00hTitle: War without Blood? The Literary Uses of a Taboo Fluid in the Heike monogatariSpeaker: Vyjayanthi Ratnam SelingerPlease ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-03-14

14 MARCH 18

The Jesuits and Slavery in Early Modern Japan The system of “permits”Speaker: Lucio de Sousa École francaise d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO)
Scuola ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-02-20

20 FEBRUARY 18

École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEOScuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEASco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-01-24

24 JANUARY 18

École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEASco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-11-24

24 NOVEMBER 17

Friday, November 24th, 18:00h Timothy Y. Tsu Who Cooked for Consul-General Townsend Harris? Chinese and the Introduction of Western Cooking to Japan This talk ...

Kyoto Letures 2017-10-20

20 OCTOBER 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017Friday, October 20th, 18:00hPlease note that this lecture will be held at the Kyoto centre of the École Française ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-09-26

26 SEPTEMBER 17

On French and Japanese anthropologies: André Leroi-Gourhan in Kyoto (1937-1939)Speaker: Damien KunikTuesday, September 26th, 18:00h Please note that this ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-07-19

19 JULY 17

Kyoto Lectures 2017Wednesday, July 19th, 18:00hJesuit Buildings in Early Modern Japanese ArtA Comparative AnalysisSpeaker: Bébio Vieira AmaroNamban Byobu are ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-06-21

12 JUNE 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS (European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Kyoto Lecures 2017-05-30

30 MAY 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017Tuesday, May 30th, 18:00hco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto UniversityThis lecture will be held at the Institute for Research in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-05-16

16 MAY 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola
Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS
(European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-04-24

24 APRIL 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017 Monday, April 24th, 18:00h This lecture will be held at the Institute for Research in Humanities (IRH), Kyoto University ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-02-27

27 FEBRUARY 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS(European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ECAF) KYOTO ...

Kyoto Lecture 2016-12-7

07 DECEMBER 16

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS (European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2016-01-26

26 JANUARY 16

Title: Reflections on the Ascetic Practice at the Flute Cave of Mount ŌmineSpeaker: Carina Roth (University of Geneva)2016 Tuesday, January 26th, 18:00hÉcole ...

Kyoto Lectures 2015-12-18

18 DECEMBER 15

Going on Pilgrimage in 19th Century China: The itinerary network in the Canxue zhijin 參學知津 Friday, December 18th, 18:00h
Speaker: Marcus Bingenheimer This ...

Kyoto Lectures 2015-12-08

08 DECEMBER 15

Title: The Robotic Housekeeper: Rethinking
Japanese Domesticity through the Image of KaseifuSpeaker: Miri NakamuraTuesday, December 8th, 18:00hThis lecture will ...

Kyoto Lectures 2014-07

23 JULY 14

Wednesday 23rd of July, at 6 pm, Andrea Flores Urushima (Kyoto University) will give a talk on "Planning for Everyday
Life in Japan during the 1960s: National Territory, Local ...

Kyoto Lectures 2014-05-21

21 MAY 14

Wednesday May, 21 (6 pm), Diego
Pellecchia (Kônan University) will give a talk at the Kyoto Lectures on: "Beyond the Black and White:
Amateurs and Professionals in the ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-05-28

28 MAY 13

Tuesday, May 28th (from 6 pm), Nissim Otmazgin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) will give a talk on : "Stories for the Nation: Rewriting History in Manga," at the Kyoto Lectures, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-03-27

27 MARCH 13

March 27 (from 6 pm), Wybe Kuitert (Seoul National University) will give a talk on : "Cherries of Kyoto: Some Hidden
History," at the Kyoto Lectures, co-organized by the EFEO and ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-02-27

27 FEBRUARY 13

Wednesday February 27 (6 pm),
Kacem Zoughari (International Research Center
for Japanese Studies, Nichibunken) will talk on "The Modes of Transmission in Japanese ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-01-23

23 JANUARY 13

Wednesday 23, January (from 6 pm),
Anna Andreeva (Heidelberg University) will talk at Kyoto Lectures on "Assembling
Shinto: Buddhist approaches to kami worship in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-12-19

19 DECEMBER 12

Kyoto Lectures 2012-11-13

13 NOVEMBER 12

Tuesday 13 November (6 pm), Vincent Giraud, researcher at the Department of Philosophy of Relgion, Kyoto University, will give a lecture on "Decentering Existence: Nishitani ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-06-27

27 JUNE 12

Bret Davis (Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Loyola University Maryland) will give a talk at the Kyoto Lectures on "Encounter in Emptiness: The
I-Thou Relation in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-06-06

06 JUNE 12

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Research Professor, University of Wisconsin,
Madison) will talk at the Kyoto
Lectures on the theme "Many Meanings of Cherry ...

02 JUNE 12

Kyoto Lectures 2012-04-26

26 APRIL 12

Thursday April 26 (from 6 pm), Joseph T. Sorensen (University of California, Davies) will talk at the Kyoto Lectures on "The Story behind the Poem: The Elevation of Vernacular ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-03-15

15 MARCH 12

March 15th (6 pm), Marc-Henri Deroche (Kyoto University) will give a talk to the Kyoto Lectures on "Memory, Revelation and Authority: The gmer ma Traditions from the Ancient ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-02-23

23 FEBRUARY 12

Rebecca Suter (Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney) will give a talk on "Diasporic Devils: The Kirishitan as a Metaphor for Taishô Cosmopolitanism in the Works of ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-11-10

10 NOVEMBER 11

Benjamin Perry (Deputy director of the Australian
Centre on China in the World, Australian National University), will give a talk on: "Philosophy and Vain Deceit: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-07-14

14 JULY 11

Fabio Rambelli, University of California (Santa Barbara), will give a lecture on " 'The Dharma Preaches Equality and Has No Hierarchy': Uchiyama Gudô and the Experiment ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-06-30

30 JUNE 11

Kyoto Lectures 2011-06-16

16 JUNE 11

Kyoto Lectures 2011-02-24

01 FEBRUARY 11

February 24th (6 pm), Erick Laurent, Gifu Keizai University 岐阜経済大学, will give a talk at Kyoto Lectures on the subject
: « Just “a bunch ...

Kyoto Lectures

18 JANUARY 11

27 January (6 pm), Mark Metzler,
University of Texas at Austin, will give a lecture at Kyoto Lectures on: « Ages of Deflation: A Long-Conjunctural View of ...