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19 February 2011

Wednesday, February 19 (4:00 to 7:00 p.m.), is the meeting time for the seminar

Beyond Cultural Borders in Modern Japan: Documents from the Beginning of the Global Age

(Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon : "dôjidaika" wo ikita hitobito no kiroku), organized by visiting researchers from the EFEO and the ISEAS, at Kyoto University's Institute for Research in the Humane Sciences.

For the Japanese academic year 2010-2011, the seminar given by visiting researchers from the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humanities of Kyoto University will be on the topic

La rencontre du Japon moderne avec les cultures étrangères: les récits des témoins de la ‘synchronisation' historique

[The encounter of modern Japan with foreign cultures: accounts from witnesses to historic ‘synchronization'; Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon: "dôjidaika" wo ikita hitobito no kiroku]. This seminar will be on Mondays, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or from 3:00 to 5 p.m.

1st December 2010

On December 1 (4:00-7:00 p.m.), Darren Swanson (Kobe University) is taking part in the seminar

Beyond Cultural Borders in Modern Japan: Documents from the Beginning of the Global Age

(Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon: "dôjidaika" wo ikita hitobito no kiroku), organized by guest researchers from the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Kyoto University's Institute for Research in the Humanities.

14 December 2009

Lecture by Benoît Jacquet on the subject

Des regards modernes sur la villa Katsura : une histoire croisée de l'architecture japonaise

(Gendai no me de mita Katsura rikyû : Nihon kenchiku no kôsa shita rekishi) as part of the seminar Japon moderne avec les cultures étrangères au début de la mondialisation (Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon : Dôjidai wo ikita hitobito no kiroku) jointly organised by the EFEO and the ISEAS at theResearch  Institute for Humanities (Jinbunken) of the Kyoto University.

30 November 2009

On November 30 (at 3 p.m.), Benoît Jacquet has talked on the topic

Des regards modernes sur la villa Katsura: une histoire croisée de l'architecture japonaise

[Various modern opinions on the Katsura villa: an interrelated story from Japanese architecture] as part of the seminar on relations between modern Japan and foreign cultures at the onset of globalization (Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon. Dojidai wo ikita hitobito no kiroku) organized by the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Humane Sciences Research Institution (Jinbun kagaku kenkyujo) of Kyoto University.

8 June 2009

On June 8 (at 3:00 p.m.), Silvio Vita, Giulio Bertolli, and Andrew Elliot have taken part in a debate on the voyage of Charles Longfellow to Japan as part of the seminar on the relations between modern Japan and foreign cultures at the beginning of the opening to the outside world (Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon. Dôjidai wo ikita hitobito no kiroku) organized by the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humane Sciences (Jinbun kagaku kenkyûjo) of Kyoto University.

April 2009

A new seminar is organized by the EFEO and ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humane Sciences (Jinbun kagaku kenkyûjo) at Kyoto University, to begin in April. This seminar will take up

The relations between modern Japan and foreign cultures at the outset of globalization

(Ibunka sesshoku to kindai Nihon. Dôjidai wo ikita hitobito no kiroku).

9 and 23 March 2009

The seminar on impressions of modern Japan drawn from travelers' accounts (Soto kara mita kindai nihon no kiroku), organized by the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (Jinbunken) at Kyoto University, has taken place on Monday, March 9 and 23, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

9 and 23 February 2009

The seminar on impressions of modern Japan drawn from travelers' accounts (Soto kara mita kindai nihon no kiroku), organized by the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (Jinbunken) at Kyoto University, has taken place on Monday, February 9 and 23, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

19 January 2009

The seminar on impressions of modern Japan drawn from travelers' accounts (Soto kara mita kindai nihon no kiroku), organized by the EFEO and the ISEAS at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (Jinbunken) at Kyoto University, has taken place on Monday, January 19, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

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