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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.

EFEO News
Kyoto Lectures
Japan, Kyoto, 24 February 2011
Lecture by Erick Laurent (Gifu Keizai University)on : "Just ‘a bunch of softies and sissies'? Masculinities in the Ryûkyûs." READ MORE
EFEO-ISEAS Seminar
Japan, Kyoto, 19 February 2011
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) seminar organized by visiting researchers from the EFEO and the ISEAS.
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Kyoto Lectures
Japan, Kyoto, 16 December 2010
On December 16 (11:00 a.m.), Erica Baffelli is giving a lecture on the topic "Can the internet make religion? Japanese "New Religions" on line". READ MORE
Debate on Japanese architecture
Japan, Kyoto, 15 December 2010
On December 15 (6:00 p.m.), Igarashi Jun, architect (Igarashi Studio, Hôkkaidô) and Olivier Boucheron, architect (Atelier Nelobo, Nantes), are presenting a lecture on the occasion of a debate on the topic "Primitivisme et Ecologie [Primitivism and ecology] (purimitivizumu to ekolojî)," organized jointly by the EFEO and the Villa Kujoyama at Kyoto's Seika University (in Japanese and French, with translation).
Kyoto Lectures
Japan, Kyoto, 02 December 2010
On December 2 (6:00 p.m.), Mechtild Mertz is giving a talk on the topic " Wood Culture in Pre-Modern China and Wood Identification: Sculptures, Buildings, Excavated Remains" READ MORE
EFEO ISEAS Seminar
Japan, Kyoto, 01 December 2010
On December 1 Darren Swanson (Kobe University) is taking part in the seminar Beyond Cultural Borders in Modern Japan: Documents from the Beginning of the Global Age. READ MORE
Kyoto Lectures
Kyoto, 09 November 2010
Lecture by Lim Beng Choo (Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the Singapore National University) on the topic "Nobumitsu, Zenpō and ‘Furyū Noh': Re-examining the Late Muromachi Noh Theater". READ MORE
Buddhism seminar
Kyoto, 21 October 2010
Monthly Seminar on Buddhism, by Iyanaga Nobumi, on October 21 (11 a.m.), READ MORE
Lecture on Japanese architecture
Paris, 05 October 2010
Benoît Jacquet is talking on the topic: “Des chemins (sandô) et des places (hiroba) dans l'architecture et la ville au Japon [Paths (sandô) and public squares (hiroba) in Japan’s architecture and towns].”
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Japan, Nagoya, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo
22 July 2010
From July 22 to September 20, as a guest of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPSALH Project), Jacqueline Filliozat, former member of the EFEO, is giving a series of lectures in Japan on the preservation of Southeast Asian Pali manuscripts. She is also conducting a series of workshops on deciphering Pali texts preserved in Siamese illustrated manuscripts. (She is visiting Aichi Gakuin University and Nagoya University in Nagoya, the Todai-ji temple in Nara, Otani University in Kyoto, and Tokyo University).