ONLINE EVENT November 12-13 2021

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The global emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemics strongly impacted on the perception and management of distances. Social, economic, logistic and psychological consequences of distancing procedures affected many aspects of our life and interactions, allowing rethinking and reshaping spaces both physical and virtual, and involving new forms of theoretical and practical thoughts and studies. Within this scenario, the dynamic interplay between physical and virtual distances has assumed new forms, forcing innovative cross-disciplinary attitudes as well as the design of new perspectives for future research.

The workshop focusses on Japan and Italy, and combines multidisciplinary research to discuss the notion of distance, along the line traced by a previous event held in 2020. This second meeting has been organized in cooperation  with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCast) of the University of Tokyo (the 8th cross-disciplinary workshop in their series). As before, scholars and experts from different disciplines will share their knowledge on the common discussion platform of how the perception of distance is addressing new research trends in scientific and humanistic studies.

November 13 2021  10:00 – 17:00 JST

The French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), the Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS), and the Institute for Research in Humanities (Kyoto University) are organizing a workshop to conclude the Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon, a series of lectures on  Japanese religions held from 2018 to 2020.

The workshop will take place on-site, at the EFEO Kyoto center, and online via Zoom on November 13 (from 10 AM JST). The eight talks, seven in English and one in Japanese, aim at uncovering aspects of “lived religion” (or religion in practice) in late medieval & early modern Japan (16th to 19th c.) using innovative approaches and/or neglected primary sources. The speakers cover different religious traditions (Zen, Pure Land, Shingon, Shugendo, “folk” beliefs, and Christianity). The Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie will publish a special issue based on the contributions presented during the workshop.

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Due to the sanitary situation, the on-site participation will be limited to 20 people. 

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October 25 2021 16:00 – 20:00 JST

Nei secoli moderni l’opera di Dante ha seguito sentieri originali e di grande interesse che si estendono ben oltre i confini dei contesti europei. In Asia Orientale, ad esempio, è stata fonte di ispirazione e ricerca intellettuale, producendo un’ampia varietà di traduzioni e studi ed esercitando influenze rilevanti su letterati, pensatori e artisti. La ricchezza di tale produzione ha spesso travalicato i confini degli studi di italianistica per diventare patrimonio di tutti. L’evento si propone di offrire un panorama di questo importante fenomeno culturale e di percorrere le tracce della ricezione di Dante in Cina, Corea e Giappone attraverso prospettive generali e casi specifici, per contribuire a delinearne la fortuna globale nell’occasione dei settecento anni dalla morte.

In the modern period Dante’s work has followed original paths that have reached far beyond the boundaries of European contexts in a variety of interesting patterns. In East Asia, for example, it has been a source of inspiration and a stimulus for intellectual research, giving way to a multiplicity of translations and studies, and influencing writers, thinkers, and artists. In many cases, the range of this influence did not remain restricted to the field of Italian studies proper, but became a common asset for any cultivated person. This event will provide an overview of this important cultural trend tracing Dante’s reception in China, Korea, and Japan. Through general surveys or the analysis of specific cases, it will contribute to the appreciation of Dante’s global popularity seven hundred years after his death.

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L’incontro sarà condotto in italiano. Solo due interventi saranno in lingua inglese.

Italian will be used for most presentations.

ONLINE EVENT November 13-14 2020

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In the past decade, the crucial issue of the dynamic social and economic impact of an aging society (namely, the increase in longevity versus the fall in fertility in a population) has been the so-called digital divide, or the uneven distribution in the access to, use of, or impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) . Most research on this topic has addressed reducing the intergenerational gap, influencing the growth of educational programs for the elderly and the production of dedicated user interfaces. However, the recent global Covid-19 pandemic has shown an acceleration in the reduction of the digital divide, allowing for the mitigation of imposed physical distances through an increase in the use of ICT. Within this scenario, the dynamic interplay between physical and virtual distances has assumed new forms, forcing innovative cross-disciplinary attitudes to develop as well as the design of new perspectives for the future of research. This workshop, which focuses on Japan and Italy, the two countries that top the list of aging populations, combines multidisciplinary research to discuss the notion of distance due to the recent experience of the pandemic. The workshop gathers scholars and experts from different disciplines and aims to converge their knowledge on the common discussion platform of how the perception of distance is addressing new research trends in scientific and humanistic studies.

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