Kyoto Lectures

Kyoto conserva ancora oggi la sua antica tradizione di cultura come uno dei maggiori centri accademici del Giappone e luogo di incontro per gli studiosi di tutto il mondo. Organizzate in collaborazione con la Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient e il Center for Research in Humanities dell’Università Statale di Kyoto, le Kyoto Lectures offrono agli specialisti delle culture e società dell’Asia Orientale la possibilità di presentare a Kyoto i risultati delle ricerche in corso.

The Stolen Robe

Kyoto Lectures

The Stolen Robe

Copyright and its Metaphors in Medieval Japanese Poetry

Pier Carlo Tommasi

May 9th, 2023 18:00

This lecture will be available only on Zoom

Reframing Japonisme

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Reframing Japonisme

Women’s Engagement with Japanese Art in 19th-Century France

Elizabeth Emery

March 15th, 2023 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

Megaliths Everywhere

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Megaliths Everywhere

Prehistoric Japan as a showcase of human societies’ diversity

Laurent Nespoulous

February 13th, 2023 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

The Politics of Flying Saucers in Yukio Mishima's Beautiful Star

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The Politics of Flying Saucers in Yukio Mishima’s Beautiful Star

Stephen Dodd

January 24th, 2023 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

Doxographies of Empire

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Doxographies of Empire

The Imperial Transformation of Japanese Buddhist Thought

Stephan Kigensan Licha

December 14th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be available only on Zoom

Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory Reconsidered

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Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory Reconsidered

What, and Why?

Olivier Ansart

November 16th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be available only on Zoom

An Archaeology of Wealth and Poverty

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An Archaeology of Wealth and Poverty

Unexpected Sources of Medieval Japanese Economic Thought

Ethan Segal

October 19th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

How Zen Became Japanese

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How Zen Became Japanese

The Daitō Branch and the Birth of a New Practice in Rinzai Buddhism

Didier Davin

July 15th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

Between Collective Security and “Old Diplomacy”

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Between Collective Security and “Old Diplomacy”

Japanese-French Relations during the Manchurian Crisis, 1931–1933

Seung-young Kim

May 16th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom

De-Christianizing Nagasaki

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De-Christianizing Nagasaki

Temples and Shrines in the Early Edo period

Carla Tronu

April 13th, 2022 18:00

This lecture will be held on site and via Zoom