Japanese studies at UGent
The study programme for Japanese Language and Culture (‘Japanology’) aims to train people who can build bridges between East and West. Since Japan as an economic power occupies an important place in world affairs, people who are familiar with the Japanese language and culture are indispensable in the professional world. Therefore, we offer a varied programme, based on a broad knowledge of languages, culture and history, approached from a critical point of view and with attention to interculturality.
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The next JLPT test will take place in Ghent in December 2025.
2025
- 6 May 2025: Dr. S. Romagnoli (Sapienza Università di Roma): Male Bonding in Contact Zones. Homosocial Desire and Colonial Anxiety in Japanese Wartime Literature. Tue: 16:00–19:00, Room 0.4.
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29 April 2025: Dr. P. Barducci (Rikkyo University) Japanese diplomacy in the fifteenth century: Buddhist exchange and Chinese tributary ritual, Tue: 16:00–19:00, Room 0.4.
- 27 March: Visit Japanese scholarship students Tokyo Government. Workshop on Japanese and Belgian youth culture together with Ghent Japanese Studies’ students 12:00-15:00. Faculty Board Room, Blandijnberg 2. (registration in class required)
- 19 March 2025: Visit of Japanese students from Komatsu University: 10:30 Campus Tour, 11:30 joined class activities, 12:45 lunch, 13:30 Tomo no kai organized tour UNESCO World Heritage in Ghent, 18:00 joined dinner with Ghent students. (registration in class required)
- 11 March 2025: Dr. K. Rode-Kaya (Heidelberg University) Picturing Awareness: Trade, knowledge, and painting in late eighteenth century Japan, Tue: 16:00–19:00, Room 0.4.
- 7 March 2025: Studying Food in Japan. A Roundtable on New Research and Approaches. Friday: 10:00-12:00, Room 2.24, Blandijnberg 2.
- 6 March 2025: International workshop Encounters between Japanese Budo and Western Combative Sports: Cultural Confrontation and Exchange through Interdisciplinary Matches, 9:30-17:00
- 25 February 2025: Dr. A. Giolai (Leiden University), Researching Sounds as Heritage in Asia. Methodological Challenges between Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Ethnomusicology, Tue: 16:00–19:00, Room 0.4.