Nieuws / news

2024

• 13 December 2024: MEET THE PhD Jury Debate with Prof. Dr. Annegret Bergmann (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Matthew Shores (Sydney), and Prof. Dr. Till Weingärtner (Cork) on the topic of: Kata, Body and Training in Contemporary Japanese Performing Arts. 10:30-12:00, Where? UFO room 1.1 (Henri Pirenne). BOCULT Research Group.
• 12 December 2024: PhD Defense Sarah Stark: Zenza Apprenticeship: Learning, Mentorship, and Resilience on and off Tokyo’s yose Stages,14:00 tot 16:00, Auditorium Vandenhove, Paviljoen Charles Vandenhove (Campus Boekentoren), Rozier 1, 9000 Gent.
• Guest lecture dr. Felix Spremberg “‘Just switch your mood!’: The Paralympics and Olympics in Japanese moral education textbooks”, 27.11.2024, 8:30, Rozier 1.2.
• MEET THE  JURY Guest lecture by Prof. Steven Trenson (Waseda Daigaku) on “A Japanese Classical Martial Art in the Modern Age. Musō Jikiden Eishin-Ryū, its History, Characteristics, and Spiritual Thought”, Tuesday, 26/11/2024, 16-17:30, Technicum, Aud. B.
• Guest lecture by Dr. Melissa Ann Kaul (Edinburgh) on “Introducing the ‘Animal Turn’ into Asian Studies“, November 6 (Wednesday), 10 to 12 in Rozier 2.2.
• International Conference: Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity. Ghent University, Campus Boekentoren, Camelot 3.30, 29.10.2024.
• Guest lecture Prof. Ogami Yuichiro (Osaka Metropolitan University) “Sukāto ga mijikaku naru no wa donna toki? Kotoba no imi to ‘mono no mikata’ no kankei ni tsuite.” Campus Boekentoren, Blandijnberg 2, room 1.14, 11:30-13:00.
• Guest lecture by Dr. Marta Fanasca (University of Bologna) on “Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo”, October 15, 12h30 – 14h00 Faculteitszaal (First floor), Campus Boekentoren, Blandijn, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent University (a CRCG lecture) More info.
• Opening lecture by  H.E. Mikami Masahiro, ambassador of Japan, “A Personal Introduction to Japanese Culture and Language”, Tuesday, October 8, 16:00, Vandenhove Paviljoen (ground floor), Rozier 1.
• Stefano Romagnoli (Sapienza University of Rome): Ambiguous Alliances: Asymmetrical Friendships, Mimicry, and Exploitation in Japanese-Occupied Territories, 5 October, 16:45 – 18:30 Panel 9 – The Ethical Labyrinth of War Collaboration. Conference: Complicities in the Second World War: Literature of Occupation, Collaboration, and Impure Resistance. Monasterium Poortackere (Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Gent). More info.
• Study tour and joint seminar Kyushu University EU Centre, 19-21 September. More info on our social media and UFORA.