The 9th Youth Culture Symposium “The historical interplay between Japanese and German cultures”

＜Date and Time＞

March 12, 2025 (Wed)

Symposium 3:00p.m.-5:50p.m. (Reception starts at 2:30p.m.)
Meetup: 6:00p.m.-7:30p.m.

• *Meetup will be held at a nearby restaurant after the symposium. Light meal will be provided, so please feel free to join us. It is also possible to participate only in the symposium.

＜Venue＞

Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa (Kyoto City)
Online (Zoom live broadcast)

＜Audience capacity＞

on site 30 people / online 500 people

＜Entrance fee＞

none

＜Language＞

Japanese/English(simultaneous interpretation)

＜Details＞

https://yamaoka-memorial.or.jp/en/event/2025/0312-01.html

Event Registration Form: https://yamaoka-memorial.or.jp/en/event/entry/

＜Outline of the Symposium＞

Topic

“The historical interplay between Japanese and German cultures”

Program: Research Reports

1. Hitsuwari Jimpei
   (Helmut Schmidt University, Postdoctral Research Fellow / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Overseas Research Fellow)
   Research theme: “A Comparative Study of Japanese and German Cultures on Emotional Responses to Japanese Bugaku”
2. Steven Ivings
   (Kyoto University Associate Professor)
   Research theme: “Memory Cultures of Postwar Migration in Germany and Japan”
3. Liu Kaiwen
   (Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo)
   Research theme: “Negotiations of Boundary between Art and Politics: A Germany-Japan Comparison”
4. Ben Moeller
   (University of Oxford, PhD Student)
   Research theme: ”Reconciling Anti-Militarism and Rearmament at Japan and Germany’s Military Academies”
5. Jasmin Rückert
   (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Lecturer, PhD candidate)
   Research theme: ”From Conflict to Comprehension: Japanese and German Museum’s Strategies in Educating Children about War”