Nichi-Doku Joint Lecture


The lecture series “Nichi-Doku Joint Lecture” is organized in close cooperation of the Kyoto University European Center, Heidelberg Office, and the Heidelberg University Office, Kyoto, the liaison offices of both universities in Japan and Germany. It aims at promoting and strengthening research exchange between Heidelberg University and Kyoto University.


 

■6th (December 12, 2017・Heidelberg)
The ‘Iron Horses’ that changed the History of Mankind? A History of Tractors in Modern Japan

Speaker: Prof. Tatsushi Fujihara,
                    Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Commentator: Dr. Daniel Münster
                                Leader of Junior Research Group C 15 “Agrarian Alternatives”,
                                “Asia and Europe in Global Context”, Heidelberg University

Date: November 12th , 2017 18:00-20:00

Venue: Karl-Jaspers-Centre, Room 212, Heidelberg University

  

 


 

■5th (November 7, 2017・Kyoto)
Is the Japanese Society becoming a slow society? Various phenomena and discourses in contemporary Japan

Speaker: Prof. Evelyn Schulz, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Commentator: Prof. Mariko Yoshida
                                Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS) Kyoto University

Date: November 7th , 2017 18:00-20:00

Venue: Yoshida International Exchange Hall, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

  

 


 

■4th (July 7, 2017・Heidelberg)
Change and Dissolution of the Concept ‘Post-War Period’ in Japan

Speaker: Prof. Toshihiko Kishi, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

Commentator: Takuma Melber
                                 Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”, Heidelberg University

Date: July 7th , 2017 18:00-20:00

Venue: Karl-Jaspers-Centre, Room 212, Heidelberg University

  

 


 

■3rd (April 19, 2017・Kyoto)
Looking at Japanese History from a Global History Perspective: The Proliferation of Violence, Global Weapons Trade and the Meiji Revolution

Speaker: Prof. Harald Fuess
                    Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context, Heidelberg University

Commentator: Prof. Kagotani Naoto, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Date: April 19th , 2017 18:00-20:00

Venue: Yoshida International Exchange Hall, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

 


 

■2nd (February 22, 2017・Heidelberg)
Fiction and Fictionality in Japanese Culture: – Shishōsetsu (I-Novel) and “Otaku” Culture –

Speaker: Prof. Ōura Yasusuke, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Commentator: Prof. Judit Árokay, Institute for Japanese Studies, Heidelberg University

Date: February 22nd , 2017 18:15-19:45

Venue: Karl-Jaspers-Centre, Room 212, Heidelberg University

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■1st (December 20, 2016・Kyoto)
How did the Japanese Language receive the Western Literature in the Meiji Period? Looking at “Max und Moritz” and its Latin transliterated Japanese Version “Wampaku monogatari”

 

Speaker: Prof. Judit Àrokay, Institute for Japanese Studies, Heidelberg University

Commentator: Lecturer Irina Holca, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Date: December 20th , 2016 18:00-20:00

Venue: Yoshida International Exchange Hall, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

 

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