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2007 EAJRS conference in Rome

The 18th EAJRS Annual Conference

Rome, September 19-22, 2007

Programme

(Presentations are in English or Japanese, indicated by the capitals E or J respectively. Where availlable links to a pdf-version of the presentations has been provided.)

Organisation: Istituto Giapponese di Cultura (The Japan Foundation), Rome.

Location: Istituto Giapponese di Cultura (The Japan Foundation), Rome.

The auditorium features the following equipment:

  • Two laptops, including one with Japanese configuration and Japanese font, connected to the internet.
  • White screen and beamer
  • Microphones
  • Overhead projector (OHP)

Coffee breaks inside the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, lunch and dinner in the vicinity of the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura.

The programme of the conference will be as follows:

September 19, Wednesday
13.00-14.00 Registration
14.00-14.30 Welcome greetings by the Director of the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura.
Opening address by Prof. Willy Vande Walle, chairman of the EAJRS.
First session
14.30-15.30 Mr. OJIRO Koichi, Ms. NAITO Yumiko and Mr. UEMURA Junichi (National Institute of Informatics)
Development of the Next-Generation Academic Information Infrastructure [J]
Presentations:
  • NII Overview
  • CiNii
  • Nacsis-CAT Nacsis-ILL
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
Second session
16.00-16.30 Prof. AIBA Atsushi and Mr. MIYAKE Ikuo (International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto)
Newly Enhanced NIHU DB and Nichibunken DB [E] Presentation
16.30-17.00 Mr. HOSOYA Ryuhei (Deputy Director General,, Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan)
Digitizing history - Pre-war Japan revisited through a new medium [E] Presentation
17.00-17.30 Prof. KATSUMATA Takashi (Faculty of Education, Nagasaki University)
On the Text and Illustrations of ‘Tanabata', a Medieval Tale [J] Presentation
17.30-18.00 Dott. Marina BATTAGLINI (National Library of Rome)
Japanese collection at the National Library in Rome [E] Presentation
19.00-21.30 Reception hosted by the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura.
Welcome by vice-director of the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura
September 20, Thursday
Third Session
09.30-10.00 Dr. Alice KRAEMEROVÁ (Náprstkovo museum)
Joe Hloucha´s Collection in the Náprstek Museum [E]
10.00-10.30 Dr. Donatella FAILLA (Director, Museo d'Arte Giapponese "Edoardo Chiossone")
The Chiossone Museum of Genova, an international resource for Japanese cultural activities [E]
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Fourth session
11.00-11.30 Ms. Delia SAGASTE ABADIA (Universidad de Zaragoza)
The research project Inventory and catalogue of Japanese Art in public museums and institutions and private museums in Spain [E]
11.30-12.00 Ms. YAMAMOTO Miyuki (Institut d'Asie Orientale, ENS-LSH)
フランスでのアジア関係司書ネットワークの紹介 The French Network of Asian Resource Specialists [J]
12.00-13.30 lunch
13.30- Visit to Bibliotheca Nazionale Centrale Roma, and the Archivum Romanum Societatis Jesu
19.30- Traditional dinner at Ambasciata d'Abruzzo, with fixed menu of 35.00 euro (mineral water and house wine included). A fifteen minutes' walk from the conference venue to the restaurant. To be booked in advance at the time of registration.
September 21, Friday
Fifth session
09.30-10.00 Mr. KANEMATSU Yoshiyuki (National Diet Library)
Digital Archives and Upcoming Services - Improved Access to Japanese Resources - [E/J] Presentation
10.00-10.30 Ms. Anne BARCKOW (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin )
OGEA - Cross Asia's Online Guide East Asia in a New Look [E]
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Sixth session
11.00-11.30 Ms. YAMADA Hitomi (Shibusawa Foundation, Tokyo)
Digitization project of "Materials for the biography Shibusawa Ei'ichi" [J] Presentation
11.30-12.00 Mr. KOYAMA Noboru (Cambridge University Library)
An introduction to the Kikutei Manuscripts of Japanese Music in the Lawrence Picken Collection at Cambridge University Library [E] Presentation
12.00-12.30 Ms. Sekiko Matsuzaki-Petitmengin & Nathalie CAZAL (Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Japonaises) 
A Database for the Bernard Franck Collection of Buddhist Talismans (gofu) at the Collège de France
「ベルナール・フランクお札コレクション」のデータベースについて [J]
12.30-14.00 Lunch
Seventh session
14.00-14.30 Prof. CHANG Paosan 張寶三 (National Taiwan University 台湾大学)
Rare Japanese books in kanbun in the library of National Taiwan University
「国立台湾大学図書館所蔵珍本日本漢籍の探訪」 [J] Presentation
14.30-15.00 NAKAMURA Sumiko
三代歌川豊国の擬絵当合
The image of the Japanese through the Spanish [E]
15.00-15.30 COPPENS, Hans (K.U.Leuven)
The "Let's Manga"-project. Using open social software to manage and share research- and learning-resources in Japanese Studies.
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
Eighth session
16.00-16.30 Prof. TAKADA Sōhei 高田宗平 (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies 総合研究大学院大学)
日本古代の律令書(法制書)『令集解』所引『論語義疏』の性格や系統にについて (仮題) [J]
16.30-17.00 Mr. SUGITA Takashi and Ms. KABETO Kaoru (Nikkei Europe)
Telecom21 (Japanese News/Business Database System) Case study : Academic Sector Use [J/E]
September 22, Saturday
Ninth session
09.30-10.00 Ms. YABE-MAGNUSSEN, Naomi (University of Oslo, Library of Humanities and Social Sciences)
AsiaPortal by NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) [J]
10.00-10.30 Ms. TATENO, June (NetAdvance Inc.)
Nikkoku Online from JK series [J/E]
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.30 Annual general assembly of the EAJRS
announcements by members:
Tenri Workshop, Ms. Izumi TYTLER
Eu catalog progress report, Ms. Izumi TYTLER
14.30-17.00 Visit to the Marega Collection, at the Salesian University

 

Note: Lunch during the conference will not be pre-arranged. Everybody is invited to select the restaurant of his liking to have lunch from a list of recommended restaurants. Sessions will end at about 12.30 h. in order to give everyone the opportunity to be at a restaurant before 13.00 h, which is rush time for lunch in Italy.

Do not forget that September is a conference month and that Rome is crowded. Be sure to book transport and accommodation before long.

Note: during the conference we plan a visit to one or several of the following libraries/archives:

  • Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Jesu
  • Marega Collection, Salesian University

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