Digital Scholarship in History and the Humanities

Theme Digital Scholarship in History and the Humanities
Date September 12, 2016
Venue The University of Tokyo
Description

This symposium was co-hosted by the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities (JADH) and the National Museum of Japanese History (Center for Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources). 

The symposium highlighted three lectures on the possibilities of digitalization in the humanities and important issues surrounding information management of scholarship in the digital environment. The abstract of the keynote lecture is available at the website of JADH <http://conf2016.jadh.org/keynote/>.

For the complete program and proceedings of the conference:  
https://www.jadh.org/JADH2016
http://conf2016.jadh.org/proceedings-JADH2016-online.pdf

For more information on Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources: (Japanese) http://www.metaresource.jp/

Program Highlights

Keynote Lecture:
The Humanities, the Liberal Arts and the University in a Digital World
Peter K. Bol
Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Academic Assets and Digital Archives
Noriko Kurushima
Professor, The University of Tokyo

Making Database of City Life from Genre Paintings - Persons' Database of 16th Century Rakuchu-rakugai-zu Byobu (Scenes In and Around Kyoto Screens)
Michihiro Kojima
Professor, National Museum of Japanese History

Chaired by Makoto Goto, Associate Professor, National Museum of Japanese History

Exploring the Siebold Collection of Museum Fünf Kontinente

Theme Exploring the Siebold Collection of Museum Fünf Kontinente
Date July 30, 2016
Venue National Museum of Japanese History
Description

The symposium was held in relation to the special exhibition of Rekihaku, Revisiting Siebold’s Japan Museum. Based on the achievements of International Collaborative Research on Japan-related Documents and Artifacts Overseas of the National Institutes for the Humanities (Study of the Siebold Family Collection and Other Materials Collected in Japan and Taken Overseas in the Nineteenth Century, Hiroshi Kurushima → Kaori Hidaka), the exhibition presented the Siebold Collection of Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich and brought back to life the Japan exhibitions Siebold held in Europe.

The symposium featured reports by the researchers who took part in the international collaborative project. The symposium along with the exhibition was to offer further insights into Siebold’s contribution as the first full-scale introduction of Japan and as a milestone in the development of ethnology museums, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Siebold’s death.

Special exhibition, Revisiting Siebold’s Japan Museum:  http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/exhibitions/project/old/160712/index.html

Proceedings of the symposium issued in Japanese and in English.

Program Highlights

Opening Remarks:        
Hiroshi Kurushima
Director-General, National Museum of Japanese History

 

Introductory Speech:
Kaori Hidaka
Professor, National Museum of Japanese History

 

Keynote Speech:
Siebold’s Views on Ethnography and Ethnological Museums in His Correspondence
with Edme-Francois Jomard
Bruno J. Richtsfeld
Curator Director of the East, North and Central Asia Department,
Museum Fünf Kontinente

 

Reports:
Nagasaki-related materials in the Siebold Collection
Hiroji Harada
Lecturer, Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University

The Siebold Incident and the Ino Map of Japan: From the Perspective of Siebold
Related Map Materials Remaining in Europe
Hiro’o Aoyama
Professor, National Museum of Japanese History

Sculpture Works in the Siebold Collection
Moritoshi Sasaki
Associate Professor, Oakayama University

Siebold Collection in Munich as Observed through Ceramics
Miki Sakuraba
Research Associate, National Museum of Japanese History

Moderator: Junichi Okubo, Professor, National Museum of Japanese History

The Interaction between the Japanese Archipelago and the Korean Peninsula in the Formation States

Theme The Interaction between the Japanese Archipelago and the Korean Peninsula in the Formation States
Date March 5-6, 2016
Venue National Museum of Japanese History
Description

This symposium was jointly organized with Daehan Cultural Property Research Center. The symposium featured presentations by researchers from museums, universities and research institutes in Korea and Japan.

During the Kofun Period in the Japanese Archipelago and the Three Kingdoms Period in the Korean Peninsula, there were frequent interactions between the royal authority and local communities. The presentations followed by commentaries and discussions provided valuable insights into the interaction between the Japanese Archipelago and the Korean Peninsula in the formation states.

For the full program of the symposium, please refer to our Japanese page:
https://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/education_research/research/list/inter/
2016/symposium2016.html#c