―Project of the International Conference on Japanese Literature (ICJL)―
The National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) is excited to announce the inaugural session of a new series of interactive “Materials Workshops”, designed to orient and instruct interested participants in the use, handling, and research application of primary-source documents. We particularly welcome the participation of graduate students and early career researchers. (This is the first of three sessions planned from November to the end of 2020.)
Here follow (A) information about the 11/4 inaugural session, and (B) a brief overview of the workshop series and its goals:
[A] “Materials Workshop”: Session I
Topic: Texts from China Printed in Japan (和刻本漢籍)
Lecturer: Yamamoto Yoshitaka 山本嘉孝 (Associate Professor, NIJL)
Date: 11/4 (Wednesday)
Time: Tokyo 9am-11am
Venue: All sessions conducted on ZOOM, live and unrecorded
Description:
「同時代資料の調べ方 ― 和刻本漢籍を例に」
文学研究には、著者や同時代の読者が目にした可能性の高い同時代資料を活用することが不可欠です。江戸～明治時代の和刻本漢籍（『論語』、『古文真宝』、『唐詩選』等）を例にお話します。
*Sessions II (on emaki) and III (on Edo hanpon) are planned respectively for late November and mid-December.
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[B] About the “Materials Workshop” Series
Overview
Each 2-hour workshop focuses on a different category of document (scrolls, manuscripts, emaki, hanpon, etc.), to be discussed by a field expert in its research use.
First Half: Orientation (1 hour)
The first hour involves a presentation by the lecturer, combining general explanation of the *type* of document with concrete illustration through specific *examples*.
Second Half: Q&A Session (1 hour)
The second hour involves an open Q&A session where participants can make inquiries general and specific about the documents discussed during the first hour.
Requirements
No expertise or preparation is expected or necessary, though the session is (1) in Japanese, and (2) restricted to those pursuing or planning to pursue a career connected to research in the humanities.
Registration & Inquiries
No fees or review process involved. Contact us, and we will send you the necessary ZOOM link at the same address by 11/3.
Please send us an email with (1) your name, (2) your affiliation, and if possible (3) your topics of research interest to the mail below.
Any inquiries about this or future workshops are welcome at:
icjl@nijl.ac.jp