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25Nov 2022 by Roman Pașca No Comments

Akita Philosophy Seminar

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The 1st Akita Philosophy Seminar December 10-11, 2022 Akita University We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Akita Philosophy Seminar (APS), to be held on December 10-11 2022 at Akita University in northern Japan. The aim of the seminar is to create a platform for discussion – among philosophers, across disciplines, and with society at large; a locus where we can exchange ideas, learn from each other, and reflect on what makes us who we are. The theme of this first seminar will be “What makes us human? 人間の条件”. In this day and age, when climate change, pandemics or conflicts are already starting to affect not only the ways of nature, but also the very way we as human beings are in this world, how do we…

27May 2019 by Roman Pașca No Comments

CFP: “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern, and Contemporary”, 2-4 September, Bucharest

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The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Japanese Department) at the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, with the support of its collaborators from the University of Hyogo, Kyoto University, and the University of Tokyo, is pleased to announce the organizing of the seventh international conference “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern, and Contemporary: A Return Trip from the East to the West. Learning in, about and from Japan”, on September 2-4, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to: * Literary studies * History and (inter)cultural studies * Language studies and linguistics * Anthropology * Mythology and folklore * Art * Philosophy and history of ideas Etc. A selection of papers will be published in the Annals of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of “Dimitrie…

25Sep 2018 by Roman Pașca No Comments

CFP: Why the Kyoto School Today?

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WHY THE KYOTO SCHOOL (京都学派) TODAY? The Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy, King’s University College at Western University, announces a call for papers for an upcoming international conference: Why the Kyoto School Today? Date: March 21-24, 2019 Location: King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Plenary Speakers: • Dr. Bret Davis (Loyola University Maryland) • Dr. Rolf Elberfeld (Universität Hildesheim) • Dr. John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) • Dr. John Maraldo (University of North Florida) • Dr. Brian Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology) • Dr. Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University) • Dr. Jason Wirth (University Seattle) • Dr. Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University) The so-called Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy arose out of a critical confrontation (Auseinandersetzung) with the European philosophical tradition at the beginning…

12Dec 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

CFP: Asian Philosophical Texts

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My friends and fellow researchers Takeshi and Pierre are organizing a conference on Asian Philosophical Texts in Brussels in October next year. They have just sent out the call for papers, so I paste it below. You can also find the details on the conference's PhilEvents page. *** Call for papers A Conference on Asian Philosophical Texts October 25–27 2018, Brussels This conference aims at providing a platform for scholars in the field of Asian Studies and world philosophies to both discuss and perform the task of translating Asian philosophical texts into western languages. Any papers on the philosophy of translation, critical analyses of existing translations, or ongoing translation projects are welcome. Submission deadline: August 15, 2017 Submission guidelines: Please submit abstracts or papers to Takeshi.Morisato[at]ulb.ac.be or Pierre.Bonneels[at]ulb.ac.be. The abstract…

07Dec 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

Presentation at ENOJP 2 (Brussels)

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Exactly one year ago, in December 2016, I was in Brussels for the 2nd Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy, talking about Andō Shōeki and his vision of the human being in the shihōsei, the "world of the private law". The presentation was a sequel to the one I did in Barcelona in 2015, about the creative use of language and the coinage of new philosophical concepts. The ENOJP members behind the scenes did a great job and edited the video of the presentation, including the slides I used at the time. I really have a strange feeling when I see myself on video, and one year later (and wiser) I would change many things in the slides and in the way I present, but I think sharing…

24Nov 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

CFP: Japan in the World, the World in Japan

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Three very dear friends of mine are involved in organizing a conference focusing on the methodology of teaching (in) Japan - they just announced the call for papers for the next iteration of the conference and, with their permission, I pasted it here. (I also uploaded the pdf file here to make it easier to circulate the announcement.) *** Call for Papers We are pleased to announce the third “Japan in the World and the World in Japan: A Methodological Approach” annual symposium. This year’s event will be held at the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Osaka University (Minoh Campus), on March 3rd and 4th, 2018. The symposium focuses on the secondary and tertiary level instruction of subjects related to Japan (history, culture, literature, etc) in a cosmopolitan way…

09Nov 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

ENOJP 3 in Paris

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The 3rd ENOJP conference in Paris just ended a few days ago, but I didn't get around to write about it until now. I am still a bit jet lagged after a week in Europe, and concentrating on teaching and on the interaction with the students when your body is telling you to go to sleep is no easy task... Plus, I wanted to let everything sink in, so I can ruminate on things quietly and thoroughly - the three days of the conference were full to the brim with intellectual stimuli and my brain needed a rest to absorb and process all the information. Not to mention that we were at the INALCO and at the Sorbonne! I listened to several insightful presentations, and I attended the best keynote…

09Oct 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

3rd Conference of the European Network for Japanese Philosophy

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Only a couple of weeks left until the 3rd Annual Conference of the ENOJP, this time in Paris! I'm really excited about this, because the first two conferences (Barcelona 2015 and Brussels 2016) were excellent. And I am saying this for two reasons: first of all, for the quality of the presentations and keynote speeches and for the intensity of the debates; second of all, for the atmosphere of the conferences, with so much vibrant energy floating around and so many young people engaging with philosophical ideas. The ENOJP might be a nascent association, but I feel it has a lot of potential as it provides researchers in Japanese philosophy with a platform where they can share ideas, discuss projects and publications, form networks or simply become friends. I gained…

08Sep 2017 by Roman Pașca No Comments

5th Conference “Japan: Premodern, Modern, and Contemporary”

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In 2010, four friends and colleagues got together and came up with the idea to organize a Japanese Studies conference at the "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University in Bucharest, Romania. Two of them live and work in Japan (Kyoto University and Kobe University), and the other two are the heart and soul of the Japanese language department at said university. The idea had been floating around for a while, but they decided that the time was right and... just did it. They talked about it, came up with a concept, applied for funding and organized the first conference in 2011. From the get-go, the idea was to create a wide network of knowledge about Japan and Japanese Studies (literature, culture, history, linguistics, etc), which would bring together young, as well as…