The Society for the Study of Japonisme has organised the annual Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium since 2019, previously known as the Hatakeyama Symposium from 2011 until 2018. The Organizing Committee welcomes theme proposals from members for the upcoming 2024 symposium:
Organizer: Society for the Study of Japonisme
Co-organizer: Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation
Date: Sunday, December 1, 2024
Venue: held in person at Musashino Art University in Tokyo / Online (hybrid)
The program and the abstracts for papers will be uploaded on the Society’s homepage and will also be published in the 2024 issue of Studies in Japonisme (no. 44).
Presenters wishing to participate in the Symposium are also encouraged to submit an expanded version of their presentation for the peer-reviewed Studies in Japonisme, and if accepted for publication, are expected to acknowledge that the paper was originally presented at the 2024 Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium, co-organized with the Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation.
Organizing Committee (until the theme is selected):
ISHII Motoaki (Managing Director)
TANAKA Atsuko (Secretary General)
INOUE Hitomi (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of the Symposium)
KISHI Yu (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of the Symposium)
THOELEN, Saskia (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of Public Relation)
KUME Kazusa (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of Accountancy)
Call for Themes for the Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium 2024
We hereby call for themes for the Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium 2024. Please send your name and the summary of your proposed theme for the symposium (max. 150 words) as an email attachment to the email address specified below. Please also find the list of past symposia for your reference. The Organizing Committee will select the theme, and the Board of Directors will approve the selection in June. If your proposal is selected, you may be asked to assist in the planning and execution of the symposium itself. Please note that all communication within and between the Committee and the Board will be held in Japanese only.
Proposal submission is limited to the regular and student members of the Society for the Study of Japonisme. Non-members must become a Society member at the time of one’s proposal submission for the proposal to be considered. The Board of Directors must approve all memberships. For information on how to become a member, please visit the Society’s homepage.
Submission deadline: Sunday, April 21, 2024
Please send your proposal to: Society for the Study of Japonisme
(Email: japonisme@world-meeting.co.jp)
List of themes of past symposiums:
Hatakeyama Symposium
2011 China and Japan in the West: Chinoiserie and Japonisme between the 17th and the 19th centuries (11/5, Nezu Museum, Tokyo)
2012 Japonisme in the United States: the evolution of the cultural exchange between Japan and America and the unknown great- SHUGYO Hiromichi (11/17, Toyo Bunko Museum, Tokyo)
2013 Japonisme in ink wash painting: transboundary ink painting and drawing (10/19, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2014 Complete sight of Japonisme: what happened from Whistler? (10/3, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; 10/4, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art)
2015 KOGEI and Japonisme: the modern era revised through industry and art (11/28, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2016 Human networks in Japonisme (10/22-23, Takushoku University, Tokyo)
2017 Japonisme in the twentieth century (11/25-26, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2018 Japonisme and women (10/6, Takushoku University, Tokyo)
Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium
2019 Japonisme on the move: travel, migration, and other movements of people across places (10/5, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)
2020 Japonisme in architecture and space: from the late 19th century to today (10/10, held online)
2021 Japonisme and Eastern thoughts (religion, philosophy, aesthetics) (12/4, held online)
2022 Graphic design and Japonisme: 19th – 20th century, (11/12, held online)
2023 Performative Japonisme (11/26, Musashino Art University/online)