CrossAsia / New digitized collections: Photography Database of the National Taipei University of Education and The Tomoe Takagi Collection

Dear EAJRS members,

At the end of August, two new digital image and data presentations went online on CrossAsia (crossasia.org). They expand the portfolio of electronic resources on Taiwan within the CrossAsia database portal to include materials that would otherwise have remained invisible, made available under the CC-BY-NC-SA license:

Gustav Klimt and Hokusai: Reframing Japonisme in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna

Thursday, 17 September 2026, from 6 pm (Berlin time = UTC+2)
Online lecture by Svitlana Shiells: “Gustav Klimt and Hokusai: Reframing Japonisme in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna”
Language of the presentation: English
Abstract (and access link): https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-svitlana-shiells/

Kuzushiji workshop 2026 accepting applications

The “Kuzushiji Workshop,” continuously organised by NIJL and EAJRS since 2011, will be held 25–27 February 2026 at the Berlin State Library. Please note that this will be an in-person workshop only — it will not be offered as an online format. 

Those wishing to participate should complete the application form in Japanese or English and submit it by Sunday, 18 January 2026, via email to: a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org 

CrossAsia Talk: Sarah Panzer / 4 September 2025

We cordially invite you to attend the first japanological CrossAsia Talk after the summer break: On 4 September 2025 from 6 pm (Berlin time), Prof. Sarah Panzer (Missouri State University) will give insights into her research work ‘Documenting the Lives of Germany’s “Forgotten” Prisoners of War (POWs): Photographs in the Bandō Collection’.

Conference: Charting the European D-SEA

Charting the European D-SEA: Digital Scholarship in East Asian Studies
https://mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/charting-european-d-sea
Jul 8-12, 2024
Venue: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Haus Potsdamer Straße, Potsdamer Straße 33 , 10785 Berlin, Germany

Pre-conference workshops (July 8–10)
Conference (July 11–12)

 

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