The International Symposium ‘Japan’ in Communist Europe will be held on March 1 (Sat) & 2 (Sun), 2025, at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japanese Language Center for International Students, Workshop Space 104-105) and online (@Zoom).
There is no participation fee. Please register using the Google form below:
The book of abstracts is available at the following link:
Programme
*times are indicated in JST.
Day 1: March 1, 2025 (hybrid)
Opening remarks
14:00-14:10 Irina Holca (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Session 1
14:15-14:45 Anna Bovtyk (University of Tokyo, research student): The 1970s Revival of Japanese Literary Translation in Ukraine
14:45-15:15 Andrej Kapcar (Masaryk University, PhD candidate): Hey, I Remember This One: The Influence of Japanese Animated Shows in Socialist Czechoslovakia
15:15-15:45 Daniela Cheresharova (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, research student): Translations of Japanese Literature in Bulgarian during the Communist Regime
Keynote lecture
16:00-17:00 George T. Sipos (West University of Timisoara/ Gannon University): Japan and the Iron Curtain: Between Exoticism and Imaginary Land of Freedom
Session 2
17:10-17:40 Alari Allik (Tallinn University): Translations of Kōbō Abe’s Inter Ice Age 4 in Soviet Union and Beyond
17:40-18:10 Rikako Shindo (Hosei University): The Cultural Exchange between Japan and East Germany and Its Political Background during the Cold War Period: From the Case of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra’s First Visit to Japan in 1961
18:10-18:40 Linas Didvalis (Magnus University): Warming up during the Cold War: Cultural and Diplomatic Intersections between Lithuania and Japan
18:40-19:10 Kovács Máté (Eotvos Lorand University, PhD candidate): The Perception of Japan during 1945 and 1970 in Hungary, Based on Audio-Visual Narratives
19:30-21:00 Dinner
Day 2: March 2 (online)
Session 3
14:00-14:30 Linda Galvane (University of Kansas): In Hindsight Between the Lines: Traversing (Soviet) Latvia and Japan in the Writings of Zigmunds Skujiņš
14:30-15:00 Astghik Hovhannisyan (Russian-Armenian University): Perceptions of “Japan” in Communist Armenia
15:00-15:30 Iga Rutkowska (University of Warsaw): Japanese Theatre in Communist Poland 1967–1988: History, Political Context and Reception
Session 4
15:40-16:10 Angela Drăgan (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies): Japanese Art in Communist Romania
16:10-16:40 Anna Guseva (Budva Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences): Japanese Art through a Soviet Lens: Alla Kolomiets and Her Collection of Sosaku-hanga
16:40-17:10 Eva Kaminski (Jagiellonian University) & Beata Romanowicz (National Museum, Krakow): Japanese Art behind the “Iron Curtain”: The National Museum in Krakow as a Case Study
Session 5
17:20-17:50 Mária Ildikó Farkas (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary): Japan in Communist Hungary: Exploring Japan in the 1970s
17:50-18:20 Agata Bice (University of Warsaw, PhD candidate): Japanese Literature in Communist Poland, 1950–1989
18:20-18:50 Veronika Abbasová (Palacký University Olomouc): Japanese-Czech Literary Translation between 1948-1989 in Oral Testimonies
Session 6
19:00-19:30 Jurgita Ignotienė (The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore and Vilnius University, PhD candidate): Abe Kōbō and Kawabata Yasunari: Translation and Reception in Lithuania during the Soviet Occupation (1944–1990)
19:30-20:00 Jakub Karpoluk (Polish-Japanese Academy of IT): A Master Class: On the Relationship between Polish and Japanese Cinema before 1989
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