KAKENHI International Workshop Boundaries of the ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’
When:
2019年11月24日 @ 17:00 – 18:00
Asia/Tokyo Timezone
2019-11-24T17:00:00+09:00
2019-11-24T18:00:00+09:00
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
“The Natural and the Supernatural in Comparative Perspective”
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Anthropological Study on Cultural and Behavioral Change through Dispersal and Contact of Human opulations”
| Date & Time | Sunday, November 24, 2019, 10:30-17:00 |
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| Venue | National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), Conference Room 4 |
| Access | 10~15 min. walk from Bampakukinenkoen station (Osaka monorail), Main building 2nd floor |
| Language | English |
Program
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Yuriko Yamanaka (National Museum of Ethnology, Professor) “Introduction: Where Lie the Boundaries?” |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Richard Stoneman (University of Exeter, Honorary Visiting Professor) “Natural Marvels, Imaginary Science, and Philosophy: Greek and Roman Responses to the World’s Wonders” |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University, Assistant Professor) “Ibi sunt quedam monstra: Locating the Marvelous in Medieval European Encyclopedias” |
| 12:00 – 14:30 | Lunch and Special Exhibition tour |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Norihito Hayashi (Ryukoku University, Associate Professor) “Observations on the Illustrations of Monsters: The Earliest Images of Monstrous Races in al-Qazwīnī’s Wonders of Creation” |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Manami Yasui (International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Professor) “Body Image in Yōkai Illustrations: Considering the Yōkai of the Eye” |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Moderation: Hitoshi Yamada (Tohoku University, Associate Professor) & Yuriko Yamanaka Commentator: Jill Cook (Head of the Department of Britain, Europe & Prehistory, British Museum) |