In perioada 4-6 martie 2011, Centrul de Studii Japoneze al Universitatii din Bucuresti organizeaza, cu sprijinul Japan Foundation, Simpozionul national Linguistic and Cultural Identity in Japan.

Invitatii speciali ai simpozionului sunt Oriza HIRATA (Universitatea din Osaka, Japonia), Hartmut O. ROTERMUND (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, Franta) - Cohabitation (naichi zakkyo) – A Meiji Time Bogey si Mitsuhiro SHIMMEN (Muzeul National de Etnologie, Osaka, Japonia) - Far East and South East Europe.

In cadrul simpozionului vor fi prezentate urmatoarele comunicari:

Ellen van GOETHEM (Hosei University, Japan): "Cultural Borrowing and Adaptation in Ancient Japan: Capital Cities"



Anca FOCSENEANU (Universitatea of Bucharest, România): "Names for "Japan" and the Problem of Japanese Identity"

Roman PASCA (Universitatea of Bucharest, Romania): "Is Modernity indeed a Western Project? Considerations on the Subject of Modernity in Contemporary Japan"

Noémi GODEFROY (INALCO, Paris, France): "The Ainu Assimilation Policies during the Meiji Period and the Acculturation of Hokkaido’s Indigenous People"

Federica CARLOTTO (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italia): "Tailoring Modern Identities – The Adoption of Western Style Uniforms in Meiji period Japan (1868-1912)"

Simpozionul Linguistic and Cultural Identity in Japan se va desfasura in cladirea Universitatii din Bucuresti din bd. Schitu Magureanu, nr. 1. Deschiderea lucrarilor va avea loc vineri, 4 martie 2011, la ora 14:00.