10 Nov 2008

Discovering histories of foreign communities in Japan, Dec 2008
Division of Pacific & Asian History (PAH), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Supplied note:
"[A] workshop, 'Discovering histories of foreign communities in Japan'
This is to announce a two-day international workshop sponsored by both the National Library of Australia and The Australian National University. For those interested in the workshop, the details are below.
Discovering histories of foreign communities in Japan: Research, archives and special collections
Date: 1-2 December 2008 Venue: National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Workshop convenors: Dr Keiko Tamura (The Australian National University), Professor Timothy Tsu (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Further details (including a detailed programme, biodata of the speakers, and abstracts of the talks) are available on this website: [see the URL below]
This two-day workshop brings together an international group of researchers and archivists to discuss the study of the history of foreign communities in Japan. Building on the National Library's unique Harold Williams Collection [see 'Westerners in Japan: the Harold S. Williams collection' at www.nla.gov.au/asian/form/williams.html - ed.], the participants will examine the state of the field with a view to reappraising the potential of archival resources and special collections in Japan for supporting new research agendas. Special attention will be given to identifying newly discovered sources, and to establishing new research questions, which will help break down barriers that have tended to compartmentalize researchers and their work by period, site, ethnicity and discipline. In addition to specialized panel presentations, there will be two public lectures aimed at a wider audience. - yhk"
Site contents:
* Registration; * Program; * Workshop Speakers; * Flyer.
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/kobe_canberra/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi (yasuko.kobayashi--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au
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