Call For Applications: Europe-Japan Intellectual Exchange Session 2019

The Japan Foundation and the Centre Européen d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace (CEEJA) are now accepting applications for the Europe-Japan Intellectual Exchange Session 2019 in Alsace, scheduled for September 30th – October 1st 2019. The Japan Foundation and CEEJA have carried out a series of seminars since 2007, with an aim to encourage networking among young researchers on Japan in Europe and further promote Japanese studies in Europe.

The title of this year’s study seminar is “Representations of Japanese Culture and Arts in Europe: from ‘Japonism’ to ‘Cool Japan’. （ヨーロッパにおける日本の文化・芸術のイメージ　－「ジャポン二スム」から「クールジャパン」へ）Please note that the language of this event will be Japanese with no interpretation. 

Applicants from Europe are being sought from a wide range of fields including Sociology, Arts, Literature, History, Language, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics etc. 
Applicants must currently be on a graduate or post-graduate scheme or hold a junior teaching/research position at an academic institution in Europe. 

For more details and applications, please click here. (Japanese version). 

The deadline for applications is July 12th 2019.