We cordially invite you to Sumitomo Conference 2025 on September 28 (Sun) and October 4 (Sat), 2025. This event will be held online. To join this event, please fill in the registration form below.
Date and time: September 28 (Sun), October 4 (Sat) 2025, 14:00-15:30 (JST)
Venue: Online（Zoom）
Title: Japan Studies in Asia (3): Japan in Asia Revisited
Chair: Shigeto SONODA (Professor, IASA, University of Tokyo)
Registration: Pre-registration is required for each session separately.
– Session 1: https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/qa___30sRlaxLUoFm5w6Ag
– Session 2: https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hx-iN5qbRtq7eq_9oJfkAgz
Language: English (Session 1), Japanese (Session 2)
Program:
| [Session 1] “Japan” in Southeast Asia during War Period (English) | |
| 14:00-14:05 | Introduction (Shigeto Sonoda / University of Tokyo) |
| 14:05-14:10 | Greetings (Takatoshi Hino / The Sumitomo Foundation) |
| 14:10-14:30 | (1) Japanese Heritage in Bukit Besi Iron Ore Mining and Its Potential in The Terengganu Tourism Industry (Wan Mohd Yusof Bin Wan Chik / Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin) |
| 14:30-14:50 | (2) Becoming New Citizens or Excluding from Society: A Study of a Postcolonial History of Japanese Soldiers in North Vietnam, 1945-1960 (Luong Thi Hong / Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) |
| 14:50-15:10 | (3) The Japanese Community in Cebu in Peace and War, 1900-1945 (Jose Eleazar Reynes Bersales / University of San Carlos) |
| 15:10-15:20 | (4) Comments (Midori Kawashima /Sophia University) |
| 15:20-15:30 | (5) Reply and Wrap-up |
| [セッション2] 東アジアの文化的コネクション（日本語） | |
| 14:00-14:05 | 趣旨説明 (園田茂人／東京大学) |
| 14:05-14:10 | 挨拶 (日野孝俊／住友財団) |
| 14:10-14:35 | (6) 18世紀日朝文人ネットワークと雅集 ― デジタル人文学の観点から (鄭 敬珍／茨城キリスト教大学) |
| 14:35-15:00 | (7) 日台共通の文化遺産となり得る「台北昭和町」家屋群の今日的価値―保存・活用・継承の可能性を探る― (黄 智慧／台湾中央研究院) |
| 15:00-15:10 | (8) コメント (西野純也／慶應義塾大学) |
| 15:10-15:30 | (9) リプライ＆総括 |
Organizer: GAS Initiative, Sumitomo Foundation
Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp