Global Asian Studies (GAS) at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia of UTokyo will be holding a symposium in summer 2025 to discuss issues surrounding women and disease in medical and metaphorical transformations. Organized by GAS and Dr. Shu Yang from Western Michigan University in the United States, this post-Covid symposium aims to facilitate reflection on gender and medicine in a vibrantly Chinese context.   Symposium Abstract: This post-pandemic era provides the ideal backdrop for rethinking the definition and regulation of disease and women’s place in it. Our Tokyo symposium brings together world scholars to discuss Chinese societies, past and present, through the lens of female dis-eased status. It is […]

We are pleased to announce that the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia is holding a Tobunken Workshop "Digital Humanities for Middle Eastern History" on Friday, August 1, 2025. This workshop provides an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas about the adaptation of digital humanities methodologies to the study of Middle Eastern and Islamic history. The workshop will be conducted in English.If you would like to participate, please register using the form below.   Date: August 1, 2025 (Fri)  2pm~4:30pm Venue: 2nd conference room (302, 3rd floor), The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo  https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/access/ Registration form: https://forms.gle/mihroMgqATns9bHU9 Program: Chair: Jun Akiba (IASA) Speakers: Betül İpşirli Argıt […]

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 […]