Past Activities

Japan Specialist Workshop:
Access to the Culture and the Society of Contemporary Japan 2011

The International House of Japan and the National Diet Library of Japan are jointly launching the Japan Specialist Workshop (JSW) to be held February 14 - 21, 2011, in which Japanese Studies researchers/academics and Japanese Information Specialists will attend a series of workshops in Japan.

The purpose of this workshop is to help the participants in obtaining, offering, and disseminating "access to the culture and the society of contemporary Japan," and constructing an international network through the experience.

* This workshop will be held thanks to a grant from the Japan Foundation.

Japanese Studies Researchers

Georg D. Blind
Research Fellow and Lecturer
Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Hisayoshi Imai
Lecturer
Department of Japanese Studies
College of Social Sciences
Daejin University, Korea

Paul Benjamin Kreitman
Doctoral student
Japanese History
East Asian Studies Department
Princeton University, U.S.A.

Ann-Elise Lewallen
Assistant Professor
Modern Japanese Cultural Studies
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

Aike Peter Rots
Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
University of Oslo, Norway

Japanese Information Specialists

Yasuko D'Hulst
Librarian
Library of the Japanese Research Center
(École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales / Centre de Recherches sur le Japon), France

Chie Emslie
Japanese Resources Librarian
University of Auckland Library, New Zealand

Ursula Elke Flache
Japan Subject Specialist
East Asia Department
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin State Library), Germany

Michelle Hall
Japanese Studies Librarian
University of Melbourne, Australia

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Japanese Studies Information Specialist Training Workshop

In a three-year project from 2002 through 2004 co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the National Diet Library, in cooperation with the International House of Japan and the National Institute of Informatics, overseas Japanese Studies information specialists were invited to Japan, and given three weeks training.

In addition, the I-House Library has edited records of the workshops and symposiums held in connection with the Japanese Studies Librarian Training (fiscal year 1999 to 2001), and the Japanese Studies Information Specialist Training (fiscal year 2002 to 2003).

These are published by the Japan Foundation, and sold by the Japan Library Association. For purchase, please contact the Japan Library Association.

- Japanese Studies Information Specialist (including librarian) Training Workshop Record (Page in Japanese)