The recent Olympics and Paralympics have thrust the issue of "accessibility" in Japan into the spotlight. Accessibility features promote inclusion, but they do not guarantee it. Accessibility is more than...
Despite labor shortages and rapidly shrinking working-age populations, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan shared restrictive immigration policies and exclusionary practices toward immigrants until the early 2000s. While Taiwan maintained this...
Liebe Studierende, Liebe Dozierende, die Fachschaftsvertretung Japanologie lädt Euch alle herzlich zur Weihnachtsfeier am 21. Dezember ab 18:00 Uhr ein! Zwar ist es aktuell leider wieder nicht möglich, eine Feier...
Natsume Sōsekis 夏目漱石 (1867-1916) Interesse an Kunst zeigt sich nicht nur in seiner literarischen Verarbeitung von Theorien und Kunstobjekten oder dem Evozieren von Bildern durch Sprache, sondern auch in seinem...
Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) or 3.11, we look at how artists and survivors have dealt with the aftermath of the catastrophe focusing on...
Joint workshop with students and researchers from Düsseldorf (HHU), Kyoto (DWC), and Munich (LMU). Time: 9 am to 1 pm (Germany) / 5 pm to 9 pm (Japan) (including a...
A leading figure in world cinema, director Kore-eda Hirokazu (b. 1962) is particularly well known for his fine-grained portrayals of families. Actress Kiki Kirin (1943-2018) played significant roles in six...
In Ihrer Kurzgeschichte Satsujin Shussan (2014) beleuchtet Murata Sayaka wie Gesellschaft und Staat mit Themen wie Liebe und Sexualität in Verbindung stehen. Sie wählt diese Themen jedoch lediglich als Rahmen, um...
As the world urges energy transition towards decarbonisation, it is expected that the cities and regions dependent on fossil-fuel related industries will be greatly affected by the transition. In particular,...
Um 15 Uhr in Raum 115 in der Oettingenstraße 67.