Sengū of the Ise Shrine: Rituals, Myth and Politics Workshop
THIS EVENT IS ARCHIVED
Date: 21 November 2013Time: 5:00 PM
Finishes: 22 November 2013Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: Kamran Djam Lecture Theatre, and Room 116
Type of Event: Workshop
Programme
Thursday 21 November 2013, 17:00 – 18:30
Keynote Lecture by Yoshitarō SHIRAYAMA (Kōgakkan University)
“Sengū of the Ise Shrine: Tradition, Ideology, and Politics”
Kamran Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main building
*** In Japanese with interpreter
The event will be followed by a wine reception
Friday 22 November 2013 9:30 18:00
International Workshop
Room 116, SOAS Main building
9:30 Registration and Coffee
9:50 Welcome by CSJR Chair, Lucia DOLCE
10:00 – 11:20 Panel 1
Chaired by Angus LOCKYER (SOAS)
10:00 – 10:40 Ken Tadashi ŌSHIMA (University of Washington)
“Ise: Prototype of Japanese Architecture?”
10:40 – 11:20 Simon KANER (University of East Anglia/SISJAC )
"Ise and Izumo: Archaeological Perspective on an Enduring Tradition”
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 – 13:00 Panel 2
Chaired by Fabio GYGI (SOAS)
11:40 Mark TEEUWEN (Oslo University)
“Early Ise and the Origin of the Sengū System”
12:20 Meri ARICHI (SOAS)
“Sengu and the Pilgrimage to Ise: Okage mairi in the Edo Period”
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:50 Panel 3
Chaired by Timon SCREECH (SOAS)
14:30 Hideki SAITO (Bukkyō University)
“Interpreting Amaterasu: From the Medieval to the Contemporary Period” [in Japanese]
15:10 Lucia DOLCE (SOAS)
“The Iconography of Amaterasu: Multiple Forms of an “Aniconic” Tradition”
15:50 – 16:10 Tea Break
16:10 – 17:30 Panel 4
Chaired by Tullio LOBETTI (SOAS)
16:10 John BREEN (Nichibunken)
“Inventing Ise: The Meiji Phase”
16:50 Gaynor SEKIMORI (SOAS)
“Ise through Western Eyes: Artefacts in the Chamberlain Collections”
17:30 – 18:00 Final Discussion
We are also pleased to announce the Photographic Exhibition Sengū of the Ise Shrine 2013: Tradition and Rituals, held in SOAS Library's Wolfson Gallery and in the Khalili Foyer until December 5, 2013.
Contact email: bl21@soas.ac.uk
Contact Tel: 020 7898 4950