Previous activities

The Department of Japanese History organises workshops on various topics at irregular intervals. In recent years, several workshops on Komonjo reading have been organised in cooperation with the Rekihaku at the Department of Japanese History.

Japan Science Days

The Japan Science Days took place at Ruhr University from 5 to 7 July 2018. The aim was to establish new contacts with Japanese partner universities and cooperation partners and to strengthen existing ones. The Japanese Studies (Prof. Dr. Sven Osterkamp, Prof. Dr. Katja Schmidtpott) and the Chinese Studies (Prof. Dr. Moll-Murata) took part by inviting guest researchers from the University of Tokyo and giving their own lectures. The programme of the specially organised workshop as part of the Japan Science Days can be found here under "Digital Humanities and Historical Research on East Asia".

Kuzushiji-Workshop

• 4–6 July 2018 under the guidance of Prof. Ioku Shigehiko (Keio University)

Workshops on Japanese historical topics

• 13–14 June 2015 - Kriegszeit und ‚Faschismus‘ in Japan, 1931/37–1945 [Wartime and 'Fascism' in Japan, 1931/37-1945]

Komonjo-Worshops

• 25 June 2015 - Edo Japan as Seen by Siebold and His Peers II
• 26 June 2014 - Edo Japan as Seen by Siebold and His Peers I
• 14–15 February 2014 - Reading Documents from Nagasaki
• 26–30 November 2013 - Reading Early Modern Japanese Temple-School Documents II
• 26–30 November 2012 - Reading Early Modern Japanese Temple-School Documents I
• 5–6 June 2012 - Reading Early Modern Japanese Kuzushiji

The Department of Japanese History has organised various international conferences and meetings at the Ruhr University. The following list provides an overview of these events.

• 8–10 November 2019 - „Metropolitan Japan in Historical and Contemporary Perspective“
  The annual conference of the Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF) [German Association for Social Scientific Research on Japan] was held at Ruhr University Bochum from 8 to 10 November 2019.
• 5–7 July 2018 - Japan Science Days der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  The Japan Science Days took place at Ruhr University from 5 to 7 July 2018. The aim was to establish new contacts with Japanese partner universities and cooperation partners and to strengthen existing ones. The Japanese Studies (Prof. Dr. Sven Osterkamp, Prof. Dr. Katja Schmidtpott) and the Chinese Studies (Prof. Dr. Moll-Murata) took part by inviting guest researchers from the University of Tokyo and giving their own lectures.
• 13–14 June 2015 - 25. Treffen der Initiative zur historischen Japanforschung [25th Meeting of the Initiative for Historical Research on Japan]
• 5–7 September 2014 - Die ostasiatische Dimension des Ersten Weltkriegs: Der Deutsch-Japanische Krieg und China, 1914-1919 [The East Asian Dimension of the First World War: The 'German-Japanese War' and China, 1914-1919]
• 11–12 February 2014 - Siebolds Vision von Japan - im Spiegel seiner Sammlungen in Europa und den USA [Siebold's Vision of Japan - As Reflected in his Collections in Europe and the USA]

The Department of Japanese History has organised a number of exhibitions on various Japanese historical topics. Some of these exhibitions are products of various courses or the Jishu zemi.

• 7 November 2019–9 January 2020 - Exhibition „Populär-Japonismus“ [Popular Japonism] by Prof. Dr. Erich Pauer (CEEJA/Elsaß) (RUB/UB)
• 15 January 2016–21 February 2016 - BOSCOL Exhibition (German Mining Museum, Bochum)
• 1 October 2015–7 November 2015 - BOSCOL Exhibition (Blue Square, Bochum)
• 30 September 2012–6 January 2013 - Picture Scrolls and Manga - Japanese Picture Narratives from the 18th Century to the Present (Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Hanover)