University of Oslo & Tohoku University Japanese Studies Research Forum

Date:
November 21, 2025 (Fri.) 14:40–18:00

Graduate Student Presentations (14:45–15:45)
Okano Yūgo (Grad. School of Arts and Letters)
Japanese Travel Writing on French Indochina during the Asia-Pacific War: Komatsu Kiyoshi’s Futsuin e no michi

Antonio Fernandez Caro (Grad. School of Intl. Cult. Studies)
Modernity and Religious Identity on Mount Haguro: Insights from Interviews at Kōtakuji Temple

Bilingual Workshop (16:15–17:50)
Kannon in Modern Ideology and Popular Practices

Clinton Godart (Tohoku University)
Kannon Faith in Interwar Japan

Kimishima Ayako (Wako University)
The Yakushiji Kannon Replica in Modern History (in Japanese)

Aike P. Rots (University of Oslo)
Lady of the Whales: Comparing Maritime Kannon Worship in Japan and Vietnam

Venue:
東北大学・川内北キャンパス
マルチメディア教育研究棟 6階
Tohoku Univ., Kawauchi Campus
Multimedia Education and Research Complex, 6F
(For directions, please click here)

Event in person only (no registration necessary)

Organizers:
Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University
International Graduate Program in Japanese Studies, Tohoku University
Dept. of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oslo

Contact:
klautau@tohoku.ac.jp