[AAS@Boston 2023] Information Meeting Invitation (3/17, 7:30pm-9:30pm EST) - “The Future of Biography in Studies of Premodern Japan”

[ノット ジェフリー]

Dear Colleagues,     

The National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) would like to invite interested

participants in the upcoming Boston AAS to a 2-hour (in-person!) informational

meeting to be held there on Friday evening, 3/17, from 19:30-21:30pm.

The meeting--titled “The Future of Biography in Studies of Premodern Japan”--is

dedicated to considering the changing role and expanding possibilities of biographical

research, in the context of various technological developments whose accumulative

effect has revolutionized the field.

The meeting will be divided into two 1-hour sessions: (1) a series of individual presentations

surveying new tools and approaches to biographical research, and (2) a roundtable & discussion

on the present—and future—of resources available for such research. A detailed program

follows below.

Title: The Future of Biography in Studies of Premodern Japan

Date and Time: 3/17 (Fri), 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Venue: Boston Sheraton Hotel - Jamaica Pond (5th Floor)

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7:30　Greetings and Program Overview

    Part One: The Future of Biographical Research (Presentations)

7:35   Studying Warrior-class “Mirrors” (bukan 武鑑): Mirror Directories in           

          Japanese Textual History                                                           

                         FUJIZANE Kumiko (NIJL)

7:50   Data Structuring with Manyōshū Manuscripts in TEI/XML: Mark-up Protocols    

          for Author Attributions and Commentary Glosses

                         UNNO Keisuke & KIKUCHI Nobuhiko (NIJL)

8:05   Tracing Bookseller Activity through Microscopic Analyses of Paper

                         MATSUBARA Noriko (NIJL)

8:20   Commentary: Bettina GRAMLICH-OKA (Sophia）

8:30   Q&A

    Part Two: Biographical Data in Application (Roundtable & Discussion)

8:45   Putting Resources to Work: The New “Union Catalogue (UNICAT) Database     

          of Japanese Texts” and Other Research Tools

                         Didier DAVIN, Jeffrey KNOTT, YAMAMOTO Yoshitaka (NIJL)

9:00　Q&A/General Discussion

9:30　Closing Remarks

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Any inquiries about the meeting are welcome at:

ic...@nijl.ac.jp

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Knott

Assistant Professor

National Institute of Japanese Literature