Gateway to Asian Studies

This website aims to comprehensively organize and put out information on research on Asian Studies. Aside from information listings on libraries across Asia, we publish various research-related essays on the website “Asian Studies Watching” which aims to create an on-line space where young Asian Studies researchers can exchange their research findings and ideas.

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15/08/18 The Application of Treaties in Late Qing: Focusing on the Prohibition of the Preaching Right of Japanese Monks YAN Liyuan From 1904 to 1908, China and Japan had a fierce debate on the rights of Japanese Buddhist missionary in China. Until the Qing Emperor abdicated (1912), Japan had not got the rights of treaties. Meanwhile, some Chinese local governments prevented Japanese monks’ missionary activities within their jurisdiction according to treaties.
14/04/10 Anthropology That Extends Globally from the Home Hiroko MINESAKI This article introduces the pleasures and difficulties of conducting research on a religious organization that transcends the borders of area studies, and discusses the modern significance of such research.
14/03/20 Studying China’s Politics Now: The Main Issues Before Us Suzuki Takashi This essay, while keeping the current situation of China’s politics in mind, tries to comment, one, on the trends in, and challenges faced by, Japanese and American research on China’s politics, and, two, on several points of contention that I judge will become important in the years to come as we look ahead to the future of China’s politics.
14/01/20 Study Group for Young Researchers in Islamic Area Studies Shohei Sato The Passions and Challenges of Young Researchers: My three years with the Study Group for Young Researchers in Islamic Area Studies
13/05/28 Current research on “Colonial Bureaucrats” – a case from the “Punjab School” in British India MISE Toshiyuki Recent studies on imperial history tend to make an empirical re-examination of distinguishing features of the individual bureaucrats and departments concerned, rather than to explore the collective nature of “colonial officers.” What kind of contributions can we make from the argument on British India, where the colonial administration had a profound impact on modern Indian society? This is my brief consideration from the case of a group called the Punjab School.
13/03/22 Behind the Scenes of Vietnam’s Education: Dropping out from the formal program and having a second attempt SEMURA Kaori An overview of the research carried out thus far by the author on educational opportunities (at a charity class and a continuing education center) for children and youth facing difficulties such as poverty in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the outcomes of that research.
12/03/15 China Studies in the Era of China's Ascendance Masuo Chisako As Chinese society bristles with life and as its ascendance draws much attention from around the world, researchers on issues related to China are witnessing the social role they are expected to perform rapidly change, along with the methodologies with which, and the viewpoint from which, they carry out their research. In the following essay, a China researcher, who is trying hard to reorient herself to these changes, talks about her own trial and error experiences.
12/03/15 Some Thoughts on the Significance of the Acquisitions of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphic Works in the Kansai Area:
A Reflection on the Experience of Taking Charge of the Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures’ Exhibitions for Fiscal Year 2011 TAKENAMI Haruka The “Coordinated Exhibitions of Collections of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphic Works in Kansai” were jointly held in 2011 by nine museums from Kansai that hold acquisitions of such works. Having taken charge of the exhibitions at the Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures, one of the participating museums, the author reminisces about the coordinated exhibitions, reappraises the significance of the acquisitions of Chinese artistic works in the Kansai area, and delineates prospects for future research on these acquisitions.
11/04/22 Constitutionalism in Present-day China and the International Situation [PDF] NAKAMURA Motoya Why has the issue of constitutional government remained important since the late Qing Dynasty despite the fact that the history of modern and contemporary China tends to be viewed as one of revolutions, wars, socialism and nationalism? This study proposes to re-examine the issue of constitutional government in modern and contemporary China from the perspective of the international situation around China.
09/05/29 Comparative Study of Financial Restructuring: South Korea, Thailand and Mexico Yasunobu Okabe I stayed in Mexico, Thailand and South Korea from September 2006 to March 2007 in order to conduct research on financial restructuring. Though it was a tight schedule, taking me to three countries in a period of six months, it provided me, as a researcher of comparative political economics, with the valuable experience of observing differences and similarities among the three countries in a concentrated manner. Based on this experience, I would like to discuss comparative studies, while touching upon Mexico, a “foreign country” from the viewpoint of Asian studies.
08/05/24 The Most Luxurious Paper in the World -Nanping Paper- SUGA Yutaka In a mountainous area of Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China, people still make paper in a traditional way. The paper is made from bamboo, which is cut from the mountains and fields and then passes through a complicated process of several stages taking over half a year. This would make it the most sumptuous paper in the world. This paper is used for ...
08/05/24 Anthropological Approach to State Law and Customary Law/Custom in the Post-Suharto Era TAKANO Sayaka On January 27, 2008, the news of former Indonesian president Suharto's death was announced to the world. During his regime, a strong central administrative framework was established, but by the 1990s, strains on this framework were surfacing in the form of economic instability and uprisings calling for democratization, with an influence that began to have a major impact on various areas of society.
08/04/30 Vietnam Nowadays -What to think of the Nangaku Japanese Language Class- Kenro Tanaka I will introduce the facet of present Vietnam through the history of the Nangaku Japanese Language Class and circumstances of the students, after having finished two years of studying there. The comparison of children of today to people of the new generation among the students symbolises the social change of the present time.
08/03/24 When Works of Art Change Hands ITAKURA Masaaki Given the fact that Japanese and Chinese ancient works of art change hands quite frequently, consideration needs to be given to the works of art by both donors and recipients. As a suitable example, we will introduce the donation of the UEMURA Wado Collection to the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts.
08/02/06 太湖流域の農漁村と歴史学──ヒアリングから明らかにする「非文献」の世界 太田出 中国江蘇省・浙江省・上海市に跨る太湖流域、特に汾湖周辺の呉江市・嘉善県・青浦区の農漁村において、ヒアリングを通して観察しえた汾湖周辺の農漁村について文献史料には登場しない「非文献」の世界を中心に素描する。
07/05/07 Postwar Japanese and Southeast Asian History - A New Viewpoint Hiroyuki Hoshiro Two books were published in 1997 by the same editor and the same publisher, with the subtitles "Japan and Asia" and "Germany in Europe" .A single preposition thus gives a clear indication of how the two nations which lost the Second World War have resumed relations with their neighbours in the postwar period. It is my impression that compared with Germany, Japan is still considered to be outside the framework of Asia. In other words, it has not yet become dissolved into the solution that is "Asia".
07/05/02 Eleven versions of the Analects and other works donated by Mr Hiroshi Yasuda Hidemi Hashimoto Recently the Institute of Oriental Culture received a donation of eleven rare Chinese literary works from the collection of Zenjiro Yasuda, including a number of Shohei era (1346-1370) editions of the Analects of Confucius. I would like in this short report to introduce the eleven items briefly and explain their significance. ....
07/05/01 Asian Studies at Columbia University: Where Asia and New York Meet Mika Inoue Manhattan is a graphic representation of the United States as a "Melting pot" of people of diverse origins. The driver of the taxi I happened to be riding in one day was a middle-aged man who, unusually for his profession, had been born and raised in Manhattan. He told me that he had never traveled outside the United States (with the exception of Canada). "I have never needed to," he explained, "because people from all over the world come to me and tell me lots of different things.".....................
07/04/03 日韓音楽関係史にみるポストコロニアリズム　−日本での鄭京和− 藤井 浩基 韓国人バイオリニスト鄭京和は、常にサイード的なオリエンタリズムや韓国人のエスニシティと対峙しなくてはならなかった。戦後、ポストコロニアリズムのなかで、鄭京和をめぐる日本での批評を軸に韓国人と音楽を結びつける言説の傾向に迫る。
06/10/31 Walking the Landscape Wataru Enomoto I have been allocated the topic "The Frontline in Overseas Field Research", but unfortunately my area of expertise is somewhat different. I have been involved with the history of Japan, China and Korea, but as far as overseas research is concerned, I must ask the assistance of my colleagues abroad and learn from their work. Of course I have gained much from them, but I have no confidence about my qualifications to talk on my own behalf. Therefore I would like to speak here of some recent field research I have undertaken in Japan.
06/10/31 Fieldwork North of the 38th Parallel Yasushi Nakano In the autumn of 2005 I returned to the small fishing village of D on the northern part of the east coast of the Republic of Korea, where I have been doing long-term fieldwork since 2003. I was just in time to attend the regular meeting of the Youth Association, for the first time in a year. Other than the one new member, all the faces were familiar to me and I was relieved. New topics included the whale that had been caught in the fishing nets several days previously, and which had been sold at a great profit by one of the members, who had then been pressed to make a donation to the Association.
06/10/27 Investigating Primary Sources Dealing with Japanese Post-War Diplomatic History Amiko Nobori When studying diplomatic history a vital question is what kind of primary sources the scholar has been able to use, so whether or not documents are open to the public, and can be accessed, is a matter of great concern. As a result of the growing development of electronic archives in recent years, researchers are able to access materials from within Japan and abroad even from home, using the Internet, and so it can be said their job has been made somewhat easier.
06/10/06 Research Methodology for the History of Traditional Asian Medicine Hiroyuki Hokari It was after reading Vandana Shiva's Biopiracy, the Plunder of Nature and Knowledge that I became conscious of the intricate connection between modern civilization and the natural environment. This book is a clarion call, warning that the advanced nations are using, in the name of globalization, the acquisition of patents and genetic engineering as new weapons, enclosing indigenous and local knowledge and even life itself in a new version of colonialization.
06/04/28 Asian Study in Asia and the Role of Japan Fei-Ling Wang In this essay I briefly discuss the importance of Asian study and its underdevelopment in Asia. However, there have been considerable efforts and impressive achievements of the discipline especially in Japan. Finally, I will attempt to make some observations about what more Japan may do to help furthering Asian study in Asia..
06/03/20 2004年インド洋大津波後のタイ南部を歩く 市野澤潤平 004年のインド洋大津波は、タイ南部においても甚大な被害をもたらした。人材不足の中、タイの国際観光の研究者である筆者が要請を受け、津波の被災状況の視察に向かった。災害研究の門外漢が見た被災地の記録。
06/02/23 East Asia: An ideal community Fei-Ling Wang Divided yet booming, East Asia is experiencing an epic reconfiguration. Increasingly, a new organization of East Asian countries is seen as the best way to manage the profound social and economic changes sweeping the region.
06/02/23 Make up with Japan Fei-Ling Wang Few nations are culturally so similar yet have disliked each other so deeply and so long as China and Japan. As the Chinese proverb goes, "Two tigers cannot live on the same hill." Mutual respect based on equality and understanding is sorely lacking in both China and Japan, a situation that could destine them to a violent showdown.
05/11/25 Istanbul: Libraries Jun Akiba
05/05/03 Japanese Studies of Hindu Nationalism Mitsuhiro Kondo Japanese mass media and non-specialists commonly use the term of hindu shijo-shugi (Hindu supremacism) to indicate Hindutva influences in contemporary India. They previously preferred the use of another term, hindu genri-shugi (Hindu fundamentalism), until coming to appreciate Islamic scholars' admonitions against the imprudent use of the word genri-shugi (fundamentalism). This shift happened just a few years ago, and some people still use the term whether or not they mean to make a strong statement............
05/05/01 "Central Asia Reconsidered: Old Problems, New Paradigms" a review article of Ichiro Iwasaki, Tomohiko Uyama and Hisao Komatsu, eds., Contemporary Central Asia: In-Depth Analysis of Political and Economic Transformation (Tokyo: Nihon Hyoronshya, 2004, xxi + pp. 301) Timur Dadabaev
05/05/01 Measuring Societies and Life-styles in Central Asia: Beginning of the Process Timur Dadabaev Central Asian culture, history, art, politics and economics are the predominant fields which attract the international community of scholars to this unique region. This interest is enhanced by Central Asia's rich heritage at the heart of the Silk Road as a hive of cultural exchange and a melting pot of various peoples and civilizations. The demise of the Soviet Union and the advent of independence for Central Asian states further opened up the region to foreign scholars, and also motivated regional scholars to intensify their research thereby putting modern Central Asia on the global academic map....
05/05/01 Central Asian Studies in Japan Komatsu Hisao Central Asian studies in Japan have a rich historiography. The first serious work was undertaken in the 19th century by a young diplomat, Nishi Tokujiro. After working some years in the Japanese embassy in St. Petersburg, in 1880 he travelled extensively in Russian Turkestan. After returning to Japan he continued to study contemporary Central Asia, and in 1886 he published a book, ......
05/05/01 British Academic Caravan Returns to the Silk Road Siddharth S. Saxena Central Asia has a mystical resonance in the British imagination, whether through the writings of the Orientalists or the biographers of the Great Game. The colonial withdrawal and Soviet takeover of the region instigated a steady decline in what was once a glorious tradition of scholarship of the region in Britain, as the access to it became restricted. ......
05/02/09 古代チベットと敦煌−チベット史・敦煌史における古チベット語文書の利用− 岩尾一史 敦煌古チベット語文書群は、古代チベット史、敦煌史の両方にとって質量ともに第一級の史料群である。それにも拘らず、多くの文書が未読のままに置かれているのは何故か？研究史上の問題を考察し、あわせて変わりつつある古チベット語文書の史料状況を紹介する。
04/12/21 ミシガン大学の中国研究：その研究者養成のしくみ 中里見敬 アメリカの大学院で人文・社会科学の研究者はどのように養成されているのだろうか。短期集中の積み重ねによって博士学位を取得し、研究教育職に就くまでの過程を、ミシガン大学での見聞をもとに報告する。
04/12/10 江戸の天文・和算史料論序説 平岡隆二 江戸時代の天文・和算にまつわる史料は、現在国内外の分散して収蔵されており、それに関する情報は日々増大している。既存の体系の中に位置づけていくためには情報をたえず集積し、それらの情報との相互参照という形で、可能な限り多くの比較を積み重ねることが必要とされる。
04/12/10 近代中国の地方文献についての覚書 佐藤仁史 清末民国期の江南の出版文化はその地域社会の自己主張の手段とも見受けられる。それは、こうした地方文献の背景は在地の指導層の動きと密接な関係していたからである。今回、資料調査にて見つけた資料を紹介し、地方文献の利用価値と注意点を解説する。
04/11/16 『大木幹一氏旧蔵ノート』とその底本 高遠拓児 東京大学東洋文化研究所蔵大木文庫の寄贈者として知られる大木幹一氏の旧蔵に関する39冊のノート。その『大木幹一氏旧蔵ノート』についての紹介とノートに記された各種史料についての解説。
04/11/01 N-gramモデルを利用して先秦文献の成書時期を探る—『孫子』十三篇を事例として— 山田崇仁 成書時期が不明な文献に対しては、いくつかのアプローチ方法がある。個々の言葉を、成書時期の明らかな文献と比較するのも１つの方法である。ここでは、テキストを先頭から機械的に分割し、統計的に解析・比較する方法の一例を紹介する。
04/10/04 インド・グジャラート地方の近代史研究—1990年代以降の研究動向を中心に— 井坂理穂 インド西部のグジャラート州は、ヒンドゥー・ナショナリズムの動きなどが背景となって、近年大きな関心を呼んでいる。ここでは1990年代以降のグジャラート研究、特に植民地期を中心とした近代史研究の動向を紹介し、今後の課題を検討する。
04/10/01 チベット高原学会の会場外にみるチベット社会の素顔 シンジルト この夏、ラサで開かれた国際シンポジウムに参加したモンゴル人の著者が、観光化の進む寺院の僧侶や、エクスカーションに雇われた車の運転手など、そこで出会ったチベット人と、チベットの社会的現実について語る。
04/09/02 The Asian Resources Room of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library Takashi Tomikubo The Asian Materials Room of the National Diet Library (NDL), which for over a half century has played a vital role in collecting and providing materials in Chinese, Korean and other Asian languages, made a fresh start as the "Asian Resources Room" in October 2002, when the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library was newly opened. Here, I introduce its current state and challenges as it enters its third year.
04/08/11 The Library of the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) Kumiko Izumisawa Area researchers and people interested in developing countries should visit this library at least once. It has excellent collections of primary materials, such as statistical data and newspapers published in not only Asia but also the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The comfortable library can heighten your motivation toward Asian studies.
04/07/12 族譜・アイデンティティ・日韓関係 玄 大松 いま韓国の猛烈女性たちが日韓関係の軸を揺るがす！　韓国において、個人と門中、そして社会との関係を表象する記号として意味をもつ族譜。族譜をアイデンティティ・歴史認識のコンテクストから読む。
04/07/02 Transdisciplinary (Humanities/Natural Science) Research Projects and the Cultural Anthropologist: The Case of an Area Study of an Arid Oasis Region in China Takahiro Ozaki If I may begin by stating my personal impression, it seems that young cultural anthropologists, including postgraduates doing Ph.D. work, are increasingly conducting their research as members of so-called project studies.........
04/07/02 The Spread of Searchable Digitized Versions of Chinese Materials and the Study of Pre-modern Chinese History Atsushi Aoki Recently, the environment surrounding the study of pre-modern Chinese history in Japan has undergone two revolutionary changes. First, consequent upon a series of nation-wide reforms, universities in Japan have come to place greater emphasis on administrative and educational activities, at the cost of significantly reducing the amount of time that faculty members in humanities can spend on their research activities. ...
04/07/01 漢字ツールよりも電子テキスト？ 二階堂善弘 いままで漢字情報処理はかなり理念先行型で失敗してきたように思える。実際には漢字処理のツールよりも、データベースや電子テキストなどのコンテンツの方がはるかに重要であった。いまこそ、もう一度コンテンツ重視の姿勢に立ち戻るべきではないか？
04/06/22, 03/10/03 Information about Chinese Libraries and Archives: Beijing, Yangzi Delta, Taiwan Eishi　Yamamoto
04/05/11 東南アジアの幼児教育・保育−民族・国家・グローバリゼーションの狭間で 池田充裕 東南アジア３ヶ国（タイ、マレーシア、シンガポール）における幼児教育・保育の調査報告である。グローバリゼーションの流れの中で、各国は母語教育、価値教育、異文化理解教育や外国語教育などについてどのような取り組みを行っているのだろうか。
04/05/07 「国益を反映したODA」を考える 石田正美 2003年8月、「ODA大綱」の改定にあたり、「国益の反映」が非明示的ながらもODAの目的に加わった。筆者は、日本の最大の援助供与国の１つであるインドネシアの調査体験に基づき、「国益を反映したODA」の類型とその是非について論じる。
04/04/27 ポルトガル関係史料によるインド史研究入門 真下裕之 15世紀末から16世紀にかけて環インド洋地域を訪れたポルトガル人は、インド社会の動態を克明に写し取り、大量の記録を残している。本稿は、ムスリム支配時代のインド史研究にポルトガル関係史料を役立てるための実用的入門書である。
04/04/23 甲種本攷　-- 現代中国書の書誌学的研究のひとこま 小島浩之 現代中国書には、タイトルが同じであるにもかかわらず、甲種本、乙種本、丙種本などの区別をもって流通している場合がある。一般に図書館の目録担当者の間では、料紙や装丁の相違を表す言葉だと理解されているが・・・
04/04/16 モンゴル都市・建築史を構築する夢を見て 包 慕萍 文化大革命によって破壊され、３日３晩燃え続けた壮麗なラマ寺院。大人たちは失われた寺の記憶を語り継ぎ、舗装だけが残る寺の跡地は子供たちの秘密基地になっていた——印象的な実体験を交え、内モンゴルに生まれた著者が、「遊牧文明における都市と建築」の研究を構想するまでを語る。
04/04/12 １冊の写本に向き合うことから分かるもの　— ペルシア語写本研究の問題と新たな可能性 —渡部良子 ペルシャ語写本史料が身近になっている現在、校訂＝原テキストの再構築という方向性が主であった従来の研究目的は、写本の来歴・性質を割り出す根拠・物理的特徴を含めさらに深化拡大している。重要写本研究の紹介をしつつ、今後、写本研究に関する知識を広く開放してゆこうとする動きに、積極的に参加することの大切さを述べる。
04/04/01 中国古典詩研究と歴史主義そのほか 浅見洋二 作者と作者の生きた時代背景に依拠する歴史主義的手法は最もオーソドックスな文学研究のスタイルだった。近代以降の文学理論は、歴史主義に対する離反と接近をくりかえしている。そうした欧米の動きは日本の中国古典詩研究とも無縁ではない。
04/03/24 中国演劇研究の現状と展望 加藤 徹 二十世紀初頭に始まった中国演劇研究は、コンセプト面でしばしば日本人研究者がリードしてきた。二十一世紀もその潮流が続くかどうか、いま微妙な段階にさしかかっている。
04/03/24 シャン仏教研究の意義—東南アジア上座仏教研究における新たな可能性 村上忠良 東南アジア大陸部の国境を越えた上座仏教ネットワークを研究する上で、欠かすことのできないシャン仏教の研究が近年本格化し始めている。その研究の意義と今後の可能性を紹介する。
04/03/23 アジア研究の一隅−流通勉強会に集う 岩﨑葉子 人間社会に普遍的に存在する現象である「流通」を切り口に、地域研究の深化を目指す研究会を紹介する。イランの書籍再販制度分析など、研究会の成果が実り始めている。アジアの生の情報との融合によって新たな地平の開拓が期待される。
04/03/18 博物館コレクションをコレクションする 田口理恵 モノに刻まれた多様な履歴を手がかりにモノデータベースを構築し、フィールドワークツールとして活用していく可能性を追求。国内博物館所蔵資料から、いかにしてモノデータベースを構築していくのか、古くて新しい手法による挑戦が始まっている。
04/03/01 「d'CATCHの挑戦」 坂田邦子 アジアのメディアにおいて文化の多様性とはどのように担保できるのか。映像メディアにおける多文化共生とは何を意味するのか。国際的な実践共同研究「d’CATCH」を通じて、グローバルに変容するアジアのメディア文化について考える。
04/03/01 西アジア考古学から見たイラク戦争 小泉龍人 日本人による西アジア考古学の研究はイラクで始まった。しかし現在、イラクの文化遺産がかつてない危機に直面している。博物館から文化財が略奪され、古代遺跡は白昼堂々と盗掘されている。西アジア考古学の立場からイラク戦争後の動静を見る。
04/01/07 India：Manuscript Libraries Kei Kataoka
04/01/06 あちらの事情、こちらの思惑—建築史、都市史をめぐる断章 村松 伸 建築史や都市史は、歴史学では際物あつかいされています。でも、本当は奥が深い（のかもしれない）。あちらの「一般史」の方も、こちらの建築史、都市史の方も、それぞれ事情や思惑がありましょうが、それはさておき、お互いに敬遠しないで、仲良くなりましょう。
04/01/06 日本人のシンガポール体験 西原大輔 日本人はシンガポールをどのように見て来たのか？ 筆者は、幕末以来この港湾都市を訪れた日本人文学者や画家らの断片的な記録を収集している。シンガポール研究史を概観するとともに、日本人のシンガポール体験史を論じる。
03/12/25 South Korea:Libraries Tomohiro Hara
03/12/24 Damascus: Libraries Junichi Taniguchi, Tomoki Ogawara, Yuji Arai
03/12/01 中国現代文学史はいかに「書き換え」られたか 鈴木将久 中国現代文学史の「書き換え」が唱えられてすでに二〇年近くがすぎた。日本の研究界は、この間どのような成果を生みだし、現在いかなる課題に直面しているのだろうか。
03/11/20 Tehran: Libraries Yoshiko Watabe
03/11/18 ガイダンス 東南アジア経済研究 ワイラートサック 薮下 ネーナパー 通貨危機後も世界の注目を集める東南アジア経済。この地域経済の研究状況を、開発経済学、国際経済、アジアビジネスという３つの分野に分類して整理。日本にある東南アジア経済に関係する研究機関と統計資料等も紹介。
03/11/18 ある一人の入宋僧 榎本 渉 入宋日本僧とされている白蓮社に関係する史料を考察し、白蓮社入宋説が誤説である可能性が高いことを指摘。徹底した史料採集・整理によって、入宋僧に関する通説の再検討が必要かつ可能であることを暗示。
03/11/12 中国史への内在的研究姿勢と外在的研究姿勢 青木 敦 中国史研究において、中国文化に即した（内在的）研究姿勢と、外部の要素に目を向ける（外在的）研究姿勢のそれぞれの効用及び限界を指摘し、両者のバランスをとることの重要性を説く。
03/10/14 Views on Contemporary Islam: Fundamentalism and Sufism Masayuki Akahori "Islam means fundamentalism and fundamentalism means Islam." The way the world has viewed Islam over the past quarter century can be summarized, in simple terms, in one word-"fundamentalism."
03/10/14 台湾における日本殖民時代の蔵書と日本のアジア研究 王 詩倫 台湾の日本植民地時代の統治主体である総督府の資料、また総督府及び関係者によって集められた書籍・資料が現在所蔵されている機関の紹介。アジア研究という視野からそれら資料の利用価値及び可能性を探る。
03/10/14 日本におけるアジアの建築史研究 深見奈緒子 アジアにおける建築史研究の問題点をふまえ、日本の建築史研究を再検討。現代における日本の建築史研究の実用性を指摘するとともに、アジアから世界建築史の視角を提案する必要性を説く。
03/10/14 東地中海のイスラーム・西欧史料をめぐって 堀井 優 中東・ヨーロッパ間の異文化接触の現場から生み出された史料には、研究上いかなる価値があり、またどのような限界があるだろうか。16世紀前半のオスマン朝、マムルーク朝、ヴェネィアの史料を例に考える。
03/10/03 The Future of the Study of Classical Chinese Novels in Japan: Recollections on Developments in the Late Twentieth Century Nozomu Ueda Modern studies in classical Chinese novels already have a history of nearly 80 years since their beginning in the 1920s with the pioneering efforts of people such as Lu Xun and Shionoya On. When looking back at the long history since then, it is undeniable that the 1990s stands out as a decade when studies in classical Chinese novels underwent the most profound changes not only in Japan, but also throughout the world. .....