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The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS or ヨーロッパ日本研究協会　ヨーロッパにほんけんきゅうきょうかい) was established in 1973 by European scholars in order to facilitate academic exchange in the field of
Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ...
within Europe. Since 1976, conferences have been organised almost every three years. All the activities of EAJS are mainly supported by the
Japan Foundation The is a Japanese foundation that spreads Japanese culture around the world. Based in Tokyo, it was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture. I ...
, the Toshiba International Foundation, as well as some private funds.


Sections

Each conference is divided into specialist sections with convenors for each one. For 2011 the ten sections were: * Urban and Environmental Studies * Language and Linguistics * Literature * Visual and Performing Arts * Anthropology and Sociology * Economics, Business and Political Economy * History * Religion and History of Ideas * Politics and International Relations * Translating and Teaching Japanese


Conferences

* 2021, Ghent / Belgium (held online) * 2017, Lisbon / Portugal * 2014, Ljubljana / Slovenia * 2011, Tallinn / Estonia * 2008, Lecce / Italy * 2005, Vienna / Austria * 2003, Warsaw / Poland * 2000, Lahti / Finland * 1997, Budapest / Hungary * 1994, Copenhagen / Denmark * 1991, Berlin / Germany * 1988, Durham / UK * 1985, Paris / France * 1982, The Hague / Netherlands * 1979, Florence / Italy * 1976, Zurich / Switzerland * 1973, Oxford, London / UK (1st)


Current president

* 2017-2020 Andrej BEKEŠ,
University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...


Past presidents

* 2014-2017 Bjarke Frellesvig, University of Oxford * 2011-2014
Rein Raud Rein Raud (born 21 December 1961) is an Estonian academic and author. Early life He was born in 1961 in the family of Eno Raud and Aino Pervik, both children's authors. He is the eldest of three children. His younger brother Mihkel Raud is ...
, Helsinki University * 2008-2011 Harald Fuess, Heidelberg University * 2005–2008 Viktoria Eschbach-Szabo, Tübingen University * 2003–2005 Brian Powell, Oxford University * 2000–2003 Joseph Kyburz, CNRS Paris * 1997–2000
Peter Kornicki Peter Francis Kornicki (born 1 May 1950) Fellow of the British Academy, FBA is an English Japanologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Japanese at Cambridge University and Emeritus Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He is particularly known for h ...
, Cambridge University * 1994–1997 Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Freie Universitaet Berlin * 1991–1994 Adriana Boscaro, Venice University * 1988–1991 Sepp Linhart, Vienna University * 1985–1988 Ian Nish, London School of Economics * 1982–1985 Olof Lidin, Copenhagen University * 1979–1982 Charles Dunn, SOAS London * 1976–1979 Joseph Kreiner, Bonn University * 1975–1976 Joseph Kreiner, Bonn University * 1973–1974 Patrick O'Neill, London University


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External links


EAJS official home page
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