University of California Santa Barbara – Japan Foundation Summer Institute
Histories of the Japanese Book: Past, Present, Future
May 31–June 2, 2013
all talks held in:
McCune Conference Room
6020 HSSB
University of California Santa Barbara
The Summer Institute will serve as a forum for intensive exploration of topics relating broadly to Japanese book history and the ways in which knowledge and reading experiences are structured by material form.
Issues that may arise include:
the past, present, and future of books, magazines, & journals
printing, publication, & circulation
bookstores & booksellers
reading & readers
letter-writing
library collections of Japanese books inside and outside Japan
online databases and other resources, & the digital humanities
The main events of the Summer Institute will take place over three days, encompassing presentations and discussion relating to Japanese books in the past (historical research, analysis of books etc.), and to the present and future of Japanese books (the potentials and pitfalls of the digital humanities, how digital tools alter the types of questions researchers can pose, the future of publishing, etc.).
Please see "Institute Participants" and "Schedule" pages for further information about the Institute and about visiting scholars, grad students, postdocs, and their planned presentations.
Issues that may arise include:
the past, present, and future of books, magazines, & journals
printing, publication, & circulation
bookstores & booksellers
reading & readers
letter-writing
library collections of Japanese books inside and outside Japan
online databases and other resources, & the digital humanities
The main events of the Summer Institute will take place over three days, encompassing presentations and discussion relating to Japanese books in the past (historical research, analysis of books etc.), and to the present and future of Japanese books (the potentials and pitfalls of the digital humanities, how digital tools alter the types of questions researchers can pose, the future of publishing, etc.).
Please see "Institute Participants" and "Schedule" pages for further information about the Institute and about visiting scholars, grad students, postdocs, and their planned presentations.