Thursday, March 30, 2017
08:00–17:30: Pre-Conference Tour of Nara (optional extra)
17:00–18:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open
18:00–19:30: Conference Welcome Reception
Friday, March 31, 2017
08:15-09:00: Conference Registration
09:00-09:15: Announcements and Welcome Address
09:15-10:15: Plenary Panel
History, Story, Narrative – Constructing History
Featured Panelists:
Brian Victoria, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, UK
Georges Depeyrot, French National Center for Scientific Research, France
Myles Chilton, Nihon University, Japan
10:15-10:30: IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2017
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-12:00: Plenary Panel
Art and Narrative in the Public Sphere
Featured Panelists:
Yutaka Mino, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Tan Tarn How, National University of Singapore, Singapore
12:00-12:15: IAFOR Documentary Photography Award & Conference Photograph
12:15-13:45: Lunch Break
13:45-14:45: Featured Workshop
Utilising Technology to Unlock the Past
Ruth Farrar, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
Lucy Telling, Stand + Stare, United Kingdom
Barney Heywood, Stand + Stare, United Kingdom
14:45-15:00: Coffee Break
15:00-16:15: Piano Workshop
Marusya Nainggolan, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
16:15-16:25: Coffee Break
16:25-17:25: Poster Session
17:30-18:30: Haiku Workshop
Emiko Miyashita, Haiku International Association, Japan
Hana Fujimoto, Haiku International Association, Japan
19:00-21:00: Official Conference Dinner (optional extra)
Saturday, April 1, 2017
09:00-10:30: Parallel Sessions
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-12:45: Parallel Sessions
12:45-13:45: Lunch Break
12:45-13:30: Sado (Tea Ceremony) Demonstration
13:30-15:00: Parallel Sessions
15:00-15:15: Break
15:15-16:45: Parallel Sessions
16:45-17:00: Break
17:00-17:30: Spotlight Session
Ambiguous Japan: A Study on Four Lectures of Nobel Prize Winner Kenzaburo Oe
Michele Eduarda Brasil de Sá, University of Brasília, Brazil
17:30-18:30: Workshop Presentation
Writing Our Lives through Dreams: Taemong as Oral History and Personal Mythology
Loren Goodman, Yonsei University/Underwood International College, South Korea
Sunday, April 2, 2017
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-12:45: Parallel Sessions
12:45-13:30: Lunch Break
13:30-15:30: Parallel Sessions
15:45-16:15: Conference Closing Address
Monday, April 3, 2017
08:00–18:00: Post-Conference Tour of Kyoto (optional extra).
The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on February 27, 2018. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.
The above schedule may be subject to change.