Events PLACES TAKING PLACE - Final Session: Italian Culture in Japan

This event will feature a presentation of the Japanese translation of Arte come mestiere, a highly esteemed work by Bruno Munari, one of Italy’s most distinguished and influential artists. The speakers will be the volume’s translators: Hideyuki Doi, Satoko Ishida, and Taketo Ota. Following this, drawing on his earlier work on the book Italian Culture and Japan – History of Italian Studies in Japan, Professor Doi will offer an overview of the current state of Italian cultural knowledge in Japan. The event will close with a roundtable discussion with Japanese-language lecturer and writer Massimo Soumaré, who will join via Zoom, to explore the themes raised and their relation to the presence of Italian culture in Japan.

Program:

 

16:00-18:00:      Italian Culture in Japan

Speakers: 

Hideyuki DOI (University of Tokyo) 

Satoko ISHIDA (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies) 

Taketo ŌTA (Chiba University)

 

18:00-19:00: Discussion

Moderator: 

Massimo Soumaré (writer and translator. Lecturer at Università Popolare in Turin)

 

This workshop will take place in Italian, English and Japanese. It will be possible to ask questions using other languages.

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