The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Seminars, Symposia, and Academic Conferences

Sunday, November 24, 2019
KAKENHI International Workshop　Boundaries of the ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
“The Natural and the Supernatural in Comparative Perspective”
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
“Anthropological Study on Cultural and Behavioral Change through Dispersal and Contact of Human Populations”

  • Date & Time: Sunday, November 24, 2019, 10:30-17:00
  • Venue: National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), Conference Room 4
  • Access: 10~15 min. walk from Bampakukinenkoen station (Osaka monorail), Main building 2nd floor
  • Language:English
 

Program

10:30 - 11:00 Yuriko Yamanaka (National Museum of Ethnology, Professor)
“Introduction: Where Lie the Boundaries?”
11:00 - 11:30 Richard Stoneman (University of Exeter, Honorary Visiting Professor)
"Natural Marvels, Imaginary Science, and Philosophy: Greek and Roman Responses to the World's Wonders"
11:30 - 12:00 Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University, Assistant Professor)
"Ibi sunt quedam monstra: Locating the Marvelous in Medieval European Encyclopedias"
12:00 - 14:30 Lunch and Special Exhibition tour
14:30 - 15:00 Norihito Hayashi (Ryukoku University, Associate Professor)
“Observations on the Illustrations of Monsters: The Earliest Images of Monstrous Races in al-Qazwīnī’s Wonders of Creation”
15:00 - 15:30 Manami Yasui (International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Professor)
“Body Image in Yōkai Illustrations:　Considering the Yōkai of the Eye”
15:30 - 15:45 Break
15:45 - 17:00 Moderation: Hitoshi Yamada (Tohoku University, Associate Professor) & Yuriko Yamanaka
Commentator: Jill Cook (Head of the Department of Britain, Europe & Prehistory, British Museum)