International
Exchanges
International exchanges and academic exchanges etc.
The Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute promotes understanding of Shinto culture and actively undertakes cross-cultural exchanges via exchanges with the following different religious organizations and academic institutions at home and abroad.
Inter Faith Exchanges
- Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue
- WCRP (World Conference of Religions for Peace)
- Community of Sant’Egidio
- Order of Friars Minor
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jewish Community of Japan
Academic exchanges
SOAS, University of London
Meiji Jingu is working to promote understanding of Japanese culture in Europe, particularly in the U.K., via academic exchanges with SOAS, University of London by supporting in 3 measures.
“Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Scholarships” (for two doctoral students/ year)
“Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Grants” (for academic researchers)
“Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture” every October at SOAS
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Awarding ceremony in 2018
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The Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture in 2018
（1）Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Scholarships
| Recipient | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jennifer Schofield | Advances in accessibility technology and their potential applications in the workplace in Japan |
| Matthew Hitchmough | The Nitten Exhibition and Postwar Developments in Nihonga | |
| 2021 | Funabashi Sachiho | Discourse of Peacebuilding and Identity in Foreign Policy |
| Huang Shih-cheng | Return to Japan: Modernity and Cultural Identity in Japanese Photography, 1920s-1960s | |
| 2020 | Huiying Yang | Employee Trust in Japanese Firms: A Case of Different Types of Employees in Japanese Information and Communication Technology Industry |
| Jeong Wonwoong | Japan–Korea Relations during the Détente Period | |
| 2019 | Eric Smith | A World of Our Own: Contemporary Japanese Animation and Personal Cosmology in the Post-Modern |
| Liubov Ampleva | The Beautiful Other: Behind the Images of Russian Caucasian Fashion Models in Contemporary Japan. | |
| 2018 | Laurence Green | From score to song - The rise of the ‘star composer’ and the role of music in contemporary anime |
| Emanuela Sala | Commentaries, Word Games and Buddhist Hermeneutics in the Kamakura Period | |
| 2017 | Paul-Otto Yorck Kaletsch | Death or Heritage: The academic discourse on the Japanese and German 1968 left-libertarian movements’ aftermath |
| Julia Stolyar | T.V. Drama remakes between Japan and Korea | |
| 2016 | Fukunaga Ai | A Different Type of Tea: British collecting of ceramics for Sencha Tea Gatherings from Meiji-era Japan, focusing on the British Museum and Maidstone Museum Collections |
| Martha Satoko Tsutsui | A Documentation and Description of Disappearing Predicates in Southern Amami-Oshima | |
| 2015 | Jamie Tokuno | Translating Ecotourism |
| Marcello Francioni | Onee-Kotoba. Language, Sexuality and Social Change in Contemporary Japan. | |
| 2014 | Elia Dal Corso | Study on Evidential Strategies in the Sakhalin Dialect of Ainu and Nivkh |
| Suzuki Michiko | A History of Japanese Red Cross Society Humanitarian Relief Activities in Wartime Japan, 1934-1946 | |
| 2013 | Myung Ja Kim | Diaspora and the divided homeland |
| Anlan Chen | How should Chinese Enterprises Respond to the Contemporary Economic Transition? - A Comparative analysis between Japan and China in terms of firm strategies | |
| 2012 | Gyogi Eiko | Translation as a Means to Promote Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence |
| Kameda Yuko | Sustaining Linguistic Diversity and Multicultural Ethnicity in Contemporary Japan | |
| 2011 | Alessia Costa | Body Assemblages: Bioethics and Organ Donation in Japan |
| Radu Leca | Images of alterity in the Japanese spatial imaginary of the 17th century | |
| 2010 | Martyn Smith | The Discourse on the Nation in Postwar Japan 1952-1972 |
| Ivan Rumanek | Edo Period Theatre - Offspring of Nō? Etymology of genre. | |
| 2009 | Shibagaki Ryosuke | Secondary predicates in Japanese |
| Barbara Micyk | Evil in Edo Monster Illustrated Fiction (Bake-mono kusazōshi) | |
| 2008 | Oshikiri Taka | Gathering for tea in Meiji Japan, c1860-1910 |
| Emma Cook | Japanese 'Freeters': Moving Beyond the Salaryman 'Model' of Masculinity |
（2）Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Grants
| Recipient | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lucia Dolce | Of Monks and Embryos: The Construction of the Ritual Body in Mediaeval Japan |
| 2021 | Nakajima Akiko | A Study of the Polysemy of Foreign Words : Focusing on the word "Mild.” |
| Yatabe Kazuhiko | Japanese Language and Culture Education in French Universities - A Survey of New Students' Mentality | |
| Estelle Bauer | A Study of the Diplomatic Gifts made by the Tokugawa Shogunate to the European States between 1860 and 1864 | |
| 2020 | Jean-Michel Butel | Short-term Fieldwork in Hachijôjima (anthropological studies) |
| 2019 | Midori Hirose | A Study of Foreign Settlement Buildings in and around Kobe in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
| Alexandre ROY | An Analysis of the Japanese Aircraft Manufacturing Industry during the 1920s | |
| Arichi Meri | Exhibition of photographs in the Wolfson Gallery in SOAS Library | |
| Pizziconi Barbara | Study abroad in Japan and the development of intercultural competence | |
| Volz Ulrich | How Green is the Bank of Japan’s Quantitative Easing Policy? | |
| 2018 | Mihara Ryotaro | The Trans-Asianising of Japanese Cultural and Creative Industries: Case Studies of Animation Projects in China, India and beyond |
| Timon Screech | Oxford History of Japanese Art- editorial assistance | |
| Ulrich Volz | The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy in Japan | |
| 2017 | Griseldis Kirsch | The Japanese Creative Industries: A Critical Overview in Japan |
| Iwasaki Noriko | Japanese native speakers’ and learners’ perception and attitude toward Japanese mimetics (giongo/gitaigo). | |
| Timon Screech | Publication support for monograph: The Shogun’s Silver Telescope: God, Art & Money if the English Quest for Japan | |
| 2016 | Fabio Raphael Gygi | NEURO-ORIENTALISM: Cultural Difference and the New Brain Sciences in Japan |
| Iwasaki Noriko Barbara Pizziconi |
Study abroad in Japan and intercultural and personal development | |
| 2015 | Helen Macnaughtan | Diversity Management in Japanese Companies: Constraints, Challenges, Solutions |
| Sato-Rossberg Nana | The history of Japanese Translation Studies from 1970 – 1990 | |
| Stephen Dodd | Kokoro as a Queer Text: Through the Lens of Translation Studies | |
| 2014 | Stephen Dodd | The Translation of Same-Sex Desire in Natsume Soseki's Kokoro |
| Kristin Surak | Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice Author Meets Critics Session | |
| Helen Macnaughtan | The "Witches of the Orient" and Japanese sporting history | |
| Lucia Dolce | Spirit Possession: Exploring Power, Personhood, Body and Agency across Asian Societies | |
| 2013 | Lucia Dolce | Sengu: Renewal of the Ise Shrine in 2013 |
| Arichi Meri | ||
| Iwasaki Noriko | Jesture of Japan | |
| Helen Macnaughtan | Japanese Households and Everyday Consumption: focus on household electric appliances | |
| 2012 | Stephen Dodd | Urban Architecture:Sei Ito “Yuki no Machi” |
| Iwasaki Noriko | Images of Japan: Japanese learners’ images of Japanese society, people and language before and after studying abroad in Japan. | |
| Christopher Gerteis | Manufacturing Memories: The Intersection of Fiduciary Duty and Social Responsibility in Contemporary Japan | |
| 2011 | Lucia Dolce | Contemporary Religious Art in China and Japan |
| Suzuki Minori | Acceptance of Gagaku in German | |
| 2010 | Peter Sells | Expressive Words in Japanese: A Linguistic Perspective on Grammatical Creativity |
| Timon Screech | Catalogue Database of the British Museum’s Holdings of Edo-Period Japanese Buddhist Art | |
| 2009 | Christopher Gerteis | Revisiting Postwar Japan: An Edited Book Conference |
| 2008 | Lucia Dolce | Contemporary forms of Shinto-Buddhist associative rituals |
| Angus Lockyer | Rethinking the Thirties: Japan and Beyond |
（3）Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture at SOAS
| Recipient | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dolores Martinez | A Secular Japan? Rethinking the debate on religion in Japan |
| 2021 | Jolyon Baraka Thomas | The Allied Occupation of Japan, Religious Freedom, and Japanese Public Schools |
| 2019 | Peter Kornicki | Hush-hush: Japanese studies in wartime Britain and Bletchley Park |
| 2018 | Simon Partner | The Merchant’s Tale: One Family’s Experience of the Meiji Restoration and the Transformation of Japan |
| 2017 | Christopher Hood | Conflicting and Complementary Demands after a Disaster: The Different Faces of Remembering the JL123 Crash |
| 2016 | Hugo Dobson | Who’s Sori Now? The afterlives of Japanese Prime Ministers |
| 2015 | Jordan Sand | Between the Imperial Capital and World City: The Tourist’s Tokyo a Century Ago |
| 2014 | Theodore Bestor | Washoku on the World Stage: Japanese Traditional Cuisine as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| 2013 | Sharalyn Orbaugh | Mobilizing the Home Front: Japanese and British Domestic Propaganda in World War Two |
| 2012 | Joy Hendry | Anthropology turning History Some Advantages and Surprises of Long-term Fieldwork in Japan |
| 2011 | Cecile Sakai | Women and the Global : a New Era in Japanese Contemporary Literature |
| 2010 | Richard Bowring | Yamaga Soko and the Way of the Samurai |
| 2009 | Sepp Linhart | Mikado, Tipperary, Bouquet d’Amour and Sukiyaki:On the Mutual Reception of Popular Music in Japan & the West |
| 2008 | Angus Lockyer | Beyond Diplomacy -Angro-Japanese Relations during the Nineteenth Century- |
Université de Paris and the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations
To deepen understanding of Japan in France, Meiji Jingu signed an agreement to support Japanese studies at Université de Paris and the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Inalco) in 2015. The goal is to further enhance the understanding of Japan and promote interactions by providing scholarships to doctoral students, as well as subsidies for Japanese studies conducted by scholars of both institutions.
2019 Meiji Jingu PhD Scholarship Student
Ms. Voyau Elise（Inalco）
（1）Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Scholarships
| Recipient（Université de Paris, Inalco） | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Grégoire Jouclas | Watsuji Tetsurō's Ethics and the Pacific War: About the Fall and Resurgence of a National Moral Theory |
| 2020 | Gabrielle Laumonier | The Dai Nippon Butoku Kai and the Birth of Japanese Sports (1895 – 1909) |
| Daniel Said Monteiro | Hybrid Cosmologies in Early Modern Nagasaki as Seen through the Works of Nishikawa Joken (1648–1724): Combining Astronomical and Geographical Knowledge from Japan, China and Europe | |
| 2019 | Elise Voyau | An Introduction to Japanese Photography Theory |
| 2017 | Tran Agathe Marie | Natsume Sōseki, literature and picture, influence of image media |
| 2016 | Sarah Humbert Vallette d’Oshia | Life, social roles and status of courtesansin Early-Modern Kyoto |
| Edouard L’Hérisson | Japanese Religion in Manchuria at the beginning of the 20th century | |
| 2015 | Laguerre Christophe | Rôle et usage de l’alcool dans la société japonaise |
| Simon Ebersolt | *Iki* and the Contingent | |
| 2014 | Caroline Boissier | À l'aube de l'industrie musicale japonaise |
| Allard Aurelien Rene Valentin | Reclassification and Reorganization of Shinto Shrines in Meiji and Taisho Era |
（2）Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Grants
| Recipient | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Guibourg Delamotte | Japan's Defence Policy and Security Issues in Asia |
| 2018 | Oshima Hiroko | Analyse des erreurs des étudiants français apprenant le japonais |
| Guibourg Delamotte | Studying Japan’s Democracy | |
| 2017 | Tokumitsu Naoko | The development of neighborhood networks into urbanization: a study about crime prevention by the inhabitants of Tokyo |
| Christophe Marquet | Construction of a database and field research on Otsu-e folk-painting to organize an exhibition | |
| 2016 | Nakajima Akiko | Japanese Thesaurus Online Project |
| Konuma Isabelle | Marges sociales et redefinition des norms en France et au Japon(colloque international) | |
| 2015 | Cécile SAKAI | In the frame of EDOGAWA Ranpo International Symposium (October 2016 in Paris), preparatory field study (interviews, visits to archives, etc.) |
| Rémi Scoccimarro | 4 years after the 3.11 disaster: community recovery and reconstruction policies assessment in the tsunami and nuclear hit Tohoku region |
（3）Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture in Paris
| Lecturer | Theme | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Andrew Levidis | A Deep Empire in the Cold War: Manchukuo and the Birth of Anticommunist Internationalism in East Asia, 1931-1975 | Inalco |
| 2021 | Giorgio Amitrano | Craft and Magic. Translating Japanese Literature in the Italian Context | Paris |
| 2019 | Martyn Smith | About Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan | Inalco |
| 2018 | Anna Andreeva | Buddhist expertise on embryology, childbirth, and women's health in medieval Japan | Paris 7 |
| 2017 | Ricard Bru | The Japanese Mingei Movement and Catalan Artists | Inalco |
| 2016 | Peter Kornicki | Why did Yoshimune’s books need new covers? | Paris 7 |
| 2015 | Robert Khan | The Konsenshū(1165) of Kenshō: The Making of a Poetic Curmudgeon? | Inalco |
L'Institut Catholique de Paris (Paris, France)
In 2013, 2014, 2015&2019 at the request of this French university, the Institute accepted a students majoring in religious dialogue as an intern. The students received practical training for a period of about 10 days.
Lectures at foreign institutions
Senior Research Fellow Imaizumi Yoshiko gave lectures on the history of Meiji Jingu at Ghent University in Belgium March 2013 and at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf in Germany in May 2013.
Academic Network
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London [London, UK]
- Oxford Brookes University [Oxford, UK]
- University of East Anglia [Norwich, UK]
- Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures [Norwich, UK]
- Cardiff University [Cardiff, UK]
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) [Paris, France]
- Université de Paris [Paris, France]
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco) [Paris, France]
- Institut Catholique de Paris [Paris, France]
- Université de Strasbourg [Strasbourg, France]
- Maison Universitaire France-Japon [Strasbourg, France]
- Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 [Lyon, France]
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf, Germany]
- Université Catholique de Louvain [Leuven, Belgium]
- Université de Gand [Ghent, Belgium]
- Universität Wien [Vienna, Austria]
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna, Austria]
- Universität Zürich [Zurich, Switzerland]
- Charles University [Prague, Czech]
- Universidad de Salamanca [Salamanca, Spain]
- Universiteit Leiden [Leiden, Netherlands]
- Pontificia Università Gregoriana [Rome, Italy]
- University of Warsaw [Warsaw, Poland]
- Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) [Budapest, Hungary]
- European Institute of Japanese Studies [Stockholm, Sweden]
- University of Copenhagen [Copenhagen, Denmark]
- Dublin City University [Dublin, Ireland]
- Trinity College Dublin [Dublin, Ireland]
- University College Dublin [Dublin, Ireland]
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem [Jerusalem, Israel]
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals [Dhahran, Saudi Arabia]
- Charles Sturt University [New South Wales, Australia]
- Adelphi University [New York, USA]
- University of San Diego [California, USA]
- Harvard University [Massachusetts, USA]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Massachusetts, USA]
- Brigham Young University (BYU) [Utah, USA]
- Langara College [Vancouver, Canada]
- University of São Paulo [São Paulo, Brazil]
In this and other ways, the Institute is working to communicate Japanese culture, as well as Shinto culture, to the world by seeking to build networks, and through person-to-person exchanges and the provision of materials.
