European Association for Japanese Studies

The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS or ヨーロッパ日本研究協会 ヨーロッパにほんけんきゅうきょうかい) was established in 1973 by European scholars in order to facilitate academic exchange in the field of Japanese studies within Europe.

Since 1976, conferences have been organised almost every three years.

All the activities of EAJS are mainly supported by the Japan Foundation, the Toshiba International Foundation, as well as some private funds.

Sections

Each conference is divided into specialist sections with convenors for each one. For 2011 the ten sections were: Urban and Environmental Studies Language and Linguistics Literature Visual and Performing Arts Anthropology and Sociology Economics, Business and Political Economy History Religion and History of Ideas Politics and International Relations Translating and Teaching Japanese

Conferences

2021, Ghent / Belgium (held online) 2017, Lisbon / Portugal 2014, Ljubljana / Slovenia 2011, Tallinn / Estonia 2008, Lecce / Italy 2005, Vienna / Austria 2003, Warsaw / Poland 2000, Lahti / Finland 1997, Budapest / Hungary 1994, Copenhagen / Denmark 1991, Berlin / Germany 1988, Durham / UK 1985, Paris / France 1982, The Hague / Netherlands 1979, Florence / Italy 1976, Zurich / Switzerland 1973, Oxford, London / UK (1st)

Current president

2017-2020 Andrej BEKEŠ, University of Ljubljana

Past presidents

2014-2017 Bjarke Frellesvig, University of Oxford

2011-2014 Rein Raud, Helsinki University

2008-2011 Harald Fuess, Heidelberg University

2005–2008 Viktoria Eschbach-Szabo, Tübingen University

2003–2005 Brian Powell, Oxford University

2000–2003 Joseph Kyburz, CNRS Paris

1997–2000 Peter Kornicki, Cambridge University

1994–1997 Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Freie Universitaet Berlin

1991–1994 Adriana Boscaro, Venice University

1988–1991 Sepp Linhart, Vienna University

1985–1988 Ian Nish, London School of Economics

1982–1985 Olof Lidin, Copenhagen University

1979–1982 Charles Dunn, SOAS London

1976–1979 Joseph Kreiner, Bonn University

1975–1976 Joseph Kreiner, Bonn University

1973–1974 Patrick O'Neill, London University

Notes

External links

EAJS official home page

Japanese studies