The Department of Japanology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań and The Department of Japanology and Sinology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków would like to invite you to an international academic conference Practicing Japan – 35 years of Japanese Studies in Poznań and Kraków, to be held 24‒26 March 2022 remotely on the MS Teams platform. 

We invite you to join us to discuss various aspects of getting to know and experiencing Japan, including experiencing the country indirectly (of particular importance in the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic) – in particular, through the effects of creative activity (literary, artistic, religious-philosophical, scientific research), the prism of language, history, politics, society, and law, as well as academic teaching. Four thematic sections (areas) have been planned:

a) Literature, Theatre, Film and Art

b) Language, Linguistics, Education

c) History, Religion

d) Law, politics, society

Application deadlines and registration:

To register, please fill out the following form:

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If you should encounter any problems filling out the form, please send an e-mail to: 35-shunen@amu.edu.pl.

• Email address:
• First Name:
• Last Name:
• Title or academic: student, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, PhD, professor
• Affiliation:
• Is an original invitation required: Yes / No
• If yes, provide mailing address:
• Section participation – choose one: a) Literature, Theatre, Film and Art; b) Language, Linguistics, Education; c) History, Religion; d) Law, Politics, Society
• Paper to be presented: Yes / No
• Language of presentation: English / Japanese
• Title of paper (for those presenting a paper) (English / Japanese):
• Abstract of paper (100‒200 words) (for those presenting a paper) (English / Japanese):
• Publication: Yes / No

Presentations are planned for 30-minute slots: a 20-minute presentation + a 10-minute discussion.

Conference languages: English, Japanese

Power Point presentations can be used.

Conference fee: conference is free of charge

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2022.

Confirmation of acceptance of papers will be sent by 17 February 2022.

Full texts of papers for printing should be submitted by the end of May 2022.

Technical details and the conference program will be provided at a later date.