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Past World Cultural Forum
2008 (6th)
Nara and Silk Road
— Towards the Future of the Asian Gateway —
From ancient times, the Silk Road that linked China with Europe brought advanced technologies and rare objects to Japan. This was the prototype of the Asian Gateway. Nara, the site of the ancient Japanese capital Heijo-kyo, celebrates its 1,300th anniversary in 2010. This session will, with the assistance of visual aids, observe the cultural and commercial exchanges that took place along the ancient Silk Road trade routes that led all of the way from Anatolia to China and on through the Korean Peninsula in the perspective of world history and the development of East-West exchange.
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Outline
Date:Sunday, November 30, 2008 (13:30 - 17:00)
Venue:Kohfukuji Convention Hall (48 Noboriouji-cho, Nara City)
Organizers:Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan; Nara Prefecture; Nikkei Inc.; NHK; Council to Promote the Power of Culture from Kansai
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YAMAUCHI Masayuki
Professor, The Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
Specializing in the history of international relations and Islamic area studies, YAMAUCHI Masayuki's awards include the IDE-JETRO Promotion of Research on Developing Countries Award, the Suntory Liberal Arts Award, the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award (twice), the Yoshino Sakuzo Prize, the Shiba Ryotaro Prize, and the Purple Ribbon Medal in 2006. He is Executive Director of the Middle East Research Institute, and member of the Council for Cultural Affairs, the Foreign Service Personnel Committee, Round Table Conference of the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Experts on Ainu Policy, Advisory Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Japan-Arab Dialogue Forum, the Japan-China Joint History Research Committee and the Japan-ROK Joint History Research Committee. He has lead Middle East cultural missions on three occasions as a member of former Prime Minister Koizumi's Task Force on Foreign Relations and served as acting Chairman of the "Creating a Beautiful Country" planning council of former Prime Minster Abe. |
*Prof. HIRAYAMA Ikuo will not be able to attend, and Prof. YAMAUCHI Masayuki will serve as the chairperson. |
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Solmaz ÜNAYDIN (Republic of Turkey)
Former Ambassador of Turkey to Japan
Solmaz ÜNAYDIN, received an M.A. from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA. She entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1967 and served in various positions including Second Secretary and Counselor in the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the UN, First Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Egypt, Ambassador of Turkey to Sweden and Poland, Director General of the Department for Overseas Promotion of Turkey and Director General for Policy Planning Department. H.E. Ms. ÜNAYDIN took up her appointment as Ambassador to Japan in 2003. After her return to Turkey in January 2007, she has been responsible for special projects in the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and contributing to the Campaign of Turkey's Security Council Seat, also served as a chairperson of Izmir Expo-2015 Promotion Board.
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WANG Yong (China)
Director, Professor, Institute of Japanese Culture Studies, Zhejiang Gongshang University
WANG Yong graduated from the Hangzhou University of Commerce in the Department of Japanese Language in 1982, completed postgraduate studies at the Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, and received his Ph.D. in Japanese Studies from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan) in 1996. He is concurrently Director of the Institute of Japanese Culture Studies at Zhejiang Gongshang University, Professor at Fudan University, and Vice President of the Chinese Association for Japanese History. He specializes in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges, particularly in the exchange of books in East Asia, and proposes the concept of a "Book Road." His Japanese publications include "Shotokutaishi Jiku Chouetsu (Prince Shotoku goes beyond time and space)," "To kara mita Kentoshi (Japan's emissaries viewed from Tang China)," "Chugokushi no nakano Nihon zo (The images of Japan in Chinese history)," "Onme no Shizuku nuguhabaya—Ganjin Wajo Shinden (The dew from your eyes I want to wipe: New legend of Jianzhen)," and "Shomotsu no Chunichi Koryushi (Sino-Japanese history through the exchange of books)."
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KIM Hodong (Republic of Korea)
Professor, Seoul National University
KIM Hodong received his B.A. from Seoul National University in 1979 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1986. In the same year he joined the Department of Asian History at Seoul National University; since then he has been teaching Central Asian history there. His doctoral thesis was published at the Stanford University Press in 2004, "Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877." Recently, KIM has turned his main focus to the history of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. He has published a number of articles in Korean, but two articles are available in English. His book on the Nestorian movement in Eurasia (in Korean) received The Best Publication Award in Korea in 2003. Currently he is working on the communication and the cultural interactions over Central Eurasia in the Mongol Era. KIM is now President of the Korean Association for Central Asian Studies, a nation-wide organization, and Director of the Institute for Central Eurasian Studies at Seoul National Univesrity.
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Program
* The program may be subject to change.
Opening 13:30
• Session:
Nara and Silk Road
- YAMAUCHI Masayuki
- Solmaz ÜNAYDIN
- WANG Yong
- KIM Hodong
Closing 17:00 |
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