Moving Art between East Asia and the West. An International Symposium

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, March 7
17:30 pm: Introduction Speeches and Opening Remarks: Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen (University of Zurich), His Excellency Ryuhei Maeda,the Ambassador of Japan in Switzerland, Dr. Michaela Reichel (Director, Textilmuseum St. Gallen)

18:00: Keynote Address, Professor Timon Screech (SOAS):
“Moving Screens in the Early Edo Period: Edo, Sunpu, Kyoto and London in 1613-15″
followed by a reception (Obere Mensa)

Friday, March 8
9:00 – 11:00: Panel 1 Europe and East Asia
Panel Chair: lic. phil. Jeanne Egloff (PhD Fellow University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe)

• Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen (University of Zurich): “Early Swiss Collections: Chief Surgeon Dr. Ulrich Meyer and the Entangled Histories of His East Asian Objects in Winterthur”
• Prof. Dr. Filip Suchomel (Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague): “The Pathways and Destinies of Selected Far Eastern Artworks from Czech Collections”
• Marie Kakinuma (PhD Candidate, University of Zurich): “Paul Klee and Objects of East Asia”11:20 – 13:20:

Panel 2 Japanese Objects in the West, part 1
Panel Chair: Dinah Zank, M.A. (PhD Fellow University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe)

• Prof. Dr. Akira Takagishi (University of Tokyo): “The Amewakahiko Narrative Handscroll in the Museum of Asian Art, Berlin and the Tosa School of the Muromachi Period”
• Prof. Dr. Kaori Hidaka (National Museum for Japanese History): “East Asian Lacquers in Western Collections”
• Prof. Dr. Jun’ichi Okubo (National Museum for Japanese History): “Aspects of Japanese Woodblock Print Exports of the Bakumatsu and Meiji Periods, Including the Influence toward Japonisme
• Prof. Dr. Satomi Yamamoto (kyoritsu Women’s University): “The Shuhanron emaki in the Collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Buddhist Precepts and Food as Depicted in Medieval Japanese Paintings”

14:30 – 14:30: Panel 3 Japanese Objects in the West, part 2
Panel Chair: Sabine Bradel, M.A. (Ph.D. Student and Assistant, University of Zurich)

• Prof. Dr. Kazuto Sawada (National Museum for Japanese History): “Japanese Textiles that Traveledto the West: Examining the Basic Principles of Textile Research”
• Dr. Yuki Ikuta (Mie Prefectural Museum of Art): “Katagami: Crossroads of Things, People, and Cultures”
• Dr. Miki Sakuraba (National Museum for Japanese History): “Historical Japanese Porcelain Collections in the West”

17:00 – 19:00: Panel 4 Swiss Museums and Collections, part 1
Panel Chair: Sara Gianera B.A. (University of Zurich)
The Burgdorf Völkerkunde Museum and the KGOA Project

Roundtable discussion with:

• Alexandra Küffer (Director, Völkerkundemuseum Burgdorf): “The Burgdorf Collection and its History”
• student research team members: Cénit de Sousa, B.A., Rebeca Gomez Morilla, B.A., Stephanie Santschi, Anna Herren, Natasha Fischer-Vaidya, Fabienne Pfister (all University of Zurich): “Individual Presentations and Introduction to the Association to Support the Burgdorf Collection”

Saturday, March 9
9:00 – 11:00: Panel 5 Swiss Museums and Collections, part 2
Panel Chair: Julia Orell, PhD (Assistant, University of Zurich)

• lic. phil. Jeanne Egloff (PhD Fellow University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe): “A Legacy of the Swiss Embroidery Boom – The Japanese Collection of the Museum of History and Ethnology in St. Gallen”
• lic. phil. Michèle Grieder (University of Zurich): “East Asian Textiles in the Textile Museum of St. Gallen”
• Simone Jenni (University of Zurich): “Hans Spörry’s Netsuke Collection in the Bern Historical Museum”
• lic. phil. Brigitte Huber (University of Zurich): “Views of the Kabuki Theater: The Print Collection at the Cabinet d’arts graphiques, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève”

11:20 – 13:20: Panel 6 Swiss Museums and Collections, part 3
Panel Chair: Simone Griessmayer, M.A. (Assistant, University of Zurich and PhD Candidate University of Heidelberg)

• Natasha Fischer-Vaidya (University of Zurich): “A Collection of Generations: Inro and Netsuke of a Swiss Family”
• Stephanie Santschi (University of Zurich): “Capturing the Moment Over Three Hundred Years: The Rieder Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints”
• Alina Martimyanova B.A. (University of Zurich): “Chinese Culture and Swiss Missionaries: Stories Uncovered by a Forgotten Collection in Basel”
• lic. phil. Philippe Dallais (University of Zurich and Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchatel): “Report on the Aimé Humbert and the Japan Illustrated Project”

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