The 17th EU Workshop

The 17th Annual Kansai University EU Workshop will take place on Monday, 9 November 2026, from 10:55 to 15:15 (CET, UTC+1) in room RAA-G-15 of the University of Zurich’s RAA Building, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland.

About the KU-UZH Workshops
The purpose of these workshops is to gather established and young scholars from Japan and Switzerland in order to hold conversations on topics within East Asian art history.

The collaboration between Kansai University in Japan and the University of Zurich is a well-established tradition that takes place twice a year, once in Japan hosted by the Kansai University and once at the University of Zurich. These opportunities have given the advanced students at the University of Zurich the chance to present work in process at scholarly events, surrounded by both established professionals in the field and fellow students and future colleagues.  

In Japan, the annual workshop is held on the Kansai University campus and in the mountains of Asuka. In both Japan and Zurich, the sessions are open to the public and widely advertised. Typically, visitors from the museum and academic worlds join us for the discussions.  

The workshop is based on border crossing, as it represents collaboration between the academic cultures of Japan and Switzerland. Not only are the languages of the presentations mixed (English and Japanese), but the students and participating faculty members are from both countries. Thus, the young participants get not only a living impression of the presentation styles of both cultures, but also the type of feedback from people working in other countries. For the students the workshops represent a superb way to make connections to their peers across borders. The workshops symbolize the global and cross-cultural aspects of education: by crossing borders we can achieve new forms of communication. 

The workshop members typically consist of three faculty members from the Kansai University and one or two members from the University of Zurich. The presenters are advanced students from both universities. The organizers are Professor Ewa Machotka and Dr. Stephanie Santschi from the University of Zurich and various professors from Kansai University. 

17th UZH-KU Workshop_Programme_updated 29.10.2026 (PDF, 123 KB)

Programme (updated 29.10.2026)

Room: RAA-G-15

Opening Address

10:55–11:00 General information (Dr. Stephanie SANTSCHI, Organizer, University of Zurich)
11:00–11:05 Prof. Dr. Ewa MACHOTKA (University of Zurich)
11:05–11:10 Prof. TAKAKU Tomohiro 髙久 智広 (Kansai University) (in Japanese)

Academic Presentations, Part 1

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ewa MACHOTKA (University of Zurich) (11:10–11:45)
Chair and comments: Dr. Stephanie SANTSCHI (University of Zurich) (11:45–12:15)

11:10–11:40 Sacha GENGLER (University of Zurich)
柳宗悦の「名物」―― 名付けられた茶碗（英語）
Yanagi Sōetsu’s meibutsu: A bowl with a name (in English)

11:45–12:15 MATSUOKA Takuto 松岡 拓斗 (Kansai University)
後期ローマ帝国北西部における防衛戦略の考察 ―国境地帯を中心に―（日本語）
A Study of Defensive Strategies in the Northwestern Roman Empire ―Focusing on Border Area― (in Japanese)

12:15–13:15 Lunch

Academic Presentations, Part 2

Chair: Prof. MATSUMOTO Oki 松本 大 (Kansai University)

13:15–13:45 Yun GAO (University of Zurich)
斜光で読み解く――歌麿の養蚕図シリーズにおける文様・労働・メディアの自反性（英語）
Reading by Raking Light: Pattern, Labor, and Medium Reflexivity in Utamaro’s Sericulture Series (in English)

13:50–14:20 FUJITA Sayana 藤田 彩菜 (Kansai University)
上映実践から捉え直す日本のミニシアターの歴史――大阪のシネマ・ダールからシネ・ヌーヴォを事例として（英語）
Reconsidering the History of Japanese Mini-theaters through Film Screening Practices ―A Case Study from Cinéma D’art to Ciné Nouveau in Osaka (in English)

14:25–14:55 Paula JONEKOVÁ (University of Zurich)
領国の中心：歌川広重《名所江戸百景》における想像された中心としての江戸（英語）
The Heart of the Realm: Edo as an Imagined Centre in Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (in English)

15:00–15:10 Comments by KGOA staff (University of Zurich)

Closing Address

15:10–15:15 Prof. Dr. Ewa MACHOTKA (University of Zurich)

Venue

RAA-G-15, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland