Information transmise par Madame Annick Horiuchi sur le projet Japan Past&Present.

Il s’agit, pour résumer, de mettre en relation la communauté des chercheurs qui travaillent sur le Japon et de faciliter la circulation de l’information, des outils et des ressources au sein de celle-ci à une échelle vraiment globale. 

Le JPP finance aussi généreusement des projets sous certaines conditions que vous pouvez découvrir en cliquant sur ce lien :

https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/funding/jpp-funding/project-funding

Le projet émane de Yanai Initiative, basé sur les deux sites d’UCLA aux USA et de Waseda au Japon. Yanai est le nom du président d’Uniqlo, qui est à l’origine de l’important financement ayant servi à lancer cette institution. Cette dernière fonctionne depuis plus de dix ans, et son fonctionnement est apparemment indépendant et libre, placé sous la houlette d’excellents chercheurs, eux-mêmes rattachés à des universités dont la réputation n’est plus à faire. Je ne suis pas payée pour cette publicité que je donne à leurs activités ! Je le fais uniquement parce que je pense que notre communauté gagnerait à être plus visible et le JPP nous en fournit les moyens, d’autant qu’il n’y a aucune contrainte sur la langue employée. 

Je vous invite donc (si vous ne faites pas partie des dix personnes enregistrées en France):  

1) à vous inscrire en masse sur leur base de données (voir ci-dessous), une démarche qui ne vous prendra pas de temps, car il s’agit d’indiquer les liens vers vos pages personnelles, 

2) à contacter votre éditeur pour qu’il annonce les publications récentes sur le site. 

3) à vous renseigner sur les éventuels collègues avec qui vous pourriez travailler dans l’avenir.

Bonne lecture !

Annick Horiuchi

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Global Events Calendar

JPP’s GlobalEvents calendar (https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/global-events) allows anyone to use a simple form to upload Japan-related events in their area, in any language. This page also has advanced features to filter by event type, language, location, whether or not it’s hybrid or in-person, etc. Any organizations can upload their upcoming events at any time to help give them more visibility. And, if your event does not have a dedicated URL to help share it widely, when a new event is uploaded to JPP and approved there is a dedicated URL created that you can use to advertise. Viewers can also directly visit registration links, load events into their calendars, and use time conversion features.

Japan Scholar Search

Japan Scholar Search is a free, online directory of scholars in Japan
Studies that hosts research and teaching profiles to promote scholarly
communication and exchange on a global scale. Japan Past & Present launched Japan Scholar Search (JSS) in 2024 as part of its mission to promote scholarly communication and exchange, and to bring about a more equitable and inclusive future for the Japanese humanities. Already, researchers based in more than 40 countries, and active in a wide variety of fields, have published profiles that help colleagues around the world discover their work using a variety of filters or search terms. At the same time, JSS also helps scholars connect with each other by making it possible to send and receive contact requests internally, without needing to rely on a public email address. Users can create a profile in English, Japanese, or both. We highly recommend creating both, and make it easy to do so! Once you have created and saved a profile in one language, simply switch to the second language (your information will carry over!), make any necessary adjustments, and save the second profile. If you prefer, you can include different information in each profile. Just visit https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources/japan-scholar-search/ and click the “Register” button on the right or go to https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/japan-scholar-search/register.

Recent Publications

JPP’s Recent Publications page is a page advertising, in one place, recent book and journal publications in the Japanese humanities from publishers around the world in any language. Having information about new books and making it easy to filter them by period, topic, and language encourages scholars to visit the JPP website regularly, while helping to support publishers by providing them with a free platform to advertise efficiently and effectively. The Recent Publications page can be viewed here: https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/publications

We welcome journals, academic volumes, literary translations, and other materials of interest to the Japan Studies academic community from 2020 onward included on the JPP website.Publishers can create a free account to upload the necessary information (basic info like author, title, book cover, related topics, with a link to your press page) through our dedicated, password-protected portal. We already have over 90 international presses registered with us, and our Publishers page also allows each press to showcase their logo and link to their website: https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/publications/publishers