Dear friends and colleagues,
The Photography Department at Villa Guimet is recruiting a Research Officer to work on early Japanese photography for the HikarIA project (2023–2027). This is a full-time 12-month position starting on December 1, 2026.
Beyond Transliteration: Romanisation and Word Segmentation in Japanese Metadata
翻字のその先へ：メタデータにおける日本語のローマ字表記と分かち書き
ラウンドテーブルディスカッション ：
「なぜ今、日本語のローマ字表記と分かち書きなのか？」
EAJRS Cross Talk Series のキックオフイベントとして、日本語メタデータにおけるローマ字表記と分かち書きをテーマとしたラウンドテーブルディスカッションを開催します。
登壇者
小木曽智信（国立国語研究所）
高田智和（国立国語研究所）
飯野勝則（国立情報学研究所）
神谷信武（チューリッヒ大学図書館・EAJRS理事）
Chris Dillon（大英図書館・EAJRS理事）
司会
大塚靖代（大英図書館）
Thursday, 17 September 2026, from 6 pm (Berlin time = UTC+2)
Online lecture by Svitlana Shiells: “Gustav Klimt and Hokusai: Reframing Japonisme in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna”
Language of the presentation: English
Abstract (and access link): https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-svitlana-shiells/
Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend last week's presentation. As many of you requested, we will keep the recording available through the end of the CDDP survey period.
You can access the recording here:
Dear colleagues,
Dear colleagues,
New Release: APJ Japanese–English Bilingual Glossary Now Available
The National Center for Art Research (NCAR) has released the APJ Japanese–English Bilingual Glossary (approximately 300 terms) on its research portal, Art Platform Japan (APJ):
https://artplatform.go.jp/ja
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