As of October 18, 2011
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December 15 (Thu)
| 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:30 | Opening / Welcome Address | ||
| 9:45 | Keynote Speech | ||
| 9:45 | Dr. Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, President, Kyoto University, Japan "Modern Westernization and the Culture of Chinese Characters: The Foundation of East Asian Culture" |
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| 10:15 | Prof. Chao-Shiuan LIU, Chairman, The General Association of Chinese Culture "Chinese Characters and their Cultural Influence" |
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| 10:45 | Session 1: Overview – The Culture of Chinese Characters in East Asia | ||
| Moderator: Prof. Testuji ATSUJI, Kyoto University, Japan | |||
| 10:45 | Prof. Testuji ATSUJI, Kyoto University, Japan "The Standardization of Japanese Kanji" |
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| 11:15 | Prof. Yang SHEN, Peking University, China "关于汉字改革的若干问题 / Some Issues on Kaji(漢字) Reform in China" |
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| 11:45 | Group Photo, Lunch (Buffet) and Poster Session | ||
| 12:45 | Session 1: Overview – The Culture of Chinese Characters in East Asia | ||
| Moderator: Prof. Testuji ATSUJI, Kyoto University, Japan | |||
| 12:45 | Prof. Byung-Joon KIM, Seoul National University, Korea "The Introduction of Chinese Characters into Korea: The Role of the Lelang Commander" |
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| 13:15 | Dr. Kuan Yun HUANG, Tsing Hua University-Hsinchu, Taiwan "The Chinese Writing System in its Formative Stage: New Discoveries, New Researches, New Horizons" |
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| 13:45 | Prof. Qin LU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong "Standardization of Chinese Characters for Computer Use in Hong Kong" |
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| 14:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Session | ||
| 14:30 | Session 2: Chinese Characters and Modernization | ||
| Part 1: Translations | |||
| Moderator: Prof. Kam-Wing FUNG, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |||
| 14:30 | Prof. Masakatsu FUJITA, Kyoto University, Japan "Modernization and Traditional Culture: Focusing on Translation" |
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| 15:00 | Prof. Kam-Wing FUNG, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong "Galileo’s Journey to the East: His Works and Instruments in the World of Chinese Characters" |
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| 15:30 | Prof. Shaodang YAN, Peking University, China "Functions and Values of Chinese Characters within the East Asian Civilized Community" |
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| 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Session | ||
| 16:15 | Session 2: Chinese Characters and Modernization | ||
| Part 2: Traditional Scholarship – Cultural Inheritance and Conflict | |||
| Moderator: Dr. Makoto Mark TAKETO, Kyoto University, Japan | |||
| 16:15 | Dr. Makoto Mark TAKETO, Kyoto University, Japan "Modern Medicine and Usage of Chinese Characters in Japan" |
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| 16:45 | Prof. Jung-Sam YUM, Seoul National University, Korea "Western Understanding of Chinese Characters: the case of Matteo Ricci’s Xiguojifa 西國記法" |
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| 17:15 | Prof. Yulai ZHANG, Nanjing University, China "The Nature, Function and Reformation of Chinese Written Characters" |
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| 17:45 | Dr. Hideaki ISOBE, Kyoto University, Japan "Should we keep local languages and Chinese characters in top sciences? A case of astrophysics" |
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| 18:15 | Close | ||
December 16 (Fri)
| 9:30 | Registration | ||
| 10:00 | Session 3: Chinese Characters in the Information Age | ||
| Moderator: Prof. Sadao KUROHASHI, Kyoto University, Japan | |||
| 10:00 | Prof. Key-Sun CHOI, KAIST, Korea "Chinese Language Processing" |
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| 10:30 | Prof. Maosong SUN, Tsinghua University, China "Technical Term Translation" |
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| 11:00 | Prof. Sadao KUROHASHI, Kyoto University, Japan "Development of a Japanese-Chinese Machine Translation System: Kyoto EBMT System" |
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| 11:30 | Discussion | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch (Buffet) | ||
| 12:30 | Registration of Public Symposium | ||
| 13:30 | Public Symposium: Chinese Character Education and Promoting the Culture of Chinese Characters in East Asia | ||
| Moderator: TBC | |||
| 13:30 | Welcome Address | ||
| Session 1 Keynote Speech | |||
| 14:00 | Mr. Yuji MIYAMOTO, Chairman of Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research; Adviser of MOFA; Former Japanese Ambassador to China; Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo; Board Member, The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (JKATF) "The Vital Role Played by Chinese Characters in East Asia" |
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| 14:45 | Prof. Hiroyuki SASAHARA, Waseda University, Japan; Councilor, The Japan
Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (JKATF) "The Increasing Interest in Chinese Characters in Japan" |
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| 15:30 | Break | ||
| Session 2 Panel Discussion | |||
| 15:45 | Panel Discussion Moderator: TBA Panelists: Mr. Yuji MIYAMOTO Prof. Hiroyuki SASAHARA Dr. Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, President, Kyoto University, Japan Prof. Yang SHEN, Peking University, China Prof. Byung-Joon KIM, Seoul National University, Korea Dr. Kuan Yun HUANG, Tsing Hua University – Hsinchu, Taiwan Prof. Qin LU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
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| 17:05 | Closing Speech: Prof. Akihiko AKAMATSU (Executive Vice-President for Student Affairs, Kyoto University) | ||
| 17:15 | Close | ||
For inquiries, please contact:
The International Affairs Division, Kyoto University
E-mail: kanji2011@www.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
