TUFS Grad Students and JLC Teachers Have Social Meeting with Young Russian Researchers

March 20, 2015

On March 11th, TUFS grad students and faculty members had a social meeting with young Russian researchers, who specialize in Japanese studies, at the Japan Foundation. The organization invited those young researchers to its Short-term Japanese Program.
Nine Russian attendees from various institutions representing a wide array of professions participated in the event. These included: a researcher who studies court law in the Muromachi Era, a person who studies Dogen (Japanese Zen Buddhism teacher in the 13th century), a grad student who reads Kibyoshi (Old Japanese picture books produced in Edo period) by Santo Kyoden (Japanese writer and poet in the Edo period), a student specializing in China-Japan relations and economics, a Japanese language teacher, an expert who studies how Japan is portrayed in Russian poems.
They were Japanese Studies experts from Russian State University for the Humanities, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Science, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, and the Far Eastern University.
Alexander Novikov, (critic, The Japan Foundation Moscow Japanese Center) served as the leader of the delegates. Kyoko Nomoto, the director of the Japanese Language Center for International Students (JLC), professor Yoshikazu Suzuki, professor Kyoko Numano, associate professor Yuya Suzuki, and 3 grad students took part in the meeting from TUFS.
After they offered a minute of scilence for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, they introduced themselves. Professor Suzuki gave a presentation about an outline of TUFS and partnerships with oversea universities, and director Nomoto talked about JLC and its activities. Participants mingled with each other and talked freely about the future of Japanese studies in Russia. The meeting was an invaluable opportunity for all of them.