Symposium

Kunisada symposium

Friday 3 March 2017, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden

Kunisada Symposium

The Heinz Kaempfer Fund cordially invites the members of the Society for Japanese Arts and their partners to partake in a symposium in connection with the exhibition ‘Kunisada, imaging drama and beauty’, now on view at the Japanmuseum SieboldHuis in Leiden. The symposium will be concluded with a festive reception, hosted by the Society for Japanese Arts, to celebrate its 80th anniversary.

The Heinz Kaempfer Fund cordially invites the members of the Society for Japanese Arts and their partners to partake in a symposium in connection with the exhibition ‘Kunisada, imaging drama and beauty’, now on view at the Japanmuseum SieboldHuis in Leiden. The symposium will be concluded with a festive reception, hosted by the Society for Japanese Arts, to celebrate its 80th anniversary.

Kunisada Symposium

Provisional programme (Language: English)

12:15-13:00   Registration at the desk of the Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden,
                       with coffee or tea
13:00-13:05   Welcome by Jan Dees, chairman Heinz Kaempfer Fund
13:05-13:20   Chris Uhlenbeck (chairman of the day): Setting the stage
13:20-13.55   Andreas Marks: Edo’s publishing world at the time of Kunisada
14.00-14:35   Robert Schaap: The 'copy & paste' tradition and Kunisada
14:40-15:10   Coffee/tea break
15:10-15:45   Paul Griffith: The world of Kabuki at the time of Kunisada
15:50-16:25   Henk Herwig: Mitate-e, Kunisada’s surprise prints
16:30-17:00   Panel discussion 
17:00-19:00   Festive reception with a word of welcome by Henk Hoogsteden, chairman of the Society for Japanese Arts

Venue: Grand auditorium on the first floor of the Museum Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Leiden, Tel. 088 0042803

Registration

Members of the Society for Japanese Arts and their partners have the exclusive opportunity to registrate for the symposium and reception until January 10, 2017 by transferring € 25 (per individual) to the bank account of the Heinz Kaempfer Fund. You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email within 10 days. Student members only pay € 10.
 
The symposium and the reception is limited to 100 participants. Admission will be on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis. After January 10, 2017, registration will be open to non-members of the Society as well.
 
Registration Dutch members:
Heinz Kaempfer Fund
IBAN: NL56 INGB 0007 3863 38
Specification: Kunisada symposium
 
Registration European members:
Heinz Kaempfer Fund
IBAN: NL56 INGB 0007 3863 38
BIC/Swift code: INGBNL2A
Bank name: ING
Specification: Kunisada symposium
 
Registration non-European members:
Only non-European members can register by sending an email to keesberbee@hetnet.nl
You will be requested to pay in cash (in Euro) upon arrival.