Globalization, Localization, and Japanese Studies in the Asia-Pacific Region : Past, Present, and Future

2003年11月，我们在悉尼大学与欧洲、亚洲和中东语言与研究学院联合举办了一次研讨会。演讲分为两大类：“历史视角”和“文化运动”。来自澳大利亚、新西兰和亚太地区的学者参加了会议，这次会议使我们能够掌握本地区对日本的研究现状，具有特别重要的意义。参与者来自许多领域，包括日本历史、考古学、日本文学、语言教学、人类学、民俗学、思想史、政治史和社会学。32场演讲反映了最近的学术趋势，其中大多数涉及现代日本或日本与亚太国家的关系。2004年10月，我们在新加坡一家酒店与新加坡国立大学日本研究系共同举办的研讨会上相遇。我们尤其关注东南亚的全球化现象。来自澳大利亚、东南亚、中国（香港）和日本的研究人员参加了会议，介绍了他们在本地区全球化方面的一些研究成果。31场演讲涵盖了流行文化、饮食文化、旅游、城市化、思想史、工艺美术以及日本与东南亚的政治和经济关系等主题。其中一个环节是关于东南亚日本研究现状的圆桌讨论会，来自印度尼西亚、菲律宾、泰国和新加坡的学者讲述了各自国家的情况。由于预算削减和其他变化给日本研究项目带来挑战，情况很困难，但所有这些国家的学生和学者对日本的兴趣仍然很强。2005年9月30日至10月4日，我们与香港中文大学日本学系共同举办了该项目的最后一次研讨会。来自中国（香港）、越南、泰国、马来西亚、新加坡、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、台湾、韩国、澳大利亚、新西兰和日本的学者参加了这次活动。会议分主题包括：亚洲流行文化；历史、记忆和身份；区域关系；东南亚日本研究的现状；全球化背景下的经济、企业管理和经济政策；城市与全球化；全球化背景下的东亚、东南亚教育；重新定义“现代性”的概念；日本与亚洲的历史关系；能剧中的家庭关系；以及电影的全球化和本土化。有42场演讲。少

In November 2003 we convened a symposium at the University of Sydney, co-organized with the School of European, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies. Presentations were grouped in two broad categories, "Historical Perspectives" and "Cultural Movements." Scholars from Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region took part, and the meeting was particularly meaningful in enabling us to grasp the current condition of research on Japan in this region. Participants came from many fields, including Japanese history, archaeology, Japanese literature, language instruction, anthropology, folklore studies, intellectual history, political history, and sociology. Thirty-two presentations reflected recent scholarly trends, with a majority of them dealing with modern Japan or with Japanese relations with Asian-Pacific countries.In October 2004, we met in a Singapore hotel in a symposium we co-organized with the Japanese Studies Department of the National University of Singapore. We g … More ave special attention to the phenomenon of globalization in Southeast Asia. Researchers from Australia, Southeast Asia, China (Hong Kong), and Japan participated, presenting some of the results of their work on globalization in this region. Popular culture, food culture, travel and tourism, urbanization, intellectual history, arts and crafts, and political and economic relations between Japan and Southeast Asia were among the topics covered in thirty-one presentations. One session was a roundtable discussion on the present state of Japanese Studies in Southeast Asia, and scholars from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore spoke about conditions in their countries. Circumstances are difficult, with budget cuts and other changes challenging Japanese Studies programs, but interest in Japan remains strong among both students and scholars in all these nations.From September 30 through October 4,2005, we held the final symposium in this project at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where we co-organized with the Japanese Studies Department. To this event came scholars from China (Hong Kong), Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Session subthemes included : popular culture in Asia ; history, memory, and identity ; regional relations ; the current condition of Japanese Studies in Southeast Asia ; the economy, business management, and economic policy in the context of globalization ; cities and globalization ; education in East Asia and Southeast Asia in the midst of globalization ; reconceptualizing the notion of "modernity" ; historical relationships between Japan and Asia ; family relations in noh plays ; and globalization and localization in the cinema. There were forty-two presentations. Less