Philosophy and theory from the standpoint of their manuscripts and archives
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / International students / Alumni / Companies / High school students / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | July 3, 2024 18:00 — 20:00 |
| Location | Online |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
You can find the details of the seminar on the following website. Please register through the application link. https://hmc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/open-seminar/2024/114-AITIA-project/ |
| Registration Period | June 27, 2024 — July 3, 2024 |
The seminar will primarily be conducted in English, but French and Japanese will also be used as auxiliary languages. Words spoken in French will be interpreted into Japanese.)
| Speaker | Benedetta Zaccarello | French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique: CNRS) |
| Commentator | Kiyoko Myojo | Seijo University |
| Moderator | Masanori Tsukamoto | The University of Tokyo |
A vast digital archive of works, drafts, diaries, and letters left by writers, poets, and philosophers is now emerging on the web. What perspectives are necessary to navigate these archives? While research on individual themes alone requires an enormous amount of time, how can we make new discoveries by comparing the archives of different writers and philosophers?
In this seminar, Dr. Benedetta Zaccarello, a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), will explain the AITIA project (Archives of International Theory - An Intercultural Approach to Theoretical Manuscripts). Following that, we will have comments from Professor Kiyoko Myojo, who has explored unique concepts of works in Kafka studies and, along the way, encountered the academic field of "Textual Scholarship/Editionsphilologie."
The AITIA project involves numerous research centers and archives, such as the Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes (France), The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (Norway), Archives Husserl de l'Institut de Philosophie de l'Université de Louvain (Belgium), Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Institut Français de Pondichéry (India).
Focusing on the fact that when new concepts are created, there is always a crossing of diverse traditions, different ideological backgrounds, and multiple languages, Dr. Zaccarello advocates for the construction of an archive network that transcends borders. By focusing on the process of concept formation, it is expected that we can reveal the dynamics of concept construction that cannot be seen through the mere reading of individual works.
