{"id":158,"date":"2019-03-27T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T09:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jpars.org\/english\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2019-03-27T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T09:21:19","slug":"77th-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jpars.org\/english\/annual-conference\/77th-annual-conference","title":{"rendered":"77th Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report of the 77th<\/sup> Annual Conference of the JARS<\/p>\n

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JARS held its 77th<\/sup> annual conference at University of Otani in Kyoto from September 7-9, 2018.\u00a0 A total of 683 people, including 132 non-member participants, attended. We owe the success of the conference to our conference organizers, and above all, to chief organization, Professor Yasushi Kigoshi.<\/p>\n

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The theme of this year\u2019s opening symposium was \u201cHomo sapiens and Religion.\u201d\u00a0 Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study) made a public lecture entitled \u201cThe Evolution of the Mind that Mourns for the Dead: Behavior of a Mother Chimpanzee towards Her Dead Infant,\u201d and Prof. Kiyokazu Washida (Kyoto City University of Arts \/ Otani University) made a public lecture entitled \u201cBelief, Credit, Trust,\u201d followed by a comment by Prof. Ken Kadowaki (Otani University) entitled \u201cDeath as a Part of Life.\u201d Many participants attended them and enjoyed the presentations and discussion.<\/p>\n

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The Conference organizers want to express their gratitude to the member for their kind collaboration.<\/p>\n

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Public Symposium<\/p>\n

Homo sapiens and Religion<\/p>\n

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Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study), The Evolution of the Mind that Mourns for the Dead: Behavior of a Mother Chimpanzee towards Her Dead Infant<\/p>\n

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Kiyokazu Washida (Kyoto City University of Arts \/ Otani University), Belief, Credit, Trust<\/p>\n

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Ken Kadowaki (Otani University), Death as a Part of Life<\/p>\n

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The regular program consists of 21 panels and 233 individual papers, which were organized into 14 parallel sessions.\u00a0 \u3000\u3000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Special Session Title and Convener<\/p>\n

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Rethinking \u201cthe Religious\u201d in Secularized Societies (Kiyonobu Date)<\/p>\n

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Panel Titles and Conveners<\/p>\n

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Advancement of Religious Studies and the Role of Academic Societies and Federations: Dialogue with the Science Council of Japan (Satoko Fujiwara)<\/p>\n

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Social Contributions of Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist Studies in the 21st \u3000Century (Masahiro Shimoda)<\/p>\n

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Perspectives of Izutsu\u2019s \u201cOriental Philosophy\u201d and Religious Studies (Yoshitsugu Sawai)<\/p>\n

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Research on Communities and Temples in an Era of a Declining Population (Yasushi Kigoshi)<\/p>\n

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The Current State of and Prospects for Shinsh\u016b Temple: Data from the Sh\u016bsei Basic Survey Conducted by J\u014ddo Shinsh\u016b Hongwanji-ha (Hidekazu Yoshida)<\/p>\n

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Modern Buddhist Thought and Japanism: Shinran, Zen, and Nichiren (Tatsunori Niwa)<\/p>\n

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Methodology for the Transformation of Body & Mind and Spiritual Violence: A Study of Negative Feelings Processing (T\u014dji Kamata)<\/p>\n

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Studying Inoue Enry\u014d: A Hundred Years after His Death (Daisuke Iseki)<\/p>\n

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East-West Flows of Japanese Buddhism: New Findings from Collaborative Research on D. T. Suzuki\u2019s Transnational Networks (Tomoe Moriya)<\/p>\n

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Transformation of \u201cthe Religious\u201d in the Contemporary World: Case Studies on Japan and China (Chiyoko Nagatani)<\/p>\n

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Transnational History of the Religious Peace Movement in Postwar Japan (Eiichi \u014ctani)<\/p>\n

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Technological Society and Religion: On the Religious Significance of the Social Implementation of Artificial Intelligence (Takeshi Kimura)<\/p>\n

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Common Religiosity and Degrees of Religion among Eight Countries (Akira Kawabata)<\/p>\n

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Research Materialization of Nishida Kitar\u014d\u2019s Unpublished Notes: Focusing on the \u201cLecture on Religious Studies\u201d (Hiroshi Asami)<\/p>\n

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Study Report of Religious Education and Training at Universities in Japan (Naotoshi Ejima)<\/p>\n

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Religious Persons\u2019 Care and Caregivers\u2019 Religiosity: Findings from Researches in Kawasaki City (Norichika Horie)<\/p>\n

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Re-narrating the History of Religions through the Study of Calendars (Makoto Hayashi)<\/p>\n

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Buddhism and Modern Asia: Sect, Education, and Knowledge (Yansheng He)<\/p>\n

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Christian Martyrdom and Historical Memory (Carla Tronu)<\/p>\n

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Action Research of Regional Disaster Prevention with Religious Facilities as Regional Resources (Keishin Inaba)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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