Call for Submissions: International Online Symposium
Topic: “Travel in a modernizing world (1700-1840): Materiality, Transformation and Representation”
Hosted by: John Rylands Research Institute – The University of Manchester (UK)
- When: July 12-13 2021
- The conference will take place online via Zoom.
- The language of the conference will be English.
- Abstracts should be submitted via email to [email protected] by March 19, 2021
A single PDF document should be attached to the email, with the following information:
- Full Name of the Applicant
- Affiliation and Contact Details
- Title of Presentation
- Presentation Abstract (maximum 350 words)
The conference is part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Project Travel in Tokugawa Period Japan (1603-1868): Identity, Nation and Social Transformation led by Dr. Sonia Favi (2019-2021).
The project, funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme), investigates the social and cultural history of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) through maps from the John Rylands Library Japanese Collection (https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/special-collections/guide-to-specialcollections/a-to-z/collection/?match=Japanese+Collection) Tōkaidō)
Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the end of April 2021. Please send any queries to http://[email protected]
