2024 Sofia
The 34th EAJRS Conference
第34回日本資料専門家欧州協会年次大会
Japanese resources in the age of digital connectivity and artificial intelligence
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Sofia, Bulgaria
11-14 September 2024
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Sofia, Bulgaria
11-14 September 2024
organized by
Sofia, Bulgaria
18-21 September 2019
You will find practical information
about getting to and from the airport and
about getting around in the city
The conference will be held at
1504 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.Bulgaria
in the heart of the city
You can download the registration form here.
For in-person attendance the conference fee is 40 euro.
For online attendance the conference fee is 20 euro.
Welcome to the 30th EAJRS Conference
第30回日本資料専門家欧州協会年次大会
Rethinking resources for Japanese studies
日本学資料の再考
organized by Department of Japanese Studies at Sofia University "Saint Kliment Ohridski"
18-21 September 2019
1. Approval of the minutes of the general assembly of the 29th conference held at Kaunas
See here and program booklet. The minutes are approved.
2. Next year’s venue
The author visited the Lille City Library to research on Japanese and Chinese classics. These books were part of the collection found in storage belonging to Léon-Louis-Lucien Prunol de Rosny (1837-1914), professor of the first Japanese language course in France. Rosny is known as a pioneer of Japanese Studies in Europe, though his efforts are not fully appreciated in modern day.
Prof. Peter Kornicki published the catalog of Japanese Classics of Léon de Rosny’s collection (1994); as the collection gained some renown it became clear that Rosny's Japanese book collection and the Japanese teaching materials compiled by Léon de Rosny are closely related.
In addition to the Japanese books, Rosny’s collection included over 500 Chinese books, gifted to him by his teacher Stanislas Julien (1797-1873). Furthermore, it is believed that some books from Julien's teacher, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788-1832), are also included, and should be valued as part of academic history. However, the catalog of Chinese books has not been published, and has not yet not been widely recognized.