WEISS DAVID
Organization
Faculty of Humanities Department of Philosophy Lecturer
School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation Department of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation（Joint Appointment）
Graduate School of Humanities Department of Philosophy（Joint Appointment）
Title
Lecturer
Contact information
Profile
David Weiss’s research focuses on the history of ideas, especially the mythology of ancient Japan and its function in Japan’s cultural memory, including its utilization in modern nation-building and in justifying colonial rule. More broadly, he is interested in the intercultural transfer of ideas (especially within the Sinosphere) and questions of identity formation (perceptions of self and other). Weiss teaches courses in premodern Japanese literature, cultural memory, and global performance theory.
Homepage
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https://www.imapkyudai.net/david-weiss
Kyushu University, IMAP, Faculty page
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https://kyushu-u.academia.edu/DavidWeiss
open access publications for download
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https://researchmap.jp/7000023388?lang=en
researchmap profile
External link
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History of thought
Degree
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Dr. phil.
Research History
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04/2018 - 07/2021 Assistant Professor, Rikkyo University 10/2016 - 03/2018 Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen
Research Interests・Research Keywords
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Research theme：mythology
Keyword：mythology
Research period： 2024
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Research theme：Intellectual history of Japan
Keyword：Intellectual history of Japan
Research period： 2024
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Research theme：history of Korean-Japanese relations
Keyword：history of Korean-Japanese relations
Research period： 2024
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Research theme：My research focuses on the history of ideas, especially the mythology of ancient Japan and its function in Japan’s cultural memory, including its utilization in modern nation-building and in justifying colonial rule. More broadly, I am interested in the intercultural transfer of ideas (especially within the Sinosphere), questions of identity formation (perceptions of self and other), the history of Japanese-Korean relations (especially Japanese perceptions of Korea), and the history of Shintō (especially early modern Confucian Shintō).
Keyword：history of ideas, mythology and its reception, history of Japanese-Korean relations, history of Shinto, cultural memory
Research period： 2009.8 - 2022.1
Papers
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Korea’s Role in Japan’s Ethnogenesis Oka Masao’s Model of Cultural Strata and Tan’gun Reviewed
David Weiss
Korea Europe Review 6 2024.8
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日本国家のための儒学的建国神話: 呉泰伯説話 Invited
前田良三編『彷徨する宗教性と国民諸文化：近代化する日独社会における神話・宗教の諸相』勉誠社 13 - 29 2024.2
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Slaying the Serpent: Comparative Mythological Perspectives on Susanoo's Dragon Fight Invited Reviewed International journal
David Weiss
Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University 3 1 - 20 2018.3
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Korea, Japan, and the Vienna School: Political Impacts on Scholarship at the Dawn of East Asian Ethnology Reviewed International coauthorship
Juljan Biontino, Bernhard Scheid, David Weiss
Korea Europe Review 6 2024.8
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Sind die kami übersetzbar? Überlegungen zu Jan Assmanns ‚Kosmotheismus‘ und dem politischen Shintō der Neuzeit und Moderne International journal
87 - 103 2024.5
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Einleitung: Religion in Japan. Einführende Darstellung und religionssoziologische Überlegungen zu ihrer Aktualität International journal
1 - 34 2024.5
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Izumos Funktion in Japans politischer Mythologie: Peripherie und Gegenbild Invited International journal
David Weiss
OAG Notizen 12/2022 10 - 26 2022.12
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Bei der Geburt Shintōist, beim Tod Buddhist: Das Zusammenwirken von Shintō und Buddhismus in Japans Geschichte und Gegenwart Invited International journal
EKŌ-Blätter 31 (Autumn 2021) 4 - 9 2021.12
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神国の境界―スサノオと日鮮同祖論について― Invited
立教大学ドイツ文学論集ASPEKT 54 3 - 11 2021.3
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Oka Masao in Wien: Ein japanisch-österreichischer Kulturkontakt mit Auswirkungen auf die japanische Ethnologie und die deutschsprachige Japanologie Invited International journal
Manshu Ide, Haruyo Yoshida, and Shizue Hayashi (eds.), Wissen über Wissenschaft: Felder - Formation - Mutation (Tübingen: Stauffenburg) 71 - 86 2021.3
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Founding Myths of the Japanese State: The Changing Perception of China and its Influence on Early Modern Japanese Identity Invited International journal
David Weiss
Religious Cultures in Asia: Mutual Transformations through Multiple Modernities (Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University) 5 - 16 2020.2
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Die politische Dimension der japanischen Mythologie: Forschung und Ideologie Invited International journal
David Weiss
338 - 349 2018.1
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How Quantitative Methods Can Shed Light on a Problem of Comparative Mythology: The Myth of the Struggle for Supremacy Between Two Groups of Deities Reconsidered Invited International journal
David Weiss
213 - 228 2016.10
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Dekonstrukcja romantycznego obrazu feudalnej przeszłości Japonii: figury trickstera w filmach jidai geki Akiry Kurosawy Invited International journal
Joanna Zaremba-Penk and Marcin Lisiecki (eds.), Człowieczeństwo bez granic: Wymiary kultury w twórczości Akiry Kurosawy (Bydgoszcz: Kirin) 55 - 72 2015.6
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The Japanese Trickster and His Connection to Metallurgy: The Myth of Susanoo Invited International journal
David Weiss
337 - 347 2014.6
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Schiff, Trommel und Behälter: Mythische Vorstellungen rund um das Wort fune, gezeigt am Beispiel des Susanoo-Mythos Invited International journal
Beiträge des Arbeitskreises Japanische Religionen 7 2013.11
Books
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Korea, Japan, and the Vienna School of Ethnology (Korea Europe Review 6) Reviewed International journal
Juljan Biontino, Bernhard Scheid, David Weiss（ Role： Joint editor）
Korea Europe Center 2024.8 （ ISSN:2750-4832 ）
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Michael Mandelartz, David Weiss（ Role： Edit）
J.B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg 2024.5
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The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan's Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire
David Weiss（ Role： Sole author）
London: Bloomsbury 2022.1
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Sources of Mythology: Ancient and Contemporary Myths
Klaus Antoni, David Weiss（ Role： Edit）
2014.6
Presentations
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Korea's Role in Japan's Ethnogenesis: Oka Masao and his Model of Cultural Strata International conference
David Weiss
31st Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) Conference 2023.6
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岡正雄と民族学における日独交流 Invited
「日独近代化における〈国民文化〉と宗教性」 2021年（令和3年）度研究会 2022.3
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Changing Topographies of the Alien: The Shift from ikai to ikoku in Depicting Spaces Outside Japan in Medieval Mythology International conference
David Weiss
16th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies 2021.8
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Wu Taibo: A Confucian Japanese Founding Myth International conference
David Weiss
Twelfth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology 2018.6
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神国の境界：スサノオと日鮮同祖論 Invited International conference
第2 回国際ワークショップ「諸〈国⺠⽂化〉―国際的⽂脈における⽇独の視点」 2019.3
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Competing Claims to Centrality: Chosŏn, Japan, and the Central Flowering International conference
2019.4
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Blurring Identities: Susanoo and the Ideological Incorporation of Koreans into the Japanese Family State International conference
David Weiss
Third EAJS Conference in Japan 2019.9
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Myth and Ethnicity: The Role of Mythology in Oka Masao’s Theory of Japanese Ethnogenesis Invited International conference
2023.11
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Close Others and Techniques of Translation: Shinto's Role in Colonizing Korea International conference
David Weiss
17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies 2023.8
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Hybride Kulturschichten: Oka Masao und die Wiener Schule der Ethnologie International conference
David Weiss
18. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag 2022.8
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Comparative Mythology and Culture Circles: The Impact of German-Language Scholarship on the Study of Japanese Myth International conference
David Weiss
24th Asian Studies Conference Japan 2022.7
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Wie Amaterasus kleiner Bruder zum Pestilenzgott wurde: Susanoos Wandlung in mittelalterlichen Mythenexegesen
David Weiss
Symposium des Arbeitskreises Japanische Religionen (AJR) 2022.5
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From Universal Confucian World Order to Modern Nation State: Japanese and Korean Founding Myths, 17th to 20th Century Invited International conference
David Weiss
Myth, Language, and Prehistory: A Celebratory Conference in Honor of Prof. Michael Witzel 2019.9
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Susanoo. Ein Kulturheros aus Korea? International conference
David Weiss
19. Treffen der Initiative zur historischen Japanforschung 2012.5
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Schiff, Trommel und Behälter: Mythische Vorstellungen rund um das Wort fune, gezeigt am Beispiel des Susanoo-Mythos International conference
2013.5
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Susanoo: The Japanese Trickster and His Connection to Metallurgy International conference
David Weiss
Seventh Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology 2013.5
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A Comparative Perspective on the Struggle between Heavenly and Earthly Deities in Japanese Mythology Invited International conference
David Weiss
European Science Foundation (ESF) Exploratory Workshop on Maths Meets Myths 2014.9
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Myths as Sacred Texts Invited International conference
Klaus Antoni, David Weiss
First Workshop on Religion in Contemporary Japan 2014.12
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How Comparative Mythology was Instrumentalized to Justify the Colonization of Korea International conference
David Weiss
Ninth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology 2015.7
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Verortung eines Eingangs in die japanische Unterwelt (Ne no kuni): Der Berg Kumanari International conference
David Weiss
16. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag 2015.8
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Vom Familienstaat zum Familienimperium: Die Rolle der Kiki-Mythen in der Konstruktion nationaler und imperialer Identität Invited International conference
3. Internationales Symposium der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen und der Rikkyō Universität 2015.11
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From Family State to Family Empire: How the KiKi Myths were used to (Re-) Define Japan’s Relationship to the Continent International conference
2015.11
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Constructing Identity through Myth: Susanowo as a Liminal Figure in Japanese-Korean Identity Discourses Invited International conference
David Weiss
Second Workshop on Religion in Contemporary Japan 2016.2
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Uchi oder soto? Susanowo als liminale Figur in japanischen Identitätsdiskursen
2016.5
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From Family State to Family Empire: The Ideological Incorporation of Colonial Korea into the Japanese National Polity Invited International conference
David Weiss
2016.10
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Kulturelle Wiege oder Kolonie? Koreabilder im Japan der Edo-Zeit Invited International conference
David Weiss
2016.11
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Korea and the Formation of National Identity in Tokugawa Japan Invited International conference
David Weiss
Third Workshop on Religion in Contemporary Japan 2017.1
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Japanese Otherworld Conceptions and How they were Put to Political Use International conference
David Weiss
Eleventh Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology 2017.6
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Situating Sakuhin-ron within the International Discourse on Mythological Studies International conference
David Weiss
15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies 2017.9
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A Prehistory of Colonialism: Views of Korea in Tokugawa Japan Invited International conference
David Weiss
2017.9
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Korea und die Herausbildung eines japanischen Nationalbewusstseins: Eine geistesgeschichtliche Analyse Edo-zeitlicher Diskurse (1600–1868) International conference
Kolloquium des Forscherkreises “Deutschsprachige Japanologie im Kansai” 2017.10
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ドイツの大学で日本神話はどう教えられているか：テュービンゲン大学日本学科を中心に Invited International conference
国際研究フォーラム「日本の宗教はどう教えられているか」 2017.11
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Japan, Korea, and the Central Civilization: National Appropriations of the Confucian World Order, 1600–1700 Invited International conference
6th IMAP/IDOC in Japanese Humanities Symposium on Premodern Japanese Culture “Cultural Circulation in Asia – Narrative, Human, and Visual Flows” 2018.2
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Japan, Korea, and the Central Civilization: National Appropriations of the Confucian World Order, 1600–1700 Invited International conference
International Workshop “Perceptions of the Cultural Other: Japanese Images of Korea – Korean Images of Japan” 2018.2
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When the Barbarians Claimed Centre Stage: Centre and Periphery in the Confucian World Order, 1600–1700 Invited International conference
Japanese Studies Workshop “Researching Contemporary Japanese Religions” 2018.2
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Am Rand des Götterlandes: Staatsshintō in Korea – Koreaner im Staatsshintō, 1910–1945 International conference
2018.8
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Die Grenzen japanischer Identität – Susanoos Rolle in der politischen Mythologie Japans Invited
2018.10
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Founding Myths of the Japanese State: The Changing Perception of China and its Influence on Early Modern Japanese Identity Invited International conference
David Weiss
2018.10
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Susanoo: A Culture Hero from Korea? The Connection of a Shintō God to Korea in Japanese Scholarly Literature International conference
2011.10
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The Vienna School in Japan: Culture Circle Theory and Its Impact on the Study of Japanese Mythology International conference
David Weiss
17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology 2024.8
MISC
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2023.8
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2021.12
Professional Memberships
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens (OAG)
2018.11 - Present
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日本思想史学会
2018.8 - Present
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European Association for Japanese Studies
2015.10 - Present
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International Association for Comparative Mythology
2011.1 - Present
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International Association for Comparative Mythology
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European Association for Japanese Studies
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日本思想史学会
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens (OAG)
Academic Activities
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17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Kokugakuin University, Tokyo
Role(s)： Panel moderator, session chair, etc.
2024.8
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co-organizer International contribution
International Workshop "Monotheism and Polytheism: Political Religion in Japan and Europe, 1600-1925" （ Meiji University Japan ） 2022.10
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International Workshop "Monotheism and Polytheism: Political Religion in Japan and Europe, 1600-1925"; Meiji University
Role(s)： Planning, management, etc.
2022.10
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Panel "Selektion, Übersetzung, Hybridisierung – japanisch-deutsche Wissenschaftskontakte, 1894–1935," chair International contribution
（ Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ） 2022.8
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Panel "Selektion, Übersetzung, Hybridisierung – japanisch-deutsche Wissenschaftskontakte, 1894–1935," 18. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (online)
Role(s)： Panel moderator, session chair, etc.
2022.8
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Panel “State Shintō in Korea: Discourse, Identity, Practice, and Landscape,” chair (together with Juljan Biontino) International contribution
2019.9
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Panel "State Shintō in Korea: Discourse, Identity, Practice, and Landscape," Third EAJS Japan Conference, Tsukuba University
Role(s)： Panel moderator, session chair, etc.
2019.9
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organizer International contribution
（ Germany ） 2018.2
Research Projects
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Reconsideration of anthropological history before and after World War II based on archival materials
Grant number：24K00190 2024.4 - 2027.3
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Japanese Ethnogenesis: Oka Masao's Theory of Cultural Strata as a Hybrid Out come of Scholarly Exchange between Austria and Japan
2023.4 - 2028.3
Authorship：Principal investigator
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Japanese Ethnogenesis: Oka Masao's Theory of Cultural Strata as a Hybrid Outcome of Scholarly Exchange between Austria and Japan
Grant number：23K12262 2023 - 2027
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Early-Career Scientists
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Scientific research funding
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日独近代化における〈国民文化〉と宗教性―学際的・国際的共同研究基盤の強化
2018.10 - 2023.3
科研費 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B))
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s)
本研究は、19世紀後半以降のドイツにおける多様な「国民文化」概念の成立と展開の過程で、伝統的宗教に由来する宗教性が果たした機能を、同時代日本と比較対照しつつ多角的に解明することを主目的とする。本年度の課題として、昨年度までの成果を踏まえ、フェルキッシュ宗教運動、生改良運動、教育改革・民衆教育運動、さらには芸術運動、ドイツ文化研究、現象学運動、人間学運動等において提唱された「国民文化」構想に内在する宗教性を、代表的具体例に即してさらに具体的かつ系統的に分析することとし、海外の研究拠点での資料調査・収集・分析を継続する計画を立てていた。しかし、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大のため、海外渡航が全面的に不可能となったため計画の変更を余儀なくされ、前年度までに収集した資料の分析と、個々の研究成果の検討に作業を絞った。個々のテーマは以下の通り。
①前田良三（研究代表者）「日独国民文学のカノン化過程における宗教的要素と文献学の関連」および「近代ドイツ美術史における国民性の問題」の検討、②久保田浩（研究分担者）「1930・40年代ドイツ語圏の「国民」概念」の検討、③深澤英隆（研究分担者）「近代ドイツ民族主義の潮流における視覚文化の宗教的機能」の検討、④小柳敦史（研究分担者）「20世紀初頭の教育改革運動と伝統的キリスト教倫理との関係」の検討、⑤シュルーター智子（研究分担者）「ヘルマン・カイザーリングの哲学的・宗教的運動における「世界観と生活形成」問題の検討、⑥ヴァイス、ダーヴィッド（研究分担者）「日本の朝鮮植民地支配に関する言説における記紀受容」の検討。令和3年3月に開催したワークショップでは、研究成果を研究代表者・分担者全員で討議するとともに、講師を招いて20世紀ドイツ文学における「群衆と宗教性」の問題を検討した。さらに個別研究においては、海外研究協力者とのオンライン討議も行った。 -
日独近代化における〈国民文化〉と宗教性―学際的・国際的共同研究基盤の強化
Grant number：18KK0004 2018 - 2023
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 国際共同研究強化(B)
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Scientific research funding
Educational Activities
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I teach courses on premodern Japanese literature, cultural memory, and global performance theory.
Class subject
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言語コミュニケーション論
2022.10 - 2022.12 Fall quarter
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Japan: A Literary History
2022.4 - 2022.6 Spring quarter
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言語コミュニケーション論
2022.4 - 2022.6 Spring quarter
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グローバル芸能論
2022.4 - 2022.6 Spring quarter
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グローバル芸能論
2021.10 - 2021.12 Fall quarter
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言語コミュニケーション論
2021.10 - 2021.12 Fall quarter
FD Participation
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2022.4 Role：Participation Title：令和４年度 第１回全学ＦＤ（新任教員の研修）The 1st All-University FD (training for new faculty members) in FY2022
Organizer：University-wide
Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities
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In order to reach a general audience with my research, I frequently give public lectures and publish articles in journals addressed to a wider audience.
Social Activities
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Die Grenzen japanischer Identität – Susanoos Rolle in der politischen Mythologie Japans（日本アイデンティティの境界—日本の政治的神話におけるスサノオの役割） 在日ドイツ人を対象とした公開講演
公益社団法人オーアーゲー・ドイツ東洋文化研究協会 ドイツ文化会館 東京 赤坂 2018.10
Media Coverage
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"Bei der Geburt Shintoist, beim Tod Buddhist: das Zusammenwirken von Shinto und Buddhismus in Japans Geschichte und Gegenwart"（生まれた時は神道、死ぬときは仏教—日本の歴史と現在における神道と仏教のやりとり） 神道と仏教の関係史を、日本文化に関心を持つドイツ人一般読者に向けて簡単に説明する記事を載せた。 Newspaper, magazine
EKO-Blätter 2021.12