Fiction et histoire" international symposium, March 9-11

International symposium organized by the Research Group on the Genji monogatari - IFRAE and CRCAO (Inalco, Université Paris Cité) - with the support of the Fondation de France, the Toshiba International Foundation and the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris.

From Thursday March 9 to Saturday March 11, 2023 at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (MCJP) and at Inalco.

Free in-person admission subject to availability.
Registration required to follow the symposium remotely.

Thursday, March 9: inaugural lectures (in person)
6pm - 8:30pm - Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris - Petite salle

Required reservations with the MCJP: daniel.struve@u-paris.fr

Friday March 10: sessions 1 and 2 (in hybrid mode)
9am - 5:15pm - Inalco, PLC (Paris 13th) - Auditorium

Saturday March 11: session 3 (in hybrid mode)
9am - 6:30pm - Inalco, PLC (Paris 13e) - Auditorium

Inaugural lectures (in French)

Thursday, March 9, 2023
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (MCJP) - Petite salle (Rez-de-Chaussée)

Under the chairmanship of Anne Bayard-Sakai (Inalco)

François Macé, former professor at Inalco and researcher at IFRAE, will talk about Urashima and his return home after a stay at the bottom of the ocean. This episode, close to ancient myths, appears in turn in ancient texts as official history, legend or tale.

Nao Sawada, Professor at Rikkyo University (Tokyo) and Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, will examine the changes that NHK's historical series taiga dorama have undergone since their inception in 1963, in the direction of greater freedom from historical truth. Through Japan's past and present, both will question the relationship between fiction and history.

First and second sessions

Friday, March 10, 2023
Inalco - PLC (Paris 13e) - Auditorium

• 09:00 - 09:15 - Opening remarks by Daniel Struve

• 9:15-12:30 - Session 1 - Fiction and history: from the contemporary period to the Edo period

Chaired by Thomas Garcin ( Université Paris Cité)

• 14h-17h15 - Session 2 - Historical perspective and fiction

Chaired by Annick Horiuchi(Université Paris Cité)

Third session

Saturday, March 11, 2023
Inalco - PLC (Paris 13e) - Auditorium

• 9:00am-12:00pm - Part 1: Fiction and history: the Roman of Genji

Chaired by Michel Vieillard-Baron (Inalco)

• 2:00-2:45 pm - Part Two: Fiction and history: the Roman of Genji

Chaired by Michel Vieillard-Baron (Inalco)

• 15:15-17:30 - General discussion

Chaired by Anne Bayard-Sakai (Inalco)

• 17:30 - Closing remarks by Sumie Terada (Inalco)

Interventions in French, Japanese and English (with French and Japanese abstracts and English paper texts available) and consecutive interpretation (French-Japanese) during discussions.