Dear readers, We are glad to announce the publication of the seventh issue of our transcultural research journal, Mutual Images. True to our philosophy, we have rendered this issue - titled "Layers of aesthetics and ethics in Japanese pop culture" - freely available, as an open access ressource, on our Mutual Images Journal Website. To…
Newsletter: Autumn 2019
Dear readers, We are delighted to present you the second MIRA Newsletter. We hope that you all enjoyed a pleasant, restful summer (although we all know well that summers are made for catching up on the research on hold during the teaching months) and are now ready to lose yourself in the contemplation of momiji…
Call for Papers: Mutual Images 8th International Workshop
RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY (KYOTO, JAPAN) 5-8th June 2020 Japanese Pilgrimages: Experiences and motivations behind cultural and spiritual peregrinations from and to East Asia Pilgrimages are a phenomenon as old as humanity with relevant consequences in the social, economic and cultural lives of countries and regions. On an individual level, there are many motivations behind the pilgrim…
Publication: Mutual Images, 6
Dear readers, We are glad to announce the publication of the sixth issue of our transcultural research journal, Mutual Images. True to our philosophy, we have rendered this issue - titled "Mediatised Images of Japan in Europe: Through the Media Kaleidoscope" - freely available, as an open access ressource, on our Mutual Images Journal Website.…
Newsletter: Spring 2019
Dear readers, We are delighted to present you the first MIRA Newsletter. We have gone a long way since 2013 when two young graduate students decided to organize a workshop. Since then, MIRA co-hosted events in Japan and Europe on an annual basis, published five issues of the Mutual Images Journal, and worked with an…
Call for Applications: MIRA 1st International Summer School
UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA (MESSINA, ITALY) 16-19th July 2019 Mediated and cultural representations in East Asia, Italy and Europe Mutual Images Research Association, and DiCAM—Department of Ancient and Modern Civilisations, University of Messina invite applications for the 2019 Mediated and cultural representations between East Asia, Italy and Europe Summer School, to be held at the University of Messina…
Call for Papers: Mutual Images 7th International Workshop
UNIVERSITY OF VIGO, PONTEVEDRA CAMPUS (VIGO, SPAIN) 3-4th June 2019 Painting East: Artistic relations between Japan and the West (Artists, aesthetics, artworks) Nowadays, intense influences between cultures are commonly associated with new technologies and globalisation. However, when it comes to art, the new millennium is but the last step in a long process of hundreds…
