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…
Publication: Mutual Images, 5
Dear readers, We are glad to announce the publication of the fifth issue of our transcultural research journal, Mutual Images. True to our philosophy, we have rendered this issue - titled "Politics, arts and pop culture of Japan in local and global contexts" - freely available, as an open access ressource, on our Mutual Images…
Publication: Mutual Images, 4
Dear readers, We are glad to announce the publication of the fourth issue of our transcultural research journal, Mutual Images. True to our philosophy, we have rendered this issue - titled "Japan and Asia: Representations of Selfness and Otherness" - freely available, as an open access ressource, on our Mutual Images Journal Website. To access…
Call for Papers: Mutual Images 6th International Workshop
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (CARDIFF, UK) 1st-2nd May 2018 Mediatised images of Japan in Europe: Through the media kaleidoscope Europe and Japan are geographically far removed from one another. However, and increasingly, Japan is also present in a variety of public venues and forms travelling on multiple distribution platforms: print, television, and online media. Inevitably, all these…
