Discussing Cultural Institutions: Central and East European Graduate Research Colloquium

September 24, 2025

Statement of the Colloquium:The Central and East European Graduate Research Colloquium, "Discussing Cultural Institutions," provides an opportunity for master's and doctoral students to present their ongoing research on cultural institutions, memory, and public history in Central and Eastern Europe. Alongside the student presentations, two professors will offer feedback to help the projects develop. The colloquium supports individual research as well as encourages exchange and promotes collaboration between young Japanese scholars and European experts.

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Date	October 5, 2025 (Sun.): 10:00–12:00 CEST / 17:00–19:00 JST
Venue	ONLINE SESSION (ZOOM with registration request)*
Overview	10:00–10:10 / 17:00–17:10 Introduction: Anna Nakai (Research fellow at TUFS) Presentation 1: 10:15–10:35 / 17:15–17:35 Ryonosuke Ando (Tokyo University, doctoral candidate) "Folk Culture" and the Appropriation of Space: Ethnographic Discourses and Activities in the Western Lands of Postwar Poland Comment: 10:35–10:50 / 17:35–17:50 By Prof. Dr. hab. Ewa Klekot (SWPS University) Presentation 2: 10:55–11:15 / 17:55–18:15 Kaito Ikeuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, MA student in the HIPS program) Open-Air Museums in Poland and the United States Comment: 11:15–11:30 / 18:15–18:30 Dr. hab. Joanna Wawrzyniak (University of Warsaw) 11:30–12:00 / 18:30–19:00 General Discussion

Date

October 5, 2025 (Sun.): 10:00–12:00 CEST / 17:00–19:00 JST

Venue

ONLINE SESSION (ZOOM with registration request)*

Overview

10:00–10:10 / 17:00–17:10
Introduction: Anna Nakai (Research fellow at TUFS)

Presentation 1: 10:15–10:35 / 17:15–17:35
Ryonosuke Ando (Tokyo University, doctoral candidate)
"Folk Culture" and the Appropriation of Space: Ethnographic Discourses and Activities in the Western Lands of Postwar Poland

Comment: 10:35–10:50 / 17:35–17:50
By Prof. Dr. hab. Ewa Klekot (SWPS University)

Presentation 2: 10:55–11:15 / 17:55–18:15
Kaito Ikeuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, MA student in the HIPS program)
Open-Air Museums in Poland and the United States
Comment: 11:15–11:30 / 18:15–18:30
Dr. hab. Joanna Wawrzyniak (University of Warsaw)

11:30–12:00 / 18:30–19:00
General Discussion