Organized by the Japanese studies sector of the Department of Languages and Cultures and BOCULT – Centre for Research on Body Cultures in Motion, the workshop “Studying Food and Japan: A Roundtable on New Research and Approaches” at Ghent University will cover a range of topics related to Buddhism in Japan and include, among others, presentations by three GCBS’s researchers: Anna Andreeva, Andreas Niehaus, and Paride Stortini. The workshop will take place on March 7, 2025 at 10:00-12:00 CET in Blandijnberg 2.24.
Program:
- Erica Baffelli (The University of Manchester)
Sticky Rice: Foodways and Buddhist Minorities in Japan
- Paulina Kolata (University of Copenhagen)
Fridge Stories: Food and Buddhist Ritual Economies in Japan
- Anna Andreeva (Ghent University)
The Sonkeikaku Bunko Manuscript: On Dietetics for Pregnant Women in Medieval Japan
- Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University)
Commensality, Loneliness and Home: Food on the Move in Hayashi Fumiko’s Santō Ryokōki
- Paride Stortini (Ghent University)
The Original Recipe of Modernity: Calpis, Curry, and the Transnational Construction of Religion in Japan
