{"id":16963,"date":"2026-05-27T13:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/rilas\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:46:53","slug":"%e3%80%906%e6%9c%883%e6%97%a5%ef%bc%88%e6%b0%b4%ef%bc%89%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e3%80%91%e5%8e%a6%e9%96%80%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-%e6%a2%81%e9%9d%92%e5%85%88%e7%94%9f%e8%ac%9b%e6%bc%94%e4%bc%9a%e3%80%8c-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/flas\/rilas\/news-en\/2026\/05\/27\/16963\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Haruo Shirane Open Seminar | The Eco-Social Imaginary: A New Approach to Ghosts and the Supernatural in Japan | Wednesday, June 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Haruo Shirane Open Seminar<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Eco-Social Imaginary: A New Approach to Ghosts and the Supernatural in Japan<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Date: June 24 (Wednesday), 2026, 5-7PM
\nFormat: In-person only
\nLocation: Building 36 \/Room#382, Toyama-Campus, Waseda University
\nLanguage: English and Japanese<\/p>\n

The eco-social imaginary creates a way of living and seeing that conceives of the human community as part of the larger community of beings, including animals, plants, mountains, waters, and spirits. I show how the emergence of ghosts and other strange beings marks tensions and fractures in the eco-social relations and how multiple eco-social imaginaries evolve across time. Different media and performance genres transmit and transform these eco-social imaginaries, resulting in an evolving cultural memory.<\/p>\n

Program<\/h3>\n

5:00 PM\u00a0 Opening Remarks – Kimiko Kono (Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences)
\n5:10\u20136:10 PM\u00a0 Open Seminar “The Eco-Social Imaginary: A New Approach to Ghosts and the Supernatural in Japan” \u00a0Haruo Shirane (Columbia University)
\n6:15\u20136:40 PM\u00a0 Comment – Keisuke Unno (Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and\u00a0 Sciences) , Satomi Yamamoto (Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences)
\n6:40\u20137:00 PM\u00a0 Q&A Session<\/p>\n

Organizer<\/h3>\n

Waseda University Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences
\nRyusaku Tsunoda Center of Japanese Culture
\nSGU Global Japanese Studies<\/p>\n

This seminar is supported by JSPS Grant Numbers 26K00129 and 24K00045.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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