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(June 5, Friday) International Symposium “Circulation of Texts and Cultural Exchanges across the Transpacific Space: Spain, New Spain, the Philippines, and Japan (16th–19th Centuries)”
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FRI 2026- Place
- Waseda University, Building 3, 10th Floor, Conference Room No. 1 (1014)
- Time
- 9:30-19:00
- Posted
- Thu, 28 May 2026
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to present an international symposium organized by the Waseda Institute of Latin American Studies, which will be held at our School next Friday (June 5), featuring nine speakers, five of whom have been invited from abroad. The conference will explore the circulation of texts across the transpacific networks linking Spain, New Spain, the Philippines, and Japan between the 16th and early 19th centuries. It will examine how commercial, religious, and diplomatic exchanges shaped the production, transmission, translation, and adaptation of manuscript and printed texts, as well as their interaction with Hispanic, Filipino, and Japanese cultural traditions. Further details are provided below.
Bernat MARTI
Title: International Symposium “Circulation of Texts and Cultural Exchanges across the Transpacific Space: Spain, New Spain, the Philippines, and Japan (16th–19th Centuries)”
Date and Time: June 5 (Friday), 2026
Venue: Waseda University, Building 3, 10th Floor, Conference Room No. 1 (1014)
Audience: Open to the public Format: In-person only Language: English Enquiries: [email protected]
Program
09:30–11:30 Session 1
Alexandre Coello de la Rosa (Pompeu Fabra University)
“Beyond Anthropology. The Report to the King (1658) by Father Magino Solà, SJ, Ambassador, Procurator, and Agent of the Philippine Islands in Europe and the Americas (1656–64)”
James Harry Morris (National Institutes for the Humanities, Tokyo)
“Generic Recycling and Adaptation: Anti-Kirishitan Legislation as a Theme in Edo Period Popular Literature”
Jiang Wei (Independent Scholar)
“Beatification and Visual Strategies in Making Marcello Mastrilli (1603–1637) a Japan Martyr-Saint”
11:30–13:00 Lunch
13:00–15:00 Session 2
Igawa Kenji (Waseda University)
“Interregional Relations between Japan and Latin America before the Early 17th Century”
Guillermo Alvar Nuño (University of Alcalá / IEMSO)
“Latin Books in the Biblioteca Palafoxiana of Puebla (Mexico) during the New Spain Period”
Takeda Kazuhisa (Meiji University)
“Jesuit Transcontinental Knowledge Networks: Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595–1658), the Imperial College of Madrid, and the Paraguayan Province of Colonial Spanish America”
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–17:00 “Sources, Methods, and Current Trends in Early Modern Transpacific Studies: A Student Workshop”
Moderator: Jesús Armando Román Zamora (Waseda University)
America: Alexandre Coello de la Rosa (Pompeu Fabra University) The Philippines: Jorge Mojarro (RCCAH, University of Santo Tomas)
Japan: Akune Susumu (Toyo Bunko)
Participants: Kojima Kensei, Shiraki Sora, Oishi Seichi (Waseda University)
17:00–17:30 Coffee Break
17:30–19:00 Session 3
Jorge Mojarro (RCCAH, University of Santo Tomas)
“Christian Martyrdoms of Japan and the Manila Press (1618–1641)”
Regalado Trota José Jr. (National Historical Commission of the Philippines)
“Three Japanese Booklets Printed in Manila, 1622–1623, kept at the Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomás”