12 December 2022

Past, present and future

of Asian lacquer:

urushi from art to electronics

at Kyoto University

A hybrid workshop with invited speakers from Japan and abroad involved in research concerning Asian lacquer and its applications.


Afternoon session:

15:30-18:40 JST

7:30-10:40 CET

Oral talks by invited speakers

Evening session:

19:30-20:30 JST

11:30-12:30 CET

Roundtable session (by invitation only)

This workshop aims to bring together the main experts in the synthesis, characterization and application of urushi, spanning from conservation of ancient artifacts to the synthesis of novel electronic devices.


Invited speakers

SHIMODE Yutaro

Professor

Division of Kyoto Studies

Kyoto Sangyo University


OTANI Ikue

Assistant Professor

Institute for Research in Humanities

Kyoto University

NISHATANI Yuuta

Student

Faculty of Agriculture

Kyoto University

Ilaria BONADUCE

Associate Professor

Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry Department

University of Pisa


HASHIMOTO Yuki

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems

University of Tsukuba

Diego TAMBURINI

Scientist

Department of Scientific Research

The British Museum



Victor EROKHIN

Professor

Department of Physical, Mathematical and Informatics studies

University of Parma and IMEM-CNR

Venue

Venue: Kyoto University, Building 61, Seminar room B1

Address: Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 JAPAN

Let us know if you'll be attending!

You can join online or onsite.

Organized by

Francesca PINCELLA, MINEO Keito, WU Beiling, and NAKAMURA Masaharu,

Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University

Erika FORTE, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Contact: urushi.team(at)gmail.com

Project website

Supported by

Kyoto University Research Administration Center

Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research