Ise: Japan's Imperial Shrines and the Japanese Empire

Name: Ise: Japan's Imperial Shrines and the Japanese Empire
Start: 2026-11-18T11:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-18T12:45:00.000Z
Location: Naturhistorisches Museum der UZH

Lecture on Ise shrines as nodes in imperial circulation networks and cultural exchange across Asia.

Date

Wednesday 18 November

12:30 – 13:45

Venue

Naturhistorisches Museum der UZH

Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, Zürich

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

English

No German needed

About

Professor Jordan Sand (Georgetown University) examines the renowned Ise shrines, commonly regarded as the spiritual centre of Japan and ancestral sanctuary of the imperial family. Rather than viewing them as unchanging expressions of Japanese culture, this lecture situates them as nodes in regional circulations of goods and architectural forms extending to the Asian continent, with deep ties to Japan's imperial expansion in the modern period. The talk takes place at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich.

Organiser · Chair for Global History

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