Workshops are held regularly each year on subjects related to court theatre. They are all open to the public and consist of general workshops conducted by the principal investigator and public workshops conducted by other researchers.

1st General Workshop for Specially Promoted Research “A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty”

27 July 2008 (Sunday) at Sendai City War Reconstruction Memorial Hall
Speaker: Isobe Akira
Topic: “An Overview of the Specially Promoted Research Project and Future Plans”
After ascertaining details about the research project and discussing future plans, participants exchanged relevant materials and the latest information. The following day an international conference on a related subject was also held.

2nd General Workshop for Specially Promoted Research “A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty”

18 December 2008 (Thursday) at National Center of Sciences, Tokyo
Professor Huang Shizhong of Sun Yat-sen University in China was invited to this workshop and gave a lecture.

3rd General Workshop for Specially Promoted Research “A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty”

19 July 2009 (Sunday) at Forest Hongo, Tokyo
Papers were presented by Chen Zhongqi, professor at The University of Shimane, and Yu Jeungah, teaching and research assistant at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University.

4th General Workshop for Specially Promoted Research “A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty”

6 February 2010 (Saturday) at Forest Hongo, Tokyo
Papers were presented by Otsuka Hidetaka, professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Saitama University, and Isobe Akira, professor at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University.

5th General Workshop for Specially Promoted Research “A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty“

5 June 2010 (Saturday) at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai
Professors Shi Changyu and Shi Lei of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences were invited to the workshop and both gave lectures. Project members also reported on their research during the 2009 academic year.

6th General Workshop for Spescially Promoted Reserch “A Study of the Culture of Count Theatre duaring the Qing Dynasty”

21 November 2010 (Sunday) at Forest Hongo, Tokyo

7th General Workshop for Spescially Promoted Reserch “A Study of the Culture of Count Theatre duaring the Qing Dynasty”

5 March 2011 (Saturday) at Yashioso hotel, Okinawa

In addition to regular workshops, public workshops may also be held freely by individual researchers. It is intended to hold such study meetings as occasion calls in a form that enables as many interested people as possible to participate.

1st Public Workshop for Specially Promoted Research "A Study of the Culture of Court Theatre during the Qing Dynasty"

27 February 2009 (Friday) at the University of Toyama, Toyama
Professor Chen Zhenghong of Fudan University was invited to the workshop and gave a lecture.

On 28-29 July 2008 the 4th International Scientific Conference on Publishing Culture in East Asia was held at the Sendai International Center

An abstract of this project is available on the Web site of the Science Council of Japan:
Frontline Scientific Research Projects Advanced in Japan - Newly Selected Large-scale Research Projects under FY2008Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -