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Conference | (in Dutch and partly in English)

Zingen van vergankelijkheid: A symposium about Heike monogatari

Date
Friday 13 May 2022
Time
Address
Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Room
1.52

Programma

  • Ivo Smits: Inleiding (in Dutch)
  • Doreen Mueller: The Afterlives of the Heike in Printed Images (in English)
  • Jos Vos: Volgeling of vazal? Wat je als vertaler van de Japanse klassieken kunt leren (in Dutch)

Last March, De val van de Taira (The Fall of the Taira) was published, the complete Dutch translation by Jos Vos of the medieval Japanese epic Heike monogatari, which has left its mark on Japanese cultural history. The translator will talk about his translation experiences. Beforehand, Dr Doreen Mueller will talk about the reception of this epic in Japanese printmaking. 

Admission is free. 

For more information, please contact Ivo Smits: i.b.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl

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