Kickoff-Event of the Momoya Okura Memorial Symposium-Series: The Languages and Cultures of Asia in Inter-Cultural Dialogue/ Auftaktveranstaltung der Momoya Okura Memorial Symposien-Reihe: Sprachen und Kulturen im interkulturellen DialogSonja Wengoborski

ASIEN – Nr. 154/155 (2020) pp. 150–51

Mainz, August 29, 2019

The focus of the symposium-series’ opening event was on different aspects of the notion of ‘culture’, which has been under review and discussion in various fields of research in recent years. It was opened by Sonja Wengoborski with a greeting from the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology of Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Rainer Emig, a greeting from the Director of the Foundation Yoko Okura Project 360, delivered by Masako Sato, and a short report by Professor Li Wei on a series of three annual conferences that have taken place at the Buddhist Academy in Hangzhou (China) since 2016…