Momoya Okura Memorial Symposium-Series: The Languages and Cultures of Asia in Inter-Cultural Dialogue (Image and Text —Text and Image)Emily Schmidt

ASIEN – Nr. 156/157 (2020) pp. 194–95

Mainz, February 18, 2020. Organized by Sonja Wengoborski (Mainz) in cooperation with Masako Sato (Tokyo) and Li Wei (Hangzhou)

The series’ second symposium discussed the perception of images and their transformation in text-based media as well as the visualization of texts. It was opened by Sonja Wengoborski with a digital greeting from the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology of Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Prof. Rainer Emig, a greeting from the Director of the Foundation Yoko Okura Project 360, delivered by Prof. Masako Sato, and a greeting from Prof. Li Wei. Prof. Almuth Degener (Mainz) welcomed the participants and guests in the name of the Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media – Indology…