2026.04.13
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26th Hasekura Seminar: Kiri Paramore, “The Problem of Periodization in Global History: What Comes Before ‘Modern’—Medieval, Early Modern, or Something Else?”
How should we understand the historical period that comes before “the modern”?
In this lecture, Kiri Paramore examines the first sustained academic use of the concept of “early modernity,” which emerged in Japan in the early twentieth century. Developed partly in reaction to the imperialist implications of the periodization of Ancient–Medieval–Modern, the idea of early modernity offered an alternative trajectory toward nationhood and sovereignty, rooted not in feudal militarism but in civil culture and the spread of Neo-Confucianism. By tracing this intellectual history, Paramore sheds light on how Japanese historians opened up more culturally and historically plural ways of thinking about modernity and global history.
Date&Time: April 20, 2026, 13:00~14:30
Venue: Tohoku University Kawauchi Campus, Multimedia Education and Research Complex, 6F
(MAP:https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/map/en/?f=KW_A05)
Capacity: 100
Registration: Not required
主催： 東北大学日本学国際共同大学院 東北大学大学院国際文化研究科
共催： 東北大学日本思想史研究会 東北大学日本学研究会
For inquiries: Klautau, Orion （klautau[@]tohoku.ac.jp）*Please change [@] to @
In this lecture, Kiri Paramore examines the first sustained academic use of the concept of “early modernity,” which emerged in Japan in the early twentieth century. Developed partly in reaction to the imperialist implications of the periodization of Ancient–Medieval–Modern, the idea of early modernity offered an alternative trajectory toward nationhood and sovereignty, rooted not in feudal militarism but in civil culture and the spread of Neo-Confucianism. By tracing this intellectual history, Paramore sheds light on how Japanese historians opened up more culturally and historically plural ways of thinking about modernity and global history.
Date&Time: April 20, 2026, 13:00~14:30
Venue: Tohoku University Kawauchi Campus, Multimedia Education and Research Complex, 6F
(MAP:https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/map/en/?f=KW_A05)
Capacity: 100
Registration: Not required
主催： 東北大学日本学国際共同大学院 東北大学大学院国際文化研究科
共催： 東北大学日本思想史研究会 東北大学日本学研究会
For inquiries: Klautau, Orion （klautau[@]tohoku.ac.jp）*Please change [@] to @
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