The Archaeology of Early Japan: Debating Social Complexity

Dates: September 13 - 14, 2024
Location: Yale University (Building TBA)

This two-day conference will serve as a forum for international archaeologists of pre-, protohistoric, and early historic Japan audiences to present diverse approaches to the formation social complexity across and beyond the Japanese archipelago. Invitees include those who have made valuable contributions to the international archaeological community’s understanding of the formation of Japanese civilization. In addition, as modern national borders do not reflect those that existed in periods discussed, scholars will also include those who research early cross-border (especially Japan-Korea) connections. This event will also provide a valuable opportunity for senior and junior scholars to forge closer professional connections, while also exposing the Yale community to new developments in the field. 

Registration

TBA

Visa Applications

If you need an invitation letter for visa application, please provide your personal particulars to the meeting contact person: name, travel document number, intended stay period in case you want longer stay. If there are additional requirement from the Visa office of your applying Embassy/Consulate, please send such requests to us. Invitation letters will be issued through Dr. Kathy Rupp, Director of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University. (Note:  Yale University is the inviting body and cannot serve as your guarantor.)

Contacts

Dr. Kirie Stromberg, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures (kirie.stromberg@yale.edu)

Dr. Yukiko Tonoike, Associate Research Scientist, Anthropology; Coordinator, Yale InterAsia Initiative (yukiko.tonoike@yale.edu)

This conference is sponsored by The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University and The Archaia Program for the Study of Global Antiquity at Yale University.