International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa

Japanese: International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa(英語表記)InternationalCongressofHumanSciencesinAsiaandNorthAfrica
International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa

… For example, the School of Oriental Studies at the University of London has been renamed the School of Oriental and African Studies. The International Congress of Orientalists, the most prestigious academic association in Oriental studies, held its first meeting in Paris in 1873 and has been held mainly in Europe. However, when the 29th Congress was held in Paris in 1973 to commemorate its 100th anniversary, it was renamed the International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. This was because the word "Orient" was based on a Eurocentric way of thinking and was considered inappropriate in light of the wave of nationalism that had risen among the peoples of Asia and Africa after the Second World War. Incidentally, the 31st Congress was held for the first time in the Far East in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1983. …

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… これらのことは例えば,ロンドン大学のかつての東洋学学校School of Oriental Studiesが今では東洋アフリカ学学校School of Oriental and African Studiesに改称されたことからも分かる。さらに1873年にパリで第1回会議を開いた東洋学に関する最も権威ある学会連合である国際オリエント学会議International Congress of Orientalistsは,おもにヨーロッパ各地で開催されてきたが,1973年に第29回会議を創立100周年を記念してパリで開いた際,国際アジア・北アフリカ人文科学会議International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africaと改称されたのは,オリエントOrientという語がヨーロッパを中心とする考え方にもとづいており,第2次世界大戦以後,アジア・アフリカ諸民族の間に澎湃(ほうはい)としておこったナショナリズムの波からみて,不適当と考えられたからであった。ちなみに第31回会議は83年に初めて極東の地たる東京と京都で開かれた。…

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