The Kizuna India Japan Study Forum (KIJSF) is aimed at promoting the study of under-researched aspects of India-Japan historical and cultural interactions by holding lectures on a monthly basis. This will open avenues for all young and old researchers/scholars to share and exchange their work encapsulating rich history and contacts between the two countries in trade, business, economic, cultural, philosophical spheres. This would not only enhance mutual understanding but also strengthen the foundations of rapidly expanding multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.
KIZUNA INDIA-JAPAN
STUDY FORUM
KIJS FORUM
Several dimensions of India-Japan cultural ties historically shaped and reshaped by movement of people and goods via a multitude of inter-Asian sea and land routes have remained less researched. The forum aims to unravel and document these relatively under-researched India-Japan historical ties through a series of lectures, seminars and publications.
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The forum has evolved from deliberation at an International Conference: India and Japan: Unearthing Lesser Known Historical and Cultural Linkages, New Delhi, November 15-17, 2018 and subsequent publication of conference papers and their dissemination as an electronic book India-Japan Narratives: Lesser Known Historical and Cultural Interactions, edited by Sushila Narsimhan (MOSAI Publication 2021, ISBN No: 9 788195 255603). Also a newer hard copy publication is Geographies of Exchange between India and Japan, edited by Sushila Narsimhan and Parul Bakshi (MOSAI Publication, 2024, ISBN 9789391897956).
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ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Ashok Jain,
President of the Mombusho Scholars’ Association of India (MOSAI) is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India and founding member of Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing.
Dr. Masumi Igarashi is a senior Assistant Professor at the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education, Okayama University.
Ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, President of India-Japan Friendship Forum, India, has served various countries as India’s Ambassador.
Ms. Sifra Lentin is an Author and Bombay History Fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
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Dr. Martha Chaiklin is a historian and independent curator, currently based in Maryland, USA.
Prof. Sushila Narsimhan was formerly a Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Dr. Timon Screech, an expert on the history of Edo Period, is currently a Professor in International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto, Japan.
EXECUTIVE TEAM KIJSF
Prof. Sushila Narsimhan, Japanese Studies
Dr Amita Kini- Singh, Art Historian
Shuka Jain, Designer
Manoj Sharma, Office-in-charge
Email: kizunaindia@mosai.org.in
Website: https://www.mosai.in