The Department of Japanese Studies of the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures is organising the 18th edition of the EAJS international conference, which will be held on 27-30 August 2026.
EAJS, or the European Association for Japanese Studies, is the world's largest organisation bringing together specialists of various disciplines from the humanities and social sciences, engaged in the study of Japan and its relations with other countries.
Thanks to the Association's great activity and popularity, its members include not only researchers from Europe, but also from North America and Asia, including Japan itself. The group of Japanese researchers at the conferences usually numbers several hundred.
The EAJS conference has been held every three years since 1973 in various cities in Europe and, additionally, since 2013 in Japan occasionally, and furthermore, since the pandemic in a fully hybrid format. It is attended on average by 700-800 people, while the largest event in Lisbon in 2017 attracted 1,200 participants. EAJS conferences are very popular due to their multidisciplinary and global nature. The last and so far the only time the conference was held in Poland was in Warsaw in 2003.
The organiser of the 2026 conference, the Local Organising Committee, comprises staff of the Department of Japanese Studies and other UAM units under the direction of Prof. Beata Bochorodycz.
All AMU employees are covered by institutional membership of the EAJS, which was purchased by the AMU Department of Japanese Studies.