the 6th symposium

The Second Day: Public Symposium
On November 12, 2000 (Sun.), the Sixth International Symposium sponsored by the International Shinto Foundation was held at the Reception Hall of the Tokyo International Forum. Participants included an audience of over four hundred and thirty along with worldwide Shinto researchers who were present at the roundtable discussion held the previous day.

The First Session (Based on History and Tradition)
*Aleksander Meshcheryakov* (Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA)
*Brian Bocking* (Professor of the Study of Religions, Head of the Dept. of the Study of Religions at SOAS, University of London, UK.)	*John Breen* (Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Head of Japanese Section, Chairman of Centre for the study of Japanese religions at SOAS, University of London, UK)
*Tsunetada Mayumi* (Chief Priest, Yasaka Shrine, JAPAN)
The Second Session (From the Viewpoint of Cultural Exchange and Transition)
*Irit Averbuch* (Senior Lecturer, Dept. of East Asian Studies, Faculty of the Humanities, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL)
*Minoru Sonoda* (Cheif Priest, Chichibu Shrine, JAPAN)
*Wang Yong* (Professor/Director, Zhejiang University Institute of Japanese Cultural Studies, CHINA, Currently, Visiting Professor at National Institute of Japanese Literature, Tokyo, JAPAN)

The Third Session (Aiming at the Dispatch Shinto Research in the Near Future)
*Michael Pye* (Prof. of Religions at Marburg University, GERMANY)
*Delmer Brown* (Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)

The Final Session (Comments and Summary)
The speeches were perfectly summed up by the moderator, Professor *Masayuki Nakanishi* (Kokugakuin University).


There were many questions from participants, who were seen catching speakers to discuss them inside the hall and the aisle after the symposium. This symposium is to be published as a proceeding from the ISF. Please look for it.

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