Hollywood Kyoto: Preserving the Lost Studio Park (April 20 Online Conference, PTJC Seed Grant Project)

You are invited to attend to the online conference Hollywood Kyoto: Preserving the Lost Studio Park, which will be held Monday, April 20, 2026 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MDT/ Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM JST. RSVP to get the Zoom link!

Please RSVP by emailing Erika Gauvin (ecgauvin@ualberta.ca) to receive the Zoom link. Please note that the Zoom link will be emailed to all registered attendees prior to the event.

This is a two-year-long project coming into fruition. The Hollywood Kyoto project is a collaborative effort between the University of Alberta and Ritsumeikan University using digital humanities methods to document the demolished area of Toei Uzumasa Eigamura (Studio Park).

We are pleased to announce that there will be 5 presentations:

• 5:00 - 5:15 Introduction of Project: Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell
• 5:15 - 5:40 Origins of the Project Presentation: Dr. Akinori Nakamura
• 5:45 - 6:10 Toei Period Drama (Jidaigeki) Presentation: Dr. William Carroll
• 6:15 - 6:40 Demo of Virtual Tour: Dr. Eric Kaltman, Victor Cervantes, and Hyunsung Rho
• 6:45 - 7:00 Website Presentation and Demo: Moe Fujiwara and Erika Gauvin

Questions?
More information can be found in this link. Please direct any further questions to Research Assistant Erika Gauvin, ecgauvin@ualberta.ca.