Dear SSJ-Forum member,
The Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at the
University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming
hybrid u:japan lecture:

Harald Conrad:
"Beauty and Money - Managing (Un)certainty in the Japanese Antique Art
Trade"

Date and time: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 18:00~19:30 (CEST, UTC +2h)

Location: Onsite @ Campus of the University of Vienna Department of East
Asian Studies, Japanese Studies room JAP 1 (2K-EG-21), University Campus
Hof 2.4, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=23548#c646040

Online: Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/69554614699?pwd=dTRNMkp5YS9HQzNNNlJuR1FGTjhBUT09
Meeting-ID: 695 5461 4699 | PW: 303520

Abstract: More than other markets, art markets are often shrouded in mystery. How art is traded, valued, and exhibited is frequently shaped by complex cultural, social, and economic arrangements. Trading arrangements are, among other factors, shaped by market actors trying to address various sources of uncertainty: How should they value the objects of their trade, how can they shield themselves from the competition, and with whom and how do they cooperate? This lecture by Harald Conrad (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany) investigates how Japanese antique art dealers confront such issues. While offering a rich description and analysis of a rather secretive Japanese market, this lecture will advance our understanding of how actors can actively shape market arrangements and find solutions to address the specific challenges of their domain. In the case of the Japanese antique art market such challenges include a high risk of fakes, a limited quantity of high-quality material, "wannabe" dealers and market outsiders, as well as dealers with "too much" money. Offering interview-based insights into the social world and beliefs of Japanese antique art dealers, the lecture will also discuss a globally unique and ingenious market device that combines auctions with lottery draws tomanage "fair" dealers' auctions.

For more information on the speaker, the lecture and future events at
u:japan, please follow the link below:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/

We look forward to your participation!
Christopher Kummer, Florian Purkarthofer, Elisabeth Semmler, Astrid
Unger and Ralf Windhab

PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded
lectures section:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/records/

u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies at the University of
Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at

Kindly sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation:
https://www.toshibafoundation.com/