Overview

The site is the public home for a two-day graduate symposium on the historiography of Japanese art — a Call for Papers, a full two-day program, fifteen paper abstracts and three keynote talks, and practical visitor information for attendees traveling to Heidelberg. The brief was simple to state and hard to execute well: make a content-dense academic program feel legible, credible, and easy to navigate, without losing the editorial character the subject deserves. Beyond the interface, I worked closely with the symposium committee through several rounds of review to align on the visual direction, and — drawing on my own academic background — proofread the Call for Papers and program copy for tone and precision.

Highlights

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Homepage

A slow fade-in welcomes visitors on load, instead of the page snapping into view.

Call for Papers

A clear submission brief with themes and deadline up front, so contributors know at a glance if and how to apply.

Program — Ensō Orientation

A hand-drawn ensō appears while reading the abstracts and jumps straight back to the schedule.

Visitor Information

An embedded Google Maps view sits directly on the page, so attendees can find the venue without leaving the site.

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Outcome

The site shipped ahead of the Call for Papers deadline and now hosts the full program: three keynote talks and fifteen papers from scholars and institutions across Europe, North America, and Asia. The cross-linked schedule/abstract structure meant zero duplicated content to maintain, and the plain-data architecture let organizers update speaker details themselves without touching layout code.