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Okayama University RIDC Held “4th International Symposium on the Ancient Maya in Japan: Teotihuacan and the Maya”

March 11, 2022

The Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations at Okayama University(hereinafter RIDC) held an online international symposium "4th International Symposium on the Ancient Maya in Japan: Teotihuacan and the Maya " on February 14 and 15. The symposium was designed as an academic conference for specialists of Mesoamerican archaeology, with six speakers from National Autonomous University of Mexico, Yale University, the University of California, Riverside, and other institutions. Since Spanish was set as the conference's official language, we received 402 pre-registrations from 21 countries. During the meeting, the number of participants changed according to the program, but there were always about 130 simultaneous connections, which led to significant discussions with local researchers and students.

RIDC promotes archaeology without borders and considers Mesoamerica, where Teotihuacan and Maya civilizations flourished, as one of the areas of the most interest. The online conferences system has spread rapidly with the COVID-19, and this technology has made it possible to hold academic conferences that include a wide range of overseas researchers and students, even from distant locations. We plan to continue to hold symposia in various forms.

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