The events draw a varied audience with an interest in the region.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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2018
October
17/10/18
- EnglishのRakugo
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Experience traditional Japanese stories told through the art of Rakugo and performed in english for all to hear.
17/10/18
24/10/18
- What is an author’s view of noh? How is a new noh in traditional style conceived from ‘page to stage’?
Jannette Cheong (Poet, writer, designer and curator)
31/10/18
- Poisoning the Well: From Postwar Anti-Nuclear Protest to J-Horror
Jennifer Coates (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)
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A Halloween-themed public talk tracing the iconography of 1990s Japanese horror film back to 1950s anti-nuclear protest.
November
14/11/18
- History of the Japanese Video Game Industry
Prof Yuhsuke Koyama (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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Brief history of the Japanese video game industry from Space Invaders to smartphone games.
21/11/18
- Journalists and the Establishment of Cold War Sino-Japanese Relations
Dr Casper Wits (University of Cambridge)
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An exploration of relations between Japan and China during the Cold War through the lens of journalism.
28/11/18
- Nihon to Seiyō – Japan and the West
Prof Neil Jackson (University of Liverpool in London)
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An illustrated exploration of Japanese and Western architecture over the last 150 years.
December
05/12/18
- Kanai Mieko's Textual Bodies: Dancing Girls and Inflated Men
Dr Hannah Osborne (SOAS)
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A talk which focuses on the recurring motif of the textual body in Kanai's early writings, and discusses its implications for the acts of reading and writing.
12/12/18
- The Relationship between Credit Guarantees and Zombie Firms: A Case Study of Japan's Credit Guarantee System for SME
Dr Scott Wilbur (EHESS)
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An examination of Japan's credit guarantee system for small and medium enterprises (SME).