JRC Seminar Programme
The seminars are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
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Forthcoming Events
A Disappearing Kingdom: Studio Ghibli’s Legacy in the Ni no Kuni Franchise
Dr Rayna Denison (University of East Anglia)
This talk explores the links between the Ni no Kuni game franchise and Studio Ghibli to argue that figures like Yoshiyuki Momose and Jo Hisaishi are vital to understanding how Ghibli has shaped Japan’s media ‘kingdoms’.
9 October 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMSlavery and Consent in Meiji Japan
Dr Bill Mihalopoulos
16 October 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMOppenheimer: a modern Noh play (2015) about karma, suffering and liberation
Prof Allan Marett FAHA (University of Sydney)
Allan Marett’s modern Noh play Oppenheimer (2015), presents a Buddhist perspective on the role of Robert Oppenheimer in the creation of the bombs that destroyed the cities or Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
23 October 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMDr Mateja Kovacic
30 October 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM“Marriage? I’m too busy for that…”: Japan's Volleyball Women of 1968 and Overcoming Gender Norms
PD Dr Christian Tagsold (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)
A year before the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, Christian Tagsold analyzes, how the Japanese volleyball women of the 1968 Olympic team struggled with gender norms and social expectations of marriage.
13 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMDr Sarah Teasley
20 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMKumo (work in progress): sci-fi, folklore and disaster in future Japan
Kirsten Irving (Editor at Sidekick Books) and Renee O'Drobinak (Co-founder at Ladies of the Press)
Post-apocalyptic poet and artist discuss their WIP poetry/illustration sci-fi collaboration, Kumo.
27 November 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMArt and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan
Assoc. Prof. Justin Jesty (University of Washington)
Justin Jesty presents the talk "Art and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan" based on his recent book by the same title.
4 December 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, TBC, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM