Events archive

Nissan Seminar

Taoka Reiun (1870-1912) and the Turn Against the Modern

Professor Ron Loftus (Williamette University)

16 October 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford,

Taoka Reiun (1870-1912) and the Turn Against the Modern

Nissan Seminar

Memorial Event to Commemorate the Work and Influence of Dr Mark Rebick

Dr Hiroaki Watanabe (University of Sheffield), Dr Ayumi Takenaka (University of Oxford), Professor Yuji Genda (University of Tokyo), Professor Richard Freeman (Harvard University)

16 June 2015 - 2:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building and the Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College, Oxford

Memorial Event to Commemorate the Work and Influence of Dr Mark Rebick (Nissan Lecturer in the Japanese Economy and Fellow of St Antony’s College, 1994-2012) PLACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE. The event is... Read more

Nissan Seminar

Locating Marriageable Communities: Cross-Border Matchmaking between Japan and Northeast China

Dr Chigusa Yamaura, Research Associate, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford

22 May 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College

Locating Marriageable Communities: Cross-Border Matchmaking between Japan and Northeast China

Nissan Seminar

The Lost Decades in Japan’s Education Policy: Impacts of the narrative of “playing catch-up with the West”

Professor Takehiko Kariya, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford

15 May 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College

The Lost Decades in Japan’s Education Policy: Impacts of the narrative of “playing catch-up with the West”

Nissan Seminar

Time and Culture

Professor Florian Coulmas, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and former director of the German Institute of Japanese Studies

8 May 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College

Time and Culture

Nissan Seminar

“Mitsui is People”: Mitsui & Co., Ltd in the 21st Century

Clare Weaver, Deputy General Manager, Legal and Compliance Departments, Mitsui & Co Europe Plc

1 May 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College

“Mitsui is People”: Mitsui & Co., Ltd in the 21st Century

Nissan Seminar

Film on Aum Shinrikyo

Mr Tatsuya Mori, Film maker

13 March 2015 - 2:30pm to 6:30pm

Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre

This Friday the Nissan Institute will have a special event on the occasion of the 20-year anniversary of the Tokyo Sarin Attack in the Tokyo subway in March 1995. The controversial documentary film... Read more

Nissan Seminar

Engineering the Empire: Comprehensive Development in Japan’s Colonial Borderlands

Professor Aaron S. Moore, Arizona State University

6 March 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College

Engineering the Empire: “Comprehensive Development” in Japan’s Colonial Borderlands Please note that this seminar will take place on Friday 6th March and start at 5.00 p.m. in the Pavilion Room.