Events archive

Nissan Seminar

Japan and Brexit

28 November 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to the UK will give a talk entitled Japan and Brexit. Discussant: Sir Ivan Rogers, formerly Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the... Read more
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Akira Kurosawa’s Reception of Tolstoy in the film Ikiru (To Live, 1952) in the Context of Postwar Japan

Olga Solovieva, Assistant Professor, Depart. of Comparative Literature, University of Chicago
24 November 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Nissan Seminar

The “Salaryman” Samurai: Japan’s Medieval Warrior and the “Birth” of the Early Modern World

Jeff Kurashige, Keio University and Cambridge University
17 November 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Nissan Seminar

Japan and the Great Divergence

Dr Penny Francks, University of Leeds
10 November 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Nissan Seminar

Beyond the Gender Gap in Contemporary Japan

3 November 2017 - 2:00pm to 6:15pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
The seminar will start with an introduction from Gill Steel, Doshisha University at 2.00 pm. Session 1 - Women at Work 2.05 pm - 2.50 pm Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Mito Akiyoshi, Senshu University... Read more