Nissan Institute Seminar Series (Hilary Term 2013)
17 January - 15 March 2013, Oxford
From its start in the 1980s the institute has organised a series of Nissan Seminars in Japanese Studies. We invite scholars based in the UK to present their most recent research. Members of the general public are welcome to attend.
Thursdays 2:00 - 3:30pm, in the Dahrendorf Room, Founders’ Building, St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
Convenors: Dr Tuukka Toivonen and Professor Ian Neary
Thursday 17 January
Dr Pamela Wace, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
Environment and Technology: the view from prehistory
Thursday 24 January
David Banister, Professor of Transport Studies and Fellow of St. Anne's College, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment
Towards a low carbon society: Halving global CO2 emissions from the transport sector by 2050
Thursday 31 January
Katrina Moore, University of New South Wales
The Pedagogical Power of Noh: An Ethnographer's Journey
Thursday 7 February
Masahiro Kotosaka, Said Business School
The Institutional Context for Rapidly Internationalizing Japanese Firms: Constraint to resource, bilateral to multilateral
Thursday 14 February
Philip Grover, Assistant Curator, Photograph and Manuscript Collections, Pitt Rivers Museum
Samurai Abroad: Photographs of the Takenouchi Mission to Europe (1862)
Thursday 21 February
Susan Long, John Carroll University
Revisiting Siblings and Grandchildren: The Meaning of Japanese Family Relationships in the Old Age
Thursday 28 February
Adam Komisarof, Reitaku University
The Role of Aligning Acculturation Strategies in Addressing Japan’s Labor Shortage
Thursday 7 March
Ito Peng, University of Toronto
All in the Family? Migrants, Nationhood, and Care Regimes in Asia and North America
Thursday 14 & Friday 15 March
Two-day conference on Engaging with Japanese Studies revisiting the question of why Japan matters
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Dahrendorf Room, St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Rd., Oxford |
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