Nissan Institute Seminar Series (Hilary Term 2016)
21 Jnauary - 11 March 2016, 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 Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford unless otherwise stated
Convenors: Dr Ekaterina Hertog and Professor Hugh Whittaker
Thursday 21 January
Professor Emiko Ochiai, Kyoto University
Stumbling Blocks in the 1980s Japan: Japan's Lost Decades in a Global Comparison of Different Paths toward a Long-life Society
Thursday 28 January
Dr Aya Homei, University of Manchester
A History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy
Thursday 4 February
Professor Jun Saito, Keio University
Abenomics: Past, Present, and Future
Friday 5 February
Professor Adam Komisarof, Reitaku University and Professor Zhu Hua, Birkbeck College, University of London
Crossing Boundaries: Breaking the Rice Paper Ceiling in Japan and Constructing Liminality among Transnational, Transcultural Academics
Please note that this seminar will take place on Friday 11th March and start at 5.00p.m. in the Syndicate Room, The Old main Building, St. Antony's College..
Thursday 11 February
Dr Arjan Keizer, Manchester Business School
Redefining the community firm? The unionization of part-time workers in the retail industry
Thursday 18 February
Dr Junko Yamashita, University of Bristol
The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work
Thursday 25 February
Professor Masaaki Hirano, Waseda University Business School (WBS).
Can IT augment organisational capabilities? – Evidence from Japanese data
Thursday 3 March
Dr Inge Daniels, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Oxford
Beyond the Frame: An Ethnography of the Amateur Photographic Practices in Contemporary Japan
Thursday 10 March
Dr Inge Daniels, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Oxford
Read moreabout Slow Cities?: The Revitalisation of Shrinking Communities in Japan
Friday 11 February
Professor Amy Borovoy, Princeton University
Japan in American Social Thought
Please note that this seminar will take place on Friday 11th March and start at 5.00p.m. in the Syndicate Room, The Old main Building, St. Antony's College..
Those travelling from outside Oxford are advised to check on the Institutes website in case there has been a cancellation or change of venue http://www.nissan.ox.ac.uk/events
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Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Rd., Oxford |
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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford University |
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