Nissan Institute Seminar Series (Trinity Term 2015)

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.

Fridays 5.00pm in the Pavilion Room, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford unless otherwise stated

 

Convenors: Professor Sho Konishi

 

Friday, 1st May
Clare Weaver, Deputy General Manager, Legal and Compliance Departments, Mitsui & Co Europe Plc - See more at: http://www.nissan.ox.ac.uk/events#sthash.3QN0tF0D.dpuf
“Mitsui is People”: Mitsui & Co., Ltd in the 21st Century

Friday, 8th May
Professor Florian Coulmas, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and former director of the German Institute of Japanese Studies
Time and Culture

Friday, 15th May
Professor Takehiko Kariya, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford
The Lost Decades in Japan’s Education Policy: Impacts of the narrative of “playing catch-up with the West”

 

Friday, 22nd May
Dr Chigusa Yamaura, Research Associate, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford
Locating Marriageable Communities: Cross-Border Matchmaking between Japan and Northeast China

 

Tuesday 16th June
Memorial Event to Commemorate the Work and Influence of Dr Mark Rebick

Memorial Event to Commemoratethe Work and Influence of Dr Mark Rebick (Nissan Lecturer in the Japanese Economy and Fellow of St Antony’s College, 1994-2012)

 

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