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PUBLIC EVENTS 2020 ~ 2021
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 7
Invites you to a discussion with David H. Slater, Sophia University and Rosa Barbaran, Filmmaker of refugee life and politics in Tokyo
Refugee voices in Japan’s detention centers during the pandemic
Date: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A On Zoom. Open to all; Language English
Please register HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 6
Invites you to a discussion with Bao Quyen Tran, Sophia University,
“Vietnamese Technical Trainees in Japan Voice Concerns Amidst COVID-19”
Date: Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 , Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A On Zoom. Open to all; Language English
Please register HERE
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2020
AFFECTIVE LABOR AMONG THE USED BOOKSELLERS OF JIMBOCHO:
An ethnography of markets and auctions
Susan Paige Taylor
January 30th, 2021 / 19:00 (JST) / @ Zoom Register from HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 12
Invites you to a discussion with Charles E. McJilton, Sophia University
“Food Crisis for the Homeless and others during COVID-19”
Date: Wednesday, January 27th, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English/ @ Zoom Register from HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 11
Invites you to a discussion with Valentina Giammaria, Sophia University
“COVID-19 in Japan: A Nighttime Disease”
Date: Wednesday, December 9, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English/ @ Zoom Register from HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 10
Invites you to a discussion with Masako Tanaka, Sophia University
Date: Thursday, December 3rd , Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English/ @ Zoom Register from HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 9
Invites you to a discussion with Sarajean Rossitto , Tokyo-based social impact architect, and Kozue Oka , Executive Director at Mirai no Mori
“Isolated Together: Amplified vulnerabilities in Japan’s Children’s Homes”
Date: Wednesday, December 2 , Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English/ @ Zoom Register from HERE
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2020
A Study of Socio-Cultural, Religious and Working Worlds
Dr. Megha Wadhwa
Date: November 29th, 2020, Time: 19:00 – 20:30 (JST)
On Zoom, Please register from HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 8
Invites you to a discussion with Jack Lichten, Tokyo University and Chika Kondo, Kyoto University
Date: Wednesday, November 25, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; Language English / Resiger HERE
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2020
The Urbanization of Tokyo in the 1960s
Eric Häusler
November 25, 2020, 18:00 - 19:30 (JST)
On Zoom , Please register from HERE
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW
Film and Translation in Literature in Japanese, 1989-2019
Lectures by:
Dr. Barbara Thornbury (Temple University, USA)
Dr. Stephen Snyder (Middlebury College)
November 15, 2020 (Japan)
09:00 am to 11:30 am (JST)
On Zoom
Register from HERE
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Sophia Universiy Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW
Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor, Leiden University
November 12th, 2020, 18:00 am – 19:30 pm (Tokyo time)
Book talk followed by Q & A session
Online at Zoom Please register from here:
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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW
Book Talk:
Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century
Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Professor, FLA, Sophia University
November 7th, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Tokyo time)
Book talk followed by Q & A session
On Zoom Please register from here:
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 5
Invites you to a discussion with Satsuki Uno, Global Marketer and localizer for a Japanese Gaming Company, Robin O’Day, University of North Georgia
Date: Wednesday, November 4 Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A On Zoom.
Open to all; Language English Please register HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 4
Invites you to a discussion with Megha Wadhwa, Sophia University
“In the Age of COVID-19 – Indian restaurants and the Indian cooks in Japan”
Date: Wednesday, October 28, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English, Please register HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 3
Invites you to a discussion with Rei Ando, Sophia University and Nakajima Sachi, Resilience
“Domestic Violence and Japan’s COVID-19 Pandemic”
Date: Wednesday, October 21, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; Language English, Please register HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 2
Invites you to a discussion with Mark Bookman, University of Pennsylvania
“The Coronavirus Crisis: Disability Politics and Activism in Contemporary Japan”
Date: Wednesday, October 14, Time: 7pm-8pm (Tokyo time)
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; Language English Please register HERE
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Special Lecture Series: Vulnerable Populations in Japan under Covid-19 - 1
Invites you to a discussion with James Farrer, Sophia University,
“How are Tokyo’s Independent Restauranteurs Surviving the Pandemic?”
Date: Wednesday, October 7, Time: 5pm-6pm
Presentation will be followed by Q and A
On Zoom. Open to all; language English, Please register HERE