2023-2024

Screening with talks "Modes of Transport: Bois du Rose"

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Mar 42 min read

Screening with talks "Modes of Transport: Bois du Rose"

Catalina Alvarez (Fordham University) Daniel Fishkin (University of Virginia) IMPORTANT!: Date and time correction March 24, 2024 /...

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Jan 242 min read

“Mark－A Call to Action”

Film Showing and Discussion 2 pm to 5 pm / Sunday, Feb 25, 2024 Room 401, 4F, Building 2, Sophia University In person ONLY Registration...

‘Waking Sleeping Babies’: Building Memorials in Japan to Allied Prisoners of War

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Jan 182 min read

‘Waking Sleeping Babies’: Building Memorials in Japan to Allied Prisoners of War

Daniel Milne (Kyoto University) and Taeko Sasamoto (POW Research Network Japan) February 15, 2024 / 17:30-19:00 (JST) Room 503, 5F,...

Sexual Violence and Gender Inequality in Japan

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Dec 1, 20232 min read

Sexual Violence and Gender Inequality in Japan

Machiko Osawa Jan. 18, 2024 19:00-20:30 (JST) Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required...

Kyoto Vegetables, Uji Tea, Natori Seri: Food Producers and Place Branding in Contemporary Japan

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Dec 1, 20231 min read

Kyoto Vegetables, Uji Tea, Natori Seri: Food Producers and Place Branding in Contemporary Japan

Greg de St. Maurice Date: Jan. 19, 2024 Time: 18:00-19:30 (JST) Venue: 10-301 Format: In-person only Registration: Not necessary In Japan...

Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Nov 16, 20232 min read

Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Ran Zwigenberg (Associate professor at Pennsylvania State University) Dec 19, 2023 17:30-19:00 (JST) Room 301, 3F building 10, Sophia...

ICC Book Talk "Is British Politics Turning Japanese?"

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Nov 16, 20232 min read

ICC Book Talk "Is British Politics Turning Japanese?"

Book title: Contemporary Ministerial Leadership in Britain and Japan, Palgrave Macmillan 2023 Presenter: Tina Burrett, Associate...

ICC Symposium ART IN THE VILLAGE, ART IN THE LANDSCAPE

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Nov 16, 20232 min read

ICC Symposium ART IN THE VILLAGE, ART IN THE LANDSCAPE

Moderated by John Williams (Filmmaker and professor at Sophia University) 19.00 to 21.00 (Japan Time) December 7, 2023 Room 301, Building...

Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture

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Nov 9, 20231 min read

Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture

Thomas Baudinette Date: December 14, 2023 Time: 18:00-19:30 (JST) Format: in person only Registration: Not required Venue: Room 301, 3F,...

Japan’s Prisoners of Conscience: Protest and Law During the Iraq War

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Oct 25, 20232 min read

Japan’s Prisoners of Conscience: Protest and Law During the Iraq War

Lawrence Repeta (Former Professor of Law, Meiji University) December 1, 2023, 18:30-20:00 (JST) In person only Room 301, 3F, Sophia...

ICC presents a book break of "Japan’s Triple Disaster" (Routledge, 2023)

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Oct 25, 20232 min read

ICC presents a book break of "Japan’s Triple Disaster" (Routledge, 2023)

Japan’s Triple Disaster: Pursuing Justice after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Routledge,...

Adaptation and Regional Revitalisation（アダプテーションと地域再生）

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Oct 16, 20232 min read

Adaptation and Regional Revitalisation（アダプテーションと地域再生）

A Case Study in a Small Fishing Village on Sado Island John Williams (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University) November...

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Oct 16, 20231 min read

Literature in Heisei Japan

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture for SORW 2023 Speakers: Literature professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts ・ ...

Challenges to Taiwan's Defense: Implications for Japan and Japan-Taiwan Relations

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Oct 5, 20231 min read

Challenges to Taiwan's Defense: Implications for Japan and Japan-Taiwan Relations

Paul Huang Research Fellow, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation / Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center, Harvard University Wednesday 18 October...

Househusbands and Breadwinning Mothers: (Un)doing, Displaying and Challenging Gender in Japan

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Sep 26, 20232 min read

Househusbands and Breadwinning Mothers: (Un)doing, Displaying and Challenging Gender in Japan

Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni (Professor, Tel Aviv University) October 13, 2023 / 7pm-8:30pm Format: Hybrid Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia...

Cancelled: The German-Japanese Military Alliance in World War II

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Sep 25, 20231 min read

Cancelled: The German-Japanese Military Alliance in World War II 

This talk is cancelled due to speaker's personal schedule change. Bernd Martin Date: October 5, 2023 / Time: 18:30-20:00 Venue: Room 301,...

Gas Mask Nation: Wartime Civil Air Defense, Aviation, and Japan’s Aerial Imaginary

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Sep 21, 20232 min read

Gas Mask Nation: Wartime Civil Air Defense, Aviation, and Japan’s Aerial Imaginary

Gennifer Weisenfeld (Walter H. Annenberg Distinguished Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University) Moderator: Noriko...

Ecocriticism and Performance Today: Reflections on Slow Dramaturgy

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Sep 13, 20232 min read

Ecocriticism and Performance Today: Reflections on Slow Dramaturgy

Peter Eckersall (City University of New York) October 10, 2023 / Time 17:30-20:30 (JST) Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University...

The Importance of Rescuing Responsible Hydropower Initiatives in Southeast Asia

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Sep 7, 20232 min read

The Importance of Rescuing Responsible Hydropower Initiatives in Southeast Asia

for Long-term Reduction of Carbon Emission Speaker: Dr. William Ascher Date: October 6, 2023 Time: 5:30pm Venue: Room 301, 3F Building...

Involuntary Consent: A Form of Structural Violence in Japan’s Adult Video Industry?

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Jul 12, 20231 min read

Involuntary Consent: A Form of Structural Violence in Japan’s Adult Video Industry?

Akiko Takeyama July 24(Mon) from 19:00 to 20:30 In Person Only / No registration required Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University...

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