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‘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...

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...

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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Jul 5, 20232 min read

Becoming Mr. Everyman

Middlebrow Media and White-Collar Masculinity in Japan’s Era of High Economic Growth Hannah Airriess July 26, 2023 / 19:30- 21:00 (JST)...

Fashioning Lesbianism: Seitō (1911-1916) and the global New Woman

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Jul 3, 20232 min read

Fashioning Lesbianism: Seitō (1911-1916) and the global New Woman

Eleanor Medhurst (A historian of lesbian fashion and author of the website Dressing Dykes) July 21, 2023 07:30 PM Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo...

To Arrange a Sculpture: Teshigahara Sōfu and Japan’s Postwar Internationalization

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Jun 19, 20232 min read

To Arrange a Sculpture: Teshigahara Sōfu and Japan’s Postwar Internationalization

Alice Ashiwa July 14, 2023 / 18:00-19:30 In person only / No registration necessary Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University The...

The Global Japanese Restaurant: Mobilities, Imaginaries and Politics

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Jun 9, 20232 min read

The Global Japanese Restaurant: Mobilities, Imaginaries and Politics

Global Food Project Book Launch July 11, 2023, 18:30-20:00 (Japan time) In person: Room 10-301, Sophia Yotsuya Campus On Zoom: register...

Screening of “Paper City”: Memories of the Tokyo firebombing

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May 30, 20232 min read

Screening of “Paper City”: Memories of the Tokyo firebombing

Q&A with writer/director, Adrian Francis Moderator: Dr. David McNeill June 21, 18:30-20:30 (approx.) Room 201 in bldg. 6 Please register...

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