Seminars in the East Asia Seminar Series for Michaelmas Term 2020 will take place online via Zoom. Registration will be required to attend talks, to register click on the links below to the individual event pages.
Please note that talks will be starting at 18:00 sharp, please open the Zoom link 10 minutes beforehand.
The Japanese Studies Group gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation towards this seminar series.
- Monday, 12th October, 2020
Modern Memories: The public heritage of industrial history in Japan
Prof. Andrew Gordon, Harvard University
- Monday, 19th October, 2020
The Limits of Change in Japanese Criminal Justice
Prof. Dimitri Vanoverbeke, KU Lueven
- Monday, 2nd November, 2020
Japan's Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace
Dr Oleg Benesch, University of York
- *** Saturday, 7th November 2020 ***
Please note this event will be taking place at 12:00 (noon) on Saturday 7th November.
Rakugo performance (in Japanese, with English summary available beforehand)
Shinoharu Tatekawa
- Monday, 9th November, 2020
Playfully Serious: Holocaust Manga in the Age of Connective Memory
Prof. Jaqueline Berndt, Stockholm University
- Monday, 16th November, 2020
What was Zainichi Literature? - Intersectionality, incoherence, and 'post-racial' temporalities in Japan
Dr Cindi Textor, University of Utah
- Monday, 30th November, 2020
Allied POWs in Colonial Korea
Dr Sarah Kovner, Columbia University
For further information, contact:
Mr Freddie Semple
Executive Assistant, Japanese Studies Group
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
E-mail: fs468@cam.ac.uk
Or see the Japan and the World at Cambridge Facebook Page