10 November 2004
A leading authority on Japanese art, Joe focussed his lecture on the challenges and opportunities presented by the MFA’s renowned Japanese collection.
17 March 2005
This lecture considered the impact of liberalisation and the future of legal practice in Japan.
16 November 2006
In recent years, controversies over the content of Japanese history textbooks and visits to Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Koizumi and other senior government officials have placed the international spotlight on the ways that Japanese people remember World War II. The lecture, based on Dr Seaton’s 2005 article in Japan Forum, will provide a critique
27 November 2008
This lecture, based on Dr Robert Tierney’s article in Japan Forum, examined the early development of Japanese anthropology and its influence on colonial literature.
29 June 2011
The speaker addressed the challenges that are facing Japan in the aftermath of the global economic crisis and the dramatic events of 11 March 2011. Energy shortages and the implications for industry and the economy mirror the experience of the Japanese oil shocks of the 1970s and are turning attention to aspects of risk and crisis management.
1 June 2011
This lecture, part of a UK lecture tour organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, looked to the future in assessing the impact and importance of the implicit rivalry between these two major powers with longstanding historical and cultural ties.
28 June 2006
Born in Tokyo in 1923, Seijun Suzuki has had a long and productive career (including over 40 films), and has inspired countless filmmakers across the globe such as Quentin Tarantino (who paid tribute to Suzuki’s’s film Tokyo Drifter in his 2003 film Kill Bill Vol. 1). Jim Jarmusch also paid homage to Suzuki in his 1999 film, Ghost Dog, which employs elements from Suzuki’s Branded to Kill. John Woo has named Suzuki one of the top 10 filmmakers in the world.
30 January 2006
This lecture explored how ‘salarymen’ in large Japanese corporations have changed over the last decade. It questioned whether the image of a conformist workaholic and loyal company man is still valid or whether he has become more individualistic and corporately mobile.
25 January 2007
The names of Kaempfer and Siebold are well known, but Thunberg and Titsingh have been largely forgotten. Yet Thunberg and Tisingh also visited Edo-period Japan and left fascinating accounts of their times there.
18 November 2008
On 18 November at Chatham House, Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, gave a lecture entitled ‘Central banks and the public: the importance of communication’.
The lecture was in memory of Lord Roll of Ipsden, KCMG CB (1907-2005).
