Friday 24 January 2025

• 17:00 - Religion at the margins: Fear and belonging in minority religious communities in Japan
  Professor Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 31 January 2025

• 17:00 - Meritocracy’s Children: Coming of Age and Senses of Injustice in Seoul and Tokyo
  Dr Yuki Asahina (University of Manchester)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 7 February 2025

• 17:00 - Balancing Commerce and Diplomacy: Japan's Strategy for Economic Security
  Professor Christina Davis (Harvard University)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Tuesday 11 February 2025

• 17:00 - Navigating Narratives: Tsurayuki's Tosa Diary as History and Fiction
  Professor Gustav Heldt (University of Virginia), Professor Sho Konishi (University of Oxford - History/OSGA), Dr Pan Tomé Valencia (University of Oxford - AMES)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 14 February 2025

• 17:00 - Searching for Zan: A More-Than-Human Ethnography of Extinction, Militarism, and Protest in Okinawa
  Dr Marius Palz (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 21 February 2025

• 17:00 - Mori Nao Divorces Her Samurai Husband and His Family Puts Him in a Cage
  Professor Luke Roberts (UC Santa Barbara)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 28 February 2025

• 08:30 - Symposium: Healthcare delivery in crisis? The Potential for Mutual Learning between Japan and the UK
  Various Speakers
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 7 March 2025

• 17:00 - Startup Capitalism: New Approaches to Innovation Strategies in East Asia
  Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra (Associate Dean (Global Engagement) and Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at King's Business School)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies

Friday 14 March 2025

• 17:00 - Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific: From Vision to Reality
  Dr Eva Pejsova (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies