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Name: Professor Hugh Whittaker
University of Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Love and the Purpose of the Market Place: A Geopolitical and Cultural Perspective on Business Ethics
Date: 12 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Lord Stephen Green ((former Chairman of HSBC, and former Minister of State for Trade and Industry)),
Professor Paul Fiddes (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Venue: 27 Winchester Road, 27 Winchester Road OX2 6NA
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Saturday 17 May 2025
OSGA 20th Anniversary Weekend: ‘Social and Economic Challenges and Opportunities’ Roundtable
Date: 17 May 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker
s:
Jonathan Lusthaus (University of Oxford),
Professor Rachel Murphy (University of Oxford),
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford),
Dr Gregory Thaler (University of Oxford)
Venue: 27 Winchester Road, 27 Winchester Road OX2 6NA
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
Valedictory Lecture: Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Governance: A Retrospective of 40 years
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organisers:
Dr Yosuke Buchmeier (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Thursday 16 October 2025
Scandals, Secrets and News: How Manuscripts Reshape Our Knowledge of Edo Culture
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Peter Kornicki (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Friday 17 October 2025
Translated Scholarship and Japanese Universities: How Have Translations of Western Scholarship into Japanese Affected and Biased Japanese Academia?
Date: 17 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Takehiko Kariya (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 23 October 2025
Regional Financial Arrangements in East Asia
Date: 23 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Yoichi Nemoto (Hitotsubashi University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 30 October 2025
Culture Must Be Defended: Japanese Conservatism and International Relations
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Karin Narita (University of Sheffield)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 November 2025
Set My Heart Bonfire? (Dis)embodiment in Japanese Fiction and Literary Translation
Date: 6 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Helen O’Horan
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 November 2025
Words That Move: Emotions in Abe Shinzō’s Foreign Policy Rhetoric
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Raymond Yamamoto (Aarhus University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 20 November 2025
*CANCELLED* Surnames, Same Sex Marriage, and the Interesting Evolution of Constitutional Litigation in Japan
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Colin P.A. Jones (Doshisha Law School)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 27 November 2025
How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Trevor Incerti (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Thursday 4 December 2025
Dead Letters: Reuse, Recycling, and Emotions in Japanese Buddhist Manuscripts
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr Halle O’Neal (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building
Organiser:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts:
Professor Kristi Govella (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Friday 4 December 2020
Family-Run Universities in Japan
Date: 4 December 2020, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Jeremy Breaden (Monash University),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Giulio Pugliese (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford),
Dr Natalia Doan (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
