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

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

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