Uncategorized – Japan in Norwich

CJS Research Webinar – The reluctance to use sexual orientation categories in contemporary Japan: the new refusers

Join us on Thursday 27 April for a hybrid session of our CJS Research Seminar series with Sharon Kinsella.

CJS Research Webinar – Defenders of Japan: The Post-Imperial Armed Forces, 1946-2016-A History

Join us on Thursday 16th March for a hybrid session of our CJS Research Seminar series with Dr Garren Mulloy.

CJS Research Webinar – Book talk: Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups

Join us on Tuesday 7th March for a hybrid session of our CJS Research Seminar series with Dr Robert Hellyer.

CJS Research Webinar – Manga and Handscrolls: Alleged Origins, Overlooked Correlations

Join us on Thursday 16th February for a hybrid session of our CJS Research Seminar series with Dr Jaqueline Berndt.

CJS Research Webinar: Transcultural Dynamics in Memory Literature of Japanese- and Lithuanian-speaking Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners in the Soviet Union

Join us on Thursday 24th November for the next online instalment of our CJS Research Seminar series with Gunde Dauksyte.

CJS Research Webinar – Asia-Pacific Tensions: Japan, China and the Taiwan flashpoint, military capabilities, deterrence – Ways to conceptualize and measure them

Join us on Thursday 27th October for a hybrid session of our CJS Research Seminar series with András Bartók.

[S2E30] 🏛️ Discovering Museums with Sophie Richard

Oliver is joined by Sophie Richard, art historian, museum specialist and acclaimed writer, as we explore art museums in Japan of every variety. From her training at École du Louvre, Sophie has visited museums across the archipelago, broadening her understanding of what a museum can be and inspiring her to write a book on capturing this for the non-Japanese speaking art lover.

[S2E29] 🚔 Crime & Desistance with Adam Hunt

Oliver is joined by Adam Hunt, PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, to compare crime between Japan and the UK and how factors such as attitudes towards former convicts affects “desistance”; that is, attempts to reduce the rate of reoffending.

[S2E1] 👂 Reinterpreting Difficult Heritage: Mimizuka, “Hill of Ears” with Oliver Moxham

Welcome back to the second series of Beyond Japan! This week the tables are turned as Professor Simon Kaner, Director of the Sainsbury Institute, interviews host Oliver Moxham on the topic of his recently completed master’s thesis, Reinterpreting Difficult Heritage.