The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas.
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas.

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2026 February 27 (Fri) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | (In-Person) | Porté Room (S250), Second Level, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.

Artificial Bodies, Naked Truths

Speaker: SABINE FRÜHSTÜCK, Distinguished Professor and Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderator: ANDREW D. GORDON, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
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2026 March 5 (Thu) 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

American Violence, World Literature

Speaker: SEO HEE IM, Associate Professor, English, Hanyang University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2025-26
Chair: SPENCER LEE-LENFIELD, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
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