Reading Sesshū’s Long Landscape Scroll: A Comparative Perspective
Speaker: Yuko Nakama, Professor of Art History, Ritsumeikan University (RIJS Visiting Scholar)
Shingon Visions of Ise: Rereading the Ise Pilgrimage Mandalas
Speaker: TALIA ANDREI, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Wesleyan University
Moderator: RYUICHI ABÉ, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions, Harvard University
Alumni Panel: “Japan in Southeast Asia: Power, Politics, and Business”
Panelist: MIE OBA (2006-07), Professor, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University
Panelist: NOBUHIRO HEMMI (2016-17), Chief Strategist and Partner, Monitor Deloitte; Head of Monitor Deloitte Institute, Japan
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
White Assimilation in Natsume Sōseki’s Sanshirō
Speaker: ARTHUR MITCHELL, Associate Professor, Dept. of Asian Languages and Literatures, Macalester College
Moderator: KAREN THORNBER, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Harvard University
Addressing Japan's Population Crisis
Speaker: MARY C. BRINTON, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology; Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard Universrsity
Discussant: DAVID H. SLATER, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Japanese studies, Sophia University
Picking a Language in Early Japan: Recontextualizing Sinitic vs. Vernacular Writing
Speaker: JOSHUA FRYDMAN, Assistant Professor of Japanese, University of Oklahoma
Moderator: WESLEY JACOBSEN, Professor of the Practice of the Japanese Language and Director, Japanese Language Program, Harvard University