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
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
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
Reading Sesshū’s Long Landscape Scroll: A Comparative Perspective
Speaker: Yuko Nakama, Professor of Art History, Ritsumeikan University (RIJS Visiting Scholar)
The Japanese Population between Science and the State
Speaker: AYA HOMEI, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Manchester
Moderator: VICTOR SEOW, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University