Guest Lecture Series
The Modern Japanese Studies Program Lecture Series is a series of guest lectures given by researchers from outside the university, or other people whose professional experience is relevant to Japanese Studies. The lectures aim to broaden students' interests in the many aspects of Japanese Studies.
Here is a list of past and forthcoming guest lectures:
Upcoming Lectures
No.149
Assistant Prof. Megha Wadhwa (Sophia University)
Title
Lecture&Workshop: From Lens to Life: Visual Storytelling and Migration in Japan, Singapore, and Germany
Date
Lecture: 4:30pm-6:00pm, 30 July
Workshop: 10:30am – 12:30pm, 31 July
Workshop: 10:30am – 12:30pm, 31 July
No.148
Dr. Carolin Funck (Research Fellow of Hiroshima University)
Title
Island Tourism in Japan: Beyond Sun, Sand and Sea
Date
2:45pm - 4:15pm, 10 July
No.147
Prof. Paul Hansen（Akita University）
Title
Lecture: A Cosmopolitical Countryside: One Health, Wellbeing and Ikigai on the Frontiers of Japan
Workshop:*So, You Want to Do Fieldwork Eh?*: A Workshop on Embodied Knowing and Personal Limitations
Workshop:*So, You Want to Do Fieldwork Eh?*: A Workshop on Embodied Knowing and Personal Limitations
Date
Lecture: 4:30pm - 6:00pm, 25 June
Workshop: 4:30pm – 6:30pm, 26 June
Workshop: 4:30pm – 6:30pm, 26 June
No.146
Dr.Gordon Mathews (Emeritus Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong）
Title
My Friends/Informants Over Five Decades
Date
2:45pm - 4:15pm, 19 June
No.145
Assoc.Prof. Hisako Omori（Akita International University）
Title
A Global Crossroad in Rural Japan: Our Lady of Akita’s Global Presence and Local Obscurity
Date
2:45pm - 4:15pm, 11 June
No.144
Assistant Prof. Simona Zollet（Hiroshima University)
Title
Lecture: Reimagining Rural Futures: in-migration and entrepreneurship in contemporary Japan and beyond
Workshop: Reimagining Rural Futures in Practice: Applying entrepreneurial thinking to rural business creation
Workshop: Reimagining Rural Futures in Practice: Applying entrepreneurial thinking to rural business creation
Date
Lecture: 2:45pm-4:15pm, 14 May
Workshop: 10:30am – 12:30pm, 15 May
Workshop: 10:30am – 12:30pm, 15 May
Past Lectures
No.143
Emeritus Professor Kō Hasegawa (Hokkaido University)
Title
Understanding Japanese Law Culturally: A Hybrid Perspective
Date
4:30pm – 6:00pm, 5 December 2025
No.142
赤間 小百合氏、蘇 新喬氏および寺田 好美氏 (クリプトン・フューチャー・メディア)
Title
コンテンツ産業を知る─札幌から世界へ
Date
4:30pm – 6:00pm, 21 November 2025
No.141
森 悟朗 准教授（國學院大學北海道短期大学部）
Title
「神道（Shinto）」を知るにあたって―世論調査、年中行事・人生儀礼、アニメから―
Date
4:30pm – 6:00pm, 17 November 2025
No.140
吉田 柊平 氏（メガネのプリンス）
Title
北海道内の小売業現状と眼鏡業界研究について
Date
4:30pm – 6:00pm, 14 November 2025
No.139
Mr. Eddie Guillmette and Mr. Jack Woods (MnK Niseko)
Title
Working and Growing in Niseko’s International Hospitality Industry
Date
4:30pm – 6:00pm, 7 November 2025
