1998 Asiatic Society of Japan lectures

All lectures are held at 6:30 PM at the OAG House auditorium (the German Cultural Center) unless otherwise noted.

Officers and Councilors

January 26 (Mon) (Annual General Meeting precedes the lecture)

"Left Versus Right: The Symbolic Preponderance of the Left Side in Some Eastern Traditions"

ASJ Pres., H.E. Mr. George Sioris

(the lecture will be followed by light refreshments)

February 23 (Mon)

"Okinawa, Battle and Resurgence"

Rev. Dr. Neal Henry Lawrence, O.S.B.

March 23 (Mon)

"Dutch Anatomy Book Illustrations and Edo Painting"

Dr. Hiroko Johnson

April 20 (Mon)

""France-Asie" and "Cahiers d'Extreme-Asie": Two French Magazines Devoted to the Understanding of Oriental Cultures, and their Founders, Rene de Berval (1912-1987) and Anna Seidel (1938-1991)"

Dr. Hubert Durt

May 18 (Mon)

"Wild Words and Fancy Phrases"

Dr. Rajyashree Pandey

June 1 (Mon) (Special Lecture)

"Japanese-Western Relations Under the "Unequal Treaties""

Mr. Michael Auslin

June 15 (Mon)
"Kenzaburo Oe and America"
Dr. Ikuko Fujihira

September 21 (Mon)
"Ogata Kenzan: Ceramics and Design in Early Modern Japan"
Dr. Richard L. Wilson

October 19 (Mon)
"Nöel Nouet: A Visual Chronicler of Tokyo"
Dr. Raffaele A. Roncalli

November 16 (Mon)
"Thinking of Learning? Eastern and Western Patterns of Thought in Learning"
Dr. Erich Berendt

December 14 (Mon)

"The Voyage of the Mexican Astronomical Commission to Japan in 1874"

H.E. The Mexican Ambassador, Mr. Manuel Uribe Castañeda