1999 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 25 (Mon) (Annual General Meeting precedes the lecture)

"Over a Century of Japonisme: Anything New?"
Professor Marie-Therese Barrett

February 22 (Mon)

"My Silk Journey"
Rev. Gaston Petit, O.S.D.

March 15 (Mon)

"Projections on the Map: Romantic Constructions of the Orient"
Professor Stephen Prickett

April 19 (Mon)

"Exploring Beijing's Ancient Buddhist Sites to Discover Today's China"
(illustrated with slides)
Mrs. Virginia Anami

May 17 (Mon)

"Junichiro Tanizaki Meets Thomas Hardy"
Professor Joseph S. O'Leary

June 14 (Mon)

"Ando Shoeki and Herbert Norman: a Common Link with Nature (but which Nature)?"
Dr. Jacques Joly

September 20 (Mon)

"George Sampson and His Tokyo Friends, 1903-1947"
Prof. Ian Nish

October 18 (Mon)

"Yoshio Markino: A Japanese Artist in London" (illustrated with slides)
Dr. Carmen Blacker

November 15 (Mon)

"Sharawadgi: The Japanese Source of Romanticism"
Dr. Ciaran Murray

December 13 (Mon)

"The Japanese and African Americans"
Mr. David Wright


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