2001 Asiatic Society of Japan lectures (2001 Council members)

At this time, the Society does not have a fixed lecture site. Carefully note lecture locations below. All lectures will be held from 6:30-7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.


January 22 (Mon) (Annual General Meeting precedes the lecture) (summary)

Lecture location: Canadian Embassy

"Japanese Netsuke: Treasured Miniatures"
HIH Prince Takamado (ASJ Patron)

February 19 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"Japan and Asia in a new Global Age: Can Asia become the most dynamic centre of the world economy in the 21st century?"
Professor Makoto Taniguchi (Waseda University)

March 1 (Thursday) (extra meeting) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"This Most Strange of Strange Places: The diaries of Jane, Lady Franklin, an intrepid traveller who came to Japan in 1862"
Dott. Maria Pia Casarini

March 12 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"A Half-Century of Interpreting Language and Culture: Retrospects and Prospects"
Mr. Masumi Muramatsu

April 16 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Seisen University

"Hariprabha Takeda in Early Taisho Japan"
Mr. Monzurul Huq

May 21 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Seisen University

"The Brush of Asia and the Forms of Europe"
Mr. Brian Falconbridge

June 18 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Seisen University

"The Element of Play in the Edo Period"
Prof. Nobuo Tsuji

(summer break)

September 17 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Seisen University

"The Nature of Kabuki and Bunraku Scenery"
Mr. Hiroshi Hamatani

October 15 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"Sumo: Samurai to Cyberspace -- How sumo is adapting to the changing times"
Mrs. Doreen Simmons

November 19 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"Japan Calling: The Origins of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department in the Early 1920s"
Prof. Masayoshi Matsumura

December 10 (Mon) (summary)

Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen

"Consensus-Based Decision-Making in a Global Society"
Dr. Jacqueline H. Wasilewski


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