Dear Colleagues,
The British Association for Japanese Studies (Japan
Branch) warmly invites colleagues to attend its next event on 30 May in Osaka. It is a 2-part symposium on the theme of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II:

Part 1:
A Public Panel Discussion: "British Media Images of Japan Seventy Years After World War II"
Speakers: David McNeill (The Independent, The Economist, The Irish Times) & Justin McCurry (The Guardian & The Observer) Moderated by: Eric Johnston (The Japan Times)

Part 2:
Academic Presentations
Garren Mulloy (Associate Professor, Daito Bunka
University): "Self-Defence and Strategy: Seventy Years of Japanese Post-war Security"
Aleksandra Jaworowicz-Zimny (PhD Candidate, Hokkaido
University): "Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in Japanese Popular Music"
Moderated by: Philip Seaton (Professor, Hokkaido
University)

Date and Venue
SATURDAY, MAY 30 1:30-5:30 p.m. Osaka City University, Umeda Campus 6F, Osaka Eki Dai-Ni Bldg.

Visit the event webpage for more details:
http://www.philipseaton.net/british-association-for-jap
anese-studies-japan-branch/bajs-symposium-30-may-2015/

Attendance is free but please contact the organizers in advance if you want to attend.
Contact: Eric Johnston at erichartley1964@gmail.com or Philip Seaton at seaton@oia.hokudai.ac.jp

Best wishes,
Philip Seaton

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Dr Philip Seaton, MA (Cantab), MA (Sussex), DPhil
(Sussex)
Professor, Modern Japanese Studies Program.

Personal Website: www.philipseaton.net
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Address:
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Telephone:
+81-(0)11-706-8015

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