ANU JAPAN INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES

Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki "Ruby and Diamond: The Multiculturalism of Japanese in Wartime Australia"

The ANU Japan Institute is pleased to host its first Seminar Series, supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Japan Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Please join us for the first of 10 weekly seminars, 'Ruby and Diamond: The Multiculturalism of Japanese in Wartime Australia' by Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki on Wednesday 10 March 2021.

In this virtual seminar, Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki will explore the story of two wartime internees in Australia during the Asia-Pacific War and the multiculturalism of the Japanese community in mid-twentieth century Australia.

For more information on the first seminar and to register, click on link below.

https://anu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvduytrjooGdQ0LQmabEKi9BU_QnIopRDW

ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series Schedule:

The virtual seminars will take place from:
5-6PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
3-4PM Japan Standard Time (JST)
2-3PM Singapore Standard Time (STST)

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Ruby and Diamond: The Multiculturalism of Japanese in Wartime Australia
Professor Emerita Tessa Morris-Suzuki, The Australian National University (ANU)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
BRINDIV's (British India Division) Participation in the Allied Occupation of Japan
Dr Rowena Ward, University of Wollongong

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The Opening of the Right-wing's Eyes: Tsukui Tatsuo and the Search for the New China
Dr Andrew Levidis, NLA Fellow in Japan Studies

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Coed Revolution: Gender and the Postwar Japanese Student Movement
A/Prof. Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Aoyama Gakuin University

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Institutional barriers to gender equality and Corporate Changes in Japan
Prof. Kumiko Nemoto, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Against Blind Love: Eugenic Marriage Counselling in Wartime Japan
Alison Darby, The Australian National University (ANU)

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Toward Societal Reconciliation between South Korea and Japan: the Role of Youth
A/Prof. Seiko Mimaki, Takasaki University of Economics

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Japan's New Strategic Role in the Indo-Pacific: Fulfilling the Potentials of the 'Quad-Plus'
Assistant Prof. Kei Koga, Nanyang Technological University

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Japan's Net Zero Carbon Emissions: What Happens Now?
A/Professor Llewelyn Hughes, The Australian National University (ANU)

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Roundtable on Supporting Teaching Advanced Japanese in Australia - Network for Teaching Advanced Japanese in Australia (豪州上級日本語ネッ トワーク)

Co-Chairs: Carol Hayes, The Australian National University (ANU) and A/Prof Ikuko Nakane, University of Melbourne

The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Japan Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Best regards,
Simon Avenell
Professor, College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University