This is not a JSOS event. Date – 12 March 2025 Venue – Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Speaker – Dr Helen Parker (University of Edinburgh) JSOS council member Dr Helen Parker will be giving a talk as part of the Asian Studies seminar series at the University of Edinburgh. This event is free to attend andContinue reading “Transcending the Traditional: Developments in Contemporary Kabuki”
Yearly Archives: 2025
The Henry Dyer Collection – Members Only Private Viewing 2025
This is a JSOS members only event. THIS EVENT IS FULLY SUBSCRIBED THERE IS NOW A WAITING LIST When: 1.30-3.00pm Tuesday the 25th of March 2025 Where: The Old Glasgow Room at the Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN Led by: Susan Taylor, Special Collections Joined by: Dr. Saeko Yazaki, The University of GlasgowContinue reading “The Henry Dyer Collection – Members Only Private Viewing 2025”
The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling
Event by JSOS. Date – Monday 3rd of March 2025 at 7pm prompt start (doors open 6.30pm) Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G1.06 Also on Zoom (7pm prompt start) Join us for an evening with Professor Ian Gow on the Scottish admiral who, without prompt, reopened Anglo-Japanese relations. In 1854Continue reading “The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling”
Annual General Meeting 2025
Held on Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11am The 38th AGM of The Japan Society of Scotland Society members and guests gathered on Saturday 1st Feb., for our 38th AGM and we were delighted to welcome the Deputy Consul General of Japan in Edinburgh, Ms Minori Ishii. Attendance was encouraging with 30 attending In-person,Continue reading “Annual General Meeting 2025”
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Please note that this is not a JSOS event. Dates: Between the 7th of February and the 31st of March 2025 Locations: Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness, & Kirkwall The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme will be showing various films across the UK on the theme of “Am I right?: Justice, Justification and Judgement in Japanese Cinema”.Continue reading “The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme”
Annual General Meeting 2025
The 38th AGM of the Japan Society of Scotland Date – Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11am Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room G.04 Join us at our AGM to hear what we have been up to for the last year, vote on the election of council members, and network withContinue reading “Annual General Meeting 2025”
PAST EVENT – NEIL GORDON MUNRO: Connecting Scotland and the Ainu – 1st Feb 2025
Event by JSOS. Held on – Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11.30am Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room G.04 Guest Speaker – Daniel Goldie-Furlong Neil Gordon Munro was a Scottish anthropologist and doctor who lived among Hokkaido’s indigenous Ainu people in the village of Nibutani for many years, recording and writingContinue reading “PAST EVENT – NEIL GORDON MUNRO: Connecting Scotland and the Ainu – 1st Feb 2025”
PAST EVENT – In the Footsteps of Isabella Bird: Victorian Lady Adventurer with Kathleen Gray and Fraser Mitchell – 13th jan 2025
Held – 13th January 2025 at 6.30pm Venue – University of edinburgh 50 GoergeSquare Room G.05 Thank you to all who attended in-person and via zoom for our January lecture. Guest speakers, Kathleen Gray and Fraser Mitchell entertained us with super photos of their well researched trip “Following in the Footsteps of Isabella Bird”. TheyContinue reading “PAST EVENT – In the Footsteps of Isabella Bird: Victorian Lady Adventurer with Kathleen Gray and Fraser Mitchell – 13th jan 2025”