PAST EVENT Held on the 19th May 2025 Dr Geoff Goolnik gave an excellent talk on Richard Henry Brunton, known throughout Japan as the father of Japanese lighthouses. Like Glover, he was the son of a serving officer in the coastguard service in the north of Scotland. He was also one of a large groupContinue reading “(Past Event) A Man of Resolve: Richard Henry Brunton. Civil Engineer at work in 19th century Great Britain, Japan and Ireland”
Category Archives: Past Events by JSOS (2025)
(Past event) An Introduction to Japanese Decorative Metalwork
PAST EVENT An Introduction to Japanese Decorative Metalwork – held 9th June 2025 In-person and Zoom audience. Professor Sandra Wilson gave a most interesting talk on Japanese metalwork, which focussed on design and special precious metals, and some of the great families who have carried on these skills for many generations. Sandra is an EmeritaContinue reading “(Past event) An Introduction to Japanese Decorative Metalwork”
(Past event) My Families and Other Samurai
PAST EVENT 13th May 2025. The Japan Society of Scotland working with the Asia Scotland Institute. We recently collaborated with the Asia Scotland Institute (ASI), who organized a superb lecture by Haruko Fukuda OBE. She is a former Chair of the Japan Society and a major figure on finance in London and internationally, who hasContinue reading “(Past event) My Families and Other Samurai”
(PAST EVENT) A Winter Tour Through Southern Japan
Guest Speaker: Jackie Reid Held on: Monday 28th of April 2025 at 7pm APRIL TALK: we were treated to another wonderful cycle tour around southern Japan on Monday night (28th) when Jackie Reid concluded her talk from last year. We also welcomed the new Consul for Cultural Affairs, Mr Masataka Abe, who joined us forContinue reading “(PAST EVENT) A Winter Tour Through Southern Japan”
PAST EVENT – The Henry Dyer Collection: Members Only Private Viewing – Mar 2025
Fifteen members enjoyed a wonderful day out today (25th March 2025) at The Mitchell Library Glasgow, for a private viewing of The Henry Dyer collection. Most of us gathered for lunch in the Mitchell café and had the opportunity to chat, before heading upstairs to see the selection of artefacts, which the special collections teamContinue reading “PAST EVENT – The Henry Dyer Collection: Members Only Private Viewing – Mar 2025”
PAST EVENT – The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling – 3rd March 2025
Guest Speaker: Professor Ian Gow Held on: Monday 3rd of March 2025 at 7pm lan, standing in for the scheduled speaker, gave an engaging talk on Admiral Sir James Stirling, from Drumpellier, Coatbridge, 10 miles from Glasgow. This is part of his ongoing research project “Scots in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868)”. Stirling, as C-in-C of theContinue reading “PAST EVENT – The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling – 3rd March 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”
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”