By Lesley Downer WHEN: Monday 7pm – 24th April 2023 WHERE: University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room: Project Room 1.06 EDO CASTLE was Japan’s Versailles, from where the shoguns governed Japan for 250 years. I will take my audience on a guided tour back in time and reveal the secrets of the outer and middleContinue reading “Edo Castle: The Glittering World of the Shogun’s Court”
Category Archives: Past Events by JSOS (2023)
Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Asian Studies Seminar Series 2022/23 by Mireya Solís (Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution) Wednesday, April 5 2023, 16.00 – 18.00 (including a networking reception) VENUE: 7 George Square, S.1 Abstract: In her forthcoming book, Dr. Solís tells the storyContinue reading “Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific”
KIMIGAYO 君が代: the origins of Japan’s National Anthem and the Scottish connection
By Katy Gow BMus (Hons) MA Monday 7pm – 6th March 2023 VENUE: University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G.02 Hosted by The Japan Society of Scotland Synopsis: With the end of Japan’s long period of isolation, many western powers began to return. Ships arrived, and bands performed anthems and other music as aContinue reading “KIMIGAYO 君が代: the origins of Japan’s National Anthem and the Scottish connection”
Annual General Meeting 2023
WAS HELD ON 4TH FEBRUARY 2023 VENUE: University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G.02 AGM REPORT: Business Meeting – Launch of the new Website – Honorary Life Membership Award – Order of the Scottish Samurai Centre of Excellence Award 2021 – Talk on The Development of Japanese Football. Many thanks to those membersContinue reading “Annual General Meeting 2023”