Am Samstag, den 11.12.2021 von 10 bis 12 Uhr dt. Zeit veranstaltet das Goethe-Insitut Tokyo in Kooperation mit dem Japanischen Kultuinstitut Köln ein deutsch-japanisches Online-Tandem. Es gibt noch freie Plätze…
Infoveranstaltung der Universität Tokyo am 8. Dezember 2021 zum Studierendenaustausch
Am 8. Dezember 2021 ab 9.30 Uhr dt. Zeit gibt es die Möglichkeit an einer Online-Infoveranstaltung zum Studierendenaustausch der Universität Tokyo teilzunehmen. Studierende der LMU können sich über LMUexchange (Referat…
Vortrag am 06. Dezember 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „COVID, Migration, and Nationalism in Japan“ (Dr. Nana Oishi)
While nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiments have grown in many industrialized countries, Japan’s situation has been quite different. Although nationalism has been on the rise and the concerns for ethnic and…
Vortrag am 02. Dezember 2021, 12.30 Uhr: „Fantastical spaces in contemporary Japanese literature: From Murakami Haruki to Ogawa Yōko“ (Mina Qiao)
Fantastical spaces, they are ubiquitous in contemporary Japanese literature, hidden, secluded, guarded, and with secretive and limited access, altogether reinforcing then ethereal and labyrinthe quality. A fantastical space resembles and…
Vortrag am 29. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „Japan’s Scope of Nursing Viewed by Foreign Nurses (Book Talk)“ (Yuko Ohara-HIRANO und Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes)
Foreign Nurses Working in Japan: Assessments of the EPA Program edited by Hirano and Yoneno-Reyes (2021) discusses the nurse migration from Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam to Japan under the EPAs’ framework,…
Vortrag am 22. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „COVID-19 Health Certification Reduces Outgroup Bias: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Japan“ (Yoshiaki Kubo, Isamu Okada)
Psychological theorem supposes that serious threats cause negative attitudes by ingroups to outgroups, i.e., outgroup bias. For example, the behavioral immune system theory claims a chain reaction from infectious threats…
Pre-Opening Japanese Film Festival Online 2022
Filmfans aufgepasst: Als Einstimmung auf das Japanese Filmfestival (JFF) im nächsten Jahr und für all‘ jene, die das Film Festival 2021 verpasst haben oder sich einen Film noch einmal ansehen…
Vortrag am 18. November 2021, 12.30 Uhr: „Kabukichō – Tōkyō: Anthropogical perspectives“ (Nathaniel M. Smith)
As Tokyo readied itself to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, its most infamous postwar red-light district, Kabukicho, was surprisingly proactive in welcoming a growing number of international visitors. Boasting…
Vortrag am 08. November 2021, 11.00 Uhr: „Reimagining International Students’ Social Engagement and Support in Japan During the Pandemic: The Role of Civil Society Groups“ (Polina Ivanova)
The lecture will focus on the impact of the ongoing pandemic on international students in Japan and solutions offered by local civil society groups. As universities and governments are generally…
Vortrag am 04. November 2021, 12.30 Uhr „Imagining Japan’s sustainable futures through food and urban planning“ (Christoph Rupprecht)
Take a moment, and imagine urban Japan of the future. Did you picture corporate-branded smart cities, driverless cars zipping about high-rises and vertical farms, all against a backdrop of distant…