ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series 2022

The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series showcases cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars based primarily in Australia and Japan. It aims to promote networking among Japan Studies scholars in the two countries and will feature innovative research on the bilateral relationship.
The virtual seminar series will run in 10-week blocks over the two semesters of the academic year (from 2021 to 2023), and will subsequently be made available online for public viewing. Join our mailing list to receive updates and reminders ahead of each seminar.
Please see the full schedule of seminars and available recordings below. The virtual seminars will take place from:
- 5-6PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
- 4-5PM Japan Standard Time (JST)
- 3-4PM Singapore Standard Time (STST)
Semester 1, 2022:
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Seminar: Transpacific Visions: Connected Histories of the Pacific across North and South
Speakers: Professor Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi, Dr Shin Takahashi
Recording Available Here:
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Seminar: Colonial Policy Studies and visions of Nanyo (the South Seas) in modern Japan
Speakers: Tomohito Baji
Recording Available Here:
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Seminar: Ginza Bricktown and the politics of Urban Reform in Early Meiji Tokyo
Speakers: Associate Professor Tristan R. Grunow
Recording Available Here:
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Seminar: The Transference of Trauma, and Nagasaki Narratives
Speakers: Dr Gwynn McClelland
Recording Available Here
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Seminar: Japan-Australia Cooperation: Middle Powers Rising in the Indo-Pacific
Speakers: Dr. Stephen R. Nagy
Recording Available Here
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Seminar: Rethinking Regulation in Japan: New Empirical Insights
Speakers: A/Professor Carol Lawson, University of Tokyo and A/Professor Stacey Steele, University of Melbourne Law School
Recording Available Here
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Seminar: The McMahon Moment in Australia's Japan Policy
Speakers: Professor Rikki Kersten
Recording available here
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Speakers: Associate Professor Nana Oishi
No recording available.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Seminar: Celebrating Professor Carol Hayes
Speakers: Emerald King (UTas); Vera Mackie; Bruce Miller AO; Ikuko Nakane (U Melb); Katherine Seaton (Latrobe); Grady Venville (ANU)