Events

Prof. Haruo Shirane Open Seminar | The Eco-Social Imaginary: A New Approach to Ghosts and the Supernatural in Japan | Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Dr. Daniel Poch (University of Hong Kong) Public Lecture | Sexuality and Aesthetic Knowledge in Mori Ōgai’s Literary Fiction | Thursday, June 25, 2026

【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “Beyond the Travel Guide: Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s Portrayal of “Kyoto” and “Tourism”” (June 8)

【7月1日（水）開催】アリエル・スティラーマン氏講演会｜問答で学ぶ古典 ――プロンプトエンジニアリングフレームワークによるAIチューターの試み――

Open lecture by Prof. Birgit Kellner “On the Place of Philosophy in the Study of Indian Buddhism”

Open lecture by Prof. Birgit Kellner “On the Place of Philosophy in the Study of Indian Buddhism”

【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “Did Heian-Period Infants Tell ‘Monogatari’?” (January 30)

【12月20日（土）開催】公開セミナー「PROCESSIVE TECHNICS: INDUSTRIAL DOCUMENTARY, AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION, AND NEW CINEMAS IN POSTWAR JAPAN」

【Yanai Initiative】Open Talk “Naruse Mikio and the Image of “Shoes”: Exploring the Japanese Reception of the Bluebird Film Shoes” (December 19)

【12月2日（火）開催】ジェニファー・ゲスト先生（オックスフォード大学）講演会：’The sign of the newt: chastity and illicit romance in the language of Toshiyori zuinō’ ゐもりのしるし－「俊頼髄脳」に見える貞節と密通の歌ことば