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セミナー 日時２０１８年２月８日　午後５時から６時３０分 場所　C.K. Choi room 351 講師　八木俊輔教授（追手門学院大学経営学部） テーマ　「ビジネス成功の秘訣と持続可能な企業」 内外の経営学の最新の知見も踏まえた上で、社会人になってからも役立つような経営戦略、マーケティング等、経営学のエッセンスをカバーしつつ、企業の競争優位構築、ビジネス成功の秘訣を探り、今後の企業経営のあり方、CSR、企業経営の持続可能性などの最新のトピックスもカバーしたいと思います。また、日本での就職活動に不安を持たれている学生さんも多いと聞いていますので、日本の就職状況や就職活動への心構えなどの話も織り込んでいきたいと思います。 参加無料 お話は日本語で行います。

Registration currently closed.   CJR Conference “Donald Trump, Japan and Canada” Date: February 2, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM Venue: UBC Liu Institute, multi-purpose room (1st floor) One year is going to pass since the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the United States. His new social and economic policy, trade policy and […]

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM Venue: Room 604, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver Abstract This lecture is based on my ongoing research on cultural memories of ameyuki-san, Japanese women who engaged in sex work in North America at the turn of the 20th century. this project examines how memories of […]

  Date: Wednesday, Jan 10, 2018 Time: 5:00-6:30PM Venue: 1st floor foyer, C.K. Choi Building (1855 West Mall)   UBC Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) is pleased to announce its Annual Open House Reception on Wednesday, January 10 from 5:00-6:30 pm. The Open House Reception will also serve as a belated New Year’s celebration. We […]

        This lecture has been cancelled.   Date: Friday, January 19 Time: 4:00-5:30 PM Location: Room 106, Allard Hall By: Dr.  Chris Goto-Jones (University of Victoria) About the Speaker Educated in Cambridge, Keio (Tokyo), and Oxford Universities, Dr. Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria.  He […]

  Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM Venue: Room 604, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver   Abstract Through a close reading of Japanese public works projects in precolonial and colonial Korea — focusing on railway construction and street improvement projects — this talk maps the intersection of imperialism and the environment.  In the name of […]

  Date: November 30 Time: 4:00-5:30pm Location: Allard Hall Room 104 (1822 East Mall) By: Professor Mark Metzler (University of Washington)   Abstract: This talk starts from the premise that we should take synchrony seriously—that co-movements in places and social domains we have assumed to be separate may offer clues to unexpected unities. The global contexts […]

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29 Time: 12:30 -13:30 Venue: Allard Hall Room 123 Abstract: Despite heavy criticism, Japan’s criminal conviction rate continues to remain over 99.8%. Some researchers argue that Japanese Judges tend to accept public prosecutors’ allegations without analyzing evidence, but is this true? In this talk Mr. Takai will explain why such views reflect a […]

Meiji at 150 Lecture Series “The Emperor and His Poetic Subjects: The Utakai Hajime Ceremony and Meiji Japan” Professor Gideon Fujiwara (Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge) November 24, 4:00-5:30PM UBC Allard Hall (Peter A. Allard School of Law) Room 122, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver   Each New Year, Japan’s imperial court hosts a ceremony for members […]

Venue: Asian Centre room 604 Date: Nov. 22, 2017 Time: 12:30-13:30 Abstract: In 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu became the Shogun and ruler of all Japan. His economic and trading policies served well to strengthen his position, however the repercussions that was felt in the trading environments of the time brought to the fore incredible paradoxes that […]