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Sublime Aesthetics or the Cultural & Mythical Inversion Power of Negativity | Japan Seminar Series

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We invite you to join Professor Hideki Kuwajima, Hiroshima University, as he seeks to uncover a certain possibility for a comparative aesthetic fusion between Irish and Japanese cultures, moving from Edmund Burke’s Ireland to Lafcadio Hearn’s Izumo in Hidden Japan at the upcoming seminar ‘Sublime Aesthetics or the Cultural & Mythical Inversion Power of Negativity’ organised by our friends at UCD Centre for Japanese Studies.
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Date: Wednesday, 27th March 2024
Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
Venue: UCD Newman Building, Room D101, Stillorgan Road, Belfield, Dublin
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Hideki Kuwajima
Born in Gumma, Japan, in 1970. Received his BA, MA and PhD from the Osaka University. Professor of Aesthetics, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University. A Director/Executive Committee Member of Japan-Ireland Society, Japanese Society for Aesthetics, and Japanese Society for British Philosophy, as well as a Founding Committee Member of the Hiroshima-Ireland Friendship Association etc.
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Research Opportunities in Japan

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We invite you to join a seminar ‘Research Opportunities in Japan’ organised by our friends at UCD Centre for Japanese Studies in cooperation with JSPS London.
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Date: Tuesday, 27th February 2024
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: H2.22 Science Hub, O’Brien Centre for Science, Belfield Campus Dublin
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Guest speakers:

* Professor Naoto Kobayashi, Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) London

* Professor Emma Sokell, Head of UCD School of Physics and former JSPS Scholar; Deputy Director, UCD Centre for Japanese Studies

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The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) also known as Gakushin, is an independent administrative institution. It provides various fellowships for researchers to conduct, under the guidance of their Japanese hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. As Japan’s premier research funding agency, JSPS carries out a diverse program that includes funding scientific research, fostering young researchers, promoting international scientific exchange, and supporting the reform and globalization of universities. Its annual budget in 2011 fiscal year was ¥334.7 billion. The JSPS is equivalent to both Science Foundation Ireland and the Ireland Research Council for Japan, covering all disciplinary areas.
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Legacies of the Atomic Bombing: Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb

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You are kindly invited to attend the exhibition ‘Legacies of the Atomic Bombing: Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb’ hosted by the UCD Centre for Japanese Studies.
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The poster exhibition will be on display in the UCD Student Centre from 20th February to 1st March.
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Dates: 20th February – 1st March 2024
Venue: UCD Student Centre, Belfield Campus, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
Admission: Free
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Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear Explosions & The Environment | Japan Seminar Series

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We invite you to join a seminar ‘Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear explosions & the environment’ organised by our friends at UCD Centre for Japanese Studies in cooperation with Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation and Hiroshima City University.
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Date: Tuesday, 20th February 2024
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), 86 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, D02 XY43
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Guest speaker at the event – Professor Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Graduate School of Peace Studies, Hiroshima City University.
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Robots in Education, Healthcare and Welfare. Recent Trends in Japan. | Seminar

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Experience Japan and UCD Japan are inviting you to a seminar ‘Robots in Education, Healthcare and Welfare. Recent Trends in Japan.’ presented by Prof. Nobuhiro Sakata (Dokkyo Medical University, Japan).

Event will take place on Friday, 5th April at 1.30 p.m. at Bank of Ireland, Montrose Branch, Dublin.

For more details, please click HERE!

The Yamato Dynasty & the Imperial Succession in Japan | Seminar

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Japan’s 85-year-old monarch, Emperor Akihito, who will abdicate at the end of April 2019 has became a symbol of peace and reconciliation in Japan. He will step down on 30th April, to be succeeded the next day by Crown Prince Naruhito.

To mark this occasion, the Embassy of Japan, Experience Japan and UCD Japan are organizing a seminar ‘The Yamato Dynasty & the Imperial Succession in Japan’ presented by Dr Declan Downey (RAH, UCD School of History) which will be followed by a screening of ‘His Majesty the Emperor: 30 Years Since His Majesty’s Accession’.

Event will take place on Sunday, 31st March at 1.30 p.m. at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. This event is free for everyone and no advance registration is required.

For more information, please click HERE!

Event is organized by the Embassy of Japan, Experience Japan and UCD Japan.

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) | 2 December 2018

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If you are studying Japanese language, would like to test you language level and receive an internationally recognised qualification for non-native speakers, please note that in Ireland, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) will take place on 2nd December, 2018.

JLPT in Dublin, 2018
Next Exam:  Sunday, 2nd December 2018
Venue:  John Henry Newman Building, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
Time:  You will be asked to arrive by 12:00
Fee:  €85

Registration closes on Friday 5th October 2018 at 23:59 (Midnight)

If you wish to book your JLPT examination, you can do it here!

In Ireland, the JLPT is administered by UCD Japan on behalf of the Japan Foundation.

You can find more information about the JLPT in the brochure here!

 

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