It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. (Audre Lorde)
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Date and Time: 16:00-18:00, January 22 (Thursday) 2026
Venue: Shiko-kan SK214, Karasuma Campus, Doshisha University
Language: English
Speakers: Themis Chronopoulos, Hiroshi Takei
Date & Time: December 9, 2025 (Tue), 17:30–19:30
Venue: SK110, Shiko-kan, Karasuma Campus, Doshisha University
Language: English
Speakers: Jack Halberstam among others
Organizer: FGSS, International Institute of American Studies, Research Unit 4
Co-organizer: MICCS
Date & Time: Saturday, October 11, 2025, 12:00–16:00
Venue: Seminar Room, Doshisha University Tokyo Campus (Hybrid)
Language: English (with partial Japanese interpretation available)
Speakers: Jasbir K. Puar (Professor, Institute for Social Justice, University of British Columbia), among others
Co-organizers: Global Mediterranean (MICCS, Doshisha University); Komaba Campus Safer Space (KOSS, The University of Tokyo)