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along with articles by our members and recommendations from MICCS.

2026.01.07 UP

SeminarThe Gentrification of Black Communities in the United States

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

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2025.11.20 UP

TalkAnarchitecture after Everything

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

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2025.08.29 UP

SymposiumHomonationalism Revisited

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)

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2025.06.21 UP

TALKThe Role of Cities and Their Responses to Precarious Immigrants During Transboundary Crises: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Starting Point

Date: July 18 (FRI) 2025
Time: 16:00-18:30
Venue: Ryoshinkan RY202, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University
Speaker: Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar (Pompeu Fabra University)

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2024.12.12 UP

TALKExploring Sexuality and Colonial Violence: A Talk with Palestinian Artist Bashar Murad

Date: December 23 (MON), 2024
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: 3rd Floor, Seminar Room, Hongo Satellite of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Speaker: Bashar Murad (Palestinian artist)
Organizer: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B):A Study of the Challenges and Solutions for Muslim Communities in the Context of Contemporary Pluralism and Diversity (24K03160)
Co-organizer: Global Mediterranean at Doishisha University

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2024.11.08 UP

SymposiumResearch Symposium on skilled migrants in Japan: From the Joint Research Project ‘Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia (QuaMaFA)’

Date: November 23(SAT), 2024 13:00-15:30
Venue: Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus Ryoshinkan RY105
Speaker: Helena Hof (University of Zurich / Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity),Aimi, Muranaka (University of Duisburg-Essen)

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2024.10.22 UP

TALKIn Unexpected Ways: Interfaith Solidarity in the Face of Empire

Date: October 28 (Mon), 2024
Time: 17:00-18:00 (JST)
Venue: Doshisha University, Karasuma Campus, Shikoukan SK203 (hybrid)
Speaker: Jude Lal Fernando (University of Dublin)

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2024.10.01 UP

TALKPicture Bride, War Bride: The Role of Marriage in Shaping Japanese America

Date: November 1 (Fri), 2024
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: Doshisha University, Karasuma Campus, Shikoukan SK121 (in person)
Speaker: Sonia GOMEZ （Assistant Professor of History at Santa Clara University）

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2024.09.05 UP

TALKEverything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Date: September 17 (Tue), 2024
Time: 15:30-17:30
Venue: Doshisha University, Karasuma Campus, Shikoukan SK202 (hybrid)
Speaker: Curtis Chin （Independent Artist, Documentary Film Maker）

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