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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Guest lecturer 5 Jun 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm Takahiro Nakajima Modern Japanese Sinology As an Imperial Discourse Guest lecturer 5 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu Japanese War Diaries from the Russo-Japanese War Guest lecturer 12 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu The Making of a Heroic War Myth in Modern Japan Guest lecturer 19 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu Japan at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference Guest lecturer 26 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu Symbolic Diplomacy: Tojo and the 1943 Tokyo Conference Next 17 series Filters Event type Event type (-) Lecture (17) Seminar (16) Symposium (11) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2024 - 2025 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (1) 2017 - 2018 (1) 2016 - 2017 (1) 2015 - 2016 (1) 2014 - 2015 (1) 2013 - 2014 (1) 2012 - 2013 (1) 2011 - 2012 (1) 2010 - 2011 (1) 2009 - 2010 (1) 2008 - 2009 (1) Active filters Lecture 2024 - 2025 Lecture " There cannot be two suns in the sky, nor two princes for one country " : despotism and monism in China Anne Cheng 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture " China is therefore a despotic state, whose principle is fear " Anne Cheng 23 Nov 2023 → 01 Feb 2024 23 Nov 2023 → 01 Feb 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Is China (still) a civilization? Anne Cheng 19 Nov 2020 → 28 Jan 2021 19 Nov 2020 → 28 Jan 2021 2019 - 2020 Lecture No lectures this year Anne Cheng 01 Sep 2019 01 Sep 2019 2018 - 2019 Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 22 Nov 2018 → 31 Jan 2019 22 Nov 2018 → 31 Jan 2019 2017 - 2018 Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018 2016 - 2017 Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 01 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017 01 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017 2015 - 2016 Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) Anne Cheng 10 Dec 2015 → 11 Feb 2016 10 Dec 2015 → 11 Feb 2016 2014 - 2015 Lecture Humanism and ritualism in ancient and contemporary China Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 2013 - 2014 Lecture Is Confucianism a humanism ? Anne Cheng 05 Dec 2013 → 13 Feb 2014 05 Dec 2013 → 13 Feb 2014 2012 - 2013 Lecture Confucius resurrected ? A few hypotheses Anne Cheng 06 Dec 2012 → 14 Feb 2013 06 Dec 2012 → 14 Feb 2013 2011 - 2012 Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches (continued) Anne Cheng 01 Dec 2011 → 09 Feb 2012 01 Dec 2011 → 09 Feb 2012 2010 - 2011 Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches (continued) Anne Cheng 02 Dec 2010 → 10 Feb 2011 02 Dec 2010 → 10 Feb 2011 2009 - 2010 Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches Anne Cheng 03 Dec 2009 → 11 Feb 2010 03 Dec 2009 → 11 Feb 2010 2008 - 2009 Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches Anne Cheng 14 Jan 2009 → 01 Apr 2009 14 Jan 2009 → 01 Apr 2009
Guest lecturer 5 Jun 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm Takahiro Nakajima Modern Japanese Sinology As an Imperial Discourse
Guest lecturer 5 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu Japanese War Diaries from the Russo-Japanese War
Guest lecturer 12 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu The Making of a Heroic War Myth in Modern Japan
Guest lecturer 26 Jun 2025 2:30 - 3:30pm Naoko Shimazu Symbolic Diplomacy: Tojo and the 1943 Tokyo Conference
Lecture " There cannot be two suns in the sky, nor two princes for one country " : despotism and monism in China Anne Cheng 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025
Lecture " China is therefore a despotic state, whose principle is fear " Anne Cheng 23 Nov 2023 → 01 Feb 2024 23 Nov 2023 → 01 Feb 2024
Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023
Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022
Lecture Is China (still) a civilization? Anne Cheng 19 Nov 2020 → 28 Jan 2021 19 Nov 2020 → 28 Jan 2021
Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 22 Nov 2018 → 31 Jan 2019 22 Nov 2018 → 31 Jan 2019
Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018
Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) (continued) Anne Cheng 01 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017 01 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017
Lecture Universality, globality, cosmopolitanism (China, Japan, India) Anne Cheng 10 Dec 2015 → 11 Feb 2016 10 Dec 2015 → 11 Feb 2016
Lecture Humanism and ritualism in ancient and contemporary China Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015
Lecture Confucius resurrected ? A few hypotheses Anne Cheng 06 Dec 2012 → 14 Feb 2013 06 Dec 2012 → 14 Feb 2013
Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches (continued) Anne Cheng 01 Dec 2011 → 09 Feb 2012 01 Dec 2011 → 09 Feb 2012
Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches (continued) Anne Cheng 02 Dec 2010 → 10 Feb 2011 02 Dec 2010 → 10 Feb 2011
Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches Anne Cheng 03 Dec 2009 → 11 Feb 2010 03 Dec 2009 → 11 Feb 2010
Lecture Confucius revisited : old texts, new speeches Anne Cheng 14 Jan 2009 → 01 Apr 2009 14 Jan 2009 → 01 Apr 2009
