Check out some of our past, current, and upcoming speaker series below.

The full schedule is a work-in-progress. Please sign up for the Japan Chair event series mailing list and/or the Asian Studies Wire to receive concrete details as planning moves forward.

Japan and the World

Fall 2023

– Tuesday, September 26, 2023: 2nd Annual Abe Shinzo Lecture on U.S.-Japan Relations: Good Problems to Have: An Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Healey Family Student Center – Idol Social Room | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

– Tuesday, October 24, 2023: Japan and Northeast Asia: China, the Korean Peninsula, and the Taiwan Strait

Healey Family Student Center – Idol Social Room | Time TBD

– Tuesday, November 14, 2023: Japan-Europe Relations and the Russia-Ukraine War

Healey Family Student Center – Idol Social Room | Time TBD

Spring 2024

– Wednesday, February 7, 2024: Japan & SE Asia Event Panel

– Wednesday, March 20, 2024: Japan, The Quad and Open Indo-Pacific Event

– Friday, April 19, 2024 – Public Conference: US-Japan Partnership in the 21st Century: Domestic & Foreign Policy Challenges