Julia Alekseyeva This talk is cancelled due to Dr. Alekseyeva's trip being cancelled. May 21, 2026 / 17:30-19:00 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required This talk introduces the work of avant-garde documentary filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio and conceives of his “neo-documentary” as an antifascist practice. In addition, the talk contextualizes his most famous film, the 1969 Funeral Parade of Roses, alongside other revolutionary

Julie Y. Chu May 28, 2026 (Thursday): 17:30-19:00 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Before “the chain” became the dominant figure for understanding the dynamics of supply and demand in the 1980s, fluvial landscapes have long undergirded logistical projects for building out and maintaining the infrastructural channels of commerce and travel, especially around estuarial or delta zones where rivers meet the sea. Drawing on tw

Hilary J. Holbrow 18:00-19:30, May 19, 2026 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Japan's foreign population has grown exponentially since the liberalization of its border control policy in 1989. But, because political discourse paints the foreign population as temporary, research on non-citizens' experiences and outcomes relative to comparable Japanese is in its infancy. In this talk, I discuss how white-collar migrants from A