Insights from a collective initiative carried out in solidarity with asylum seekers on a university campus in Brussels Yannick Vanderborght May 11, 2026 / 18:30-20:00 (JST) Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No registration required Since the 2015 migration “crisis,” the European Union (EU) and its member states have adopted increasingly restrictive policies toward refugees. In Brussels, the EU capital, thousands of asylum seekers are now forc

(ICC Sophia Food Studies Unit: Online Lecture Series 2026) Jeffrey Pilcher April 20, 2026 20:30-22:00 (JST) / 07:30-09:00 (US EST) / 12:30-14:00 (GMT) ZOOM Meeting information https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/95084567453 Meeting ID: 950 8456 7453 Password: sophiafood No registration necessary This talk adopts a mobility studies framework to examine interconnections between the movements of people, goods, and knowledge. By comparing the arrival of bubble tea and matcha latte

May 12, 2026 / 17:30~19:00 Room 301, 3F, Building 10, Sophia University In person only / No prior registration required Prof. ShiPu Wang discusses the rich but under-studied history of Nikkei artists who fostered self-representation, visibility, and a sense of belonging through organizing transcultural collectives and group exhibitions in interwar California. This period, falling within the Exclusion era (1885–1965), was characterized by anti-immigration and anti-Asian laws i