Past Events

Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.

Bay Area SWETers, JATers, and Friends Gathering

Date: November 29, 2015 (Sunday) Time: 4:00 p.m. Place: Oakland, CA area: For RSVP and directions, send email to events@swet.jp. Refreshments: Potluck nibbles or beverages (Please contribute!)

Celebrating SWET's 35th anniversary, JAT's 30th anniversary, and any other...

With Leza Lowitz and Tracy Slater

Moderator: Liane Wakabayashi

Date: November 28, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. (doors open for socializing at 6:00) Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map)

RSVP: Please let us know if you...

Presenter: Richard Conrad Date: November 28, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 3–5 p.m. (followed by SWET/JAT Kansai Bonenkai, details below.) Place: Room 205, Hyogoken Shigaku Kaikan, Motomachi, Kobe 神戸市中央区北長狭通4丁目3-13 (2-minutes north of JR/Hanshin Motomachi Stns, 7 mins from Hankyu Sannomiya Stn) Map: http://www.hyogo-shigaku.or.jp/map.html Fee: 1,000 yen SWET...

Date: November 20, 2015 (Friday) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with a small flag...

Date: October 24 and 25, 2015 Place: Kobe Women's University, Suma Campus

The organizers of the Japan Writers Conference report that they received a great selection of presentation proposals again this year and promise a full and stimulating event, with...

We've switched to Fridays! Date: October 16, 2015 (Friday) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with...

The PROfessional Japanese-English Conference on Translation (PROJECT), organized by the Japan Association of Translators (JAT), is a one-day conference full of workshops and interactive sessions aimed at helping people succeed in the translation industry. PROJECT Kyoto 2015, the first PROJECT...

With Robert Blasiak and Stuart Ayre

Date: September 27, 2015 (Sunday) Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open 6:00 for socializing) Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map) (http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html) Fee: No charge

This SWET talk will feature presentations by German-to-English...

Date: September 18 (Friday) Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway (Toei) stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with...

“Excess Baggage”: Karen Ma on Writing Transnational Fiction

 

Potluck dinner

Date: July 17, 2015 (Friday)

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (Talk with Karen Ma 7:30–8:15, followed by a Q&A)

Place: Wesley Center, Room 205

Fee: Free of charge, open to SWET members and their guests RSVP:...