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.
Speaker: Dr. Peter Yanase, project researcher, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Nabunken)
Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (Zoom opens at 9:30 for pre-meeting visiting)
Advance registration (required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoduihqj0uEtbJIPsPuiEeUGae0C8egZtm
A Japanologist with particular interest in philosophy of...
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST
Speakers: Any participants who care to share
Advance registration (required): https://bit.ly/SWET-Jun-17-2023
How has COVID impacted you personally and professionally? Haven’t been on a train in three years? Moved to the countryside? Missing casual...
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with Claire Maree and Tanomi
Moderator: Emily Balistrieri (he/him)
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST
Audio link: On SWET's YouTube Channel
Linguistic practices are evolving quickly as transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people around the world fight for rights and...
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Moderator: Richard Sadowsky
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023
Recent technological advances, such as AI-driven ChatGPT, are much in the news, and as professional wordsmiths, we need to get a handle on these tools or risk getting left behind....
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Neither rain, nor late-March chill, nor long distances willl dampen this online SWET hanami! Tune into this Talk Shop from under a blooming tree near you, from your desk or smartphone with a Zoom...
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With Daniel Morales and Jennifer O’Donnell
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Jennifer O’Donnell and Daniel Morales have 7+ blogs and 3+ podcasts between themselves, in addition to years of experience writing and translating. They discussed the strategies that have...
Date: Friday, December 9, 2022
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Second-floor Parlor (Osetsu-ma), Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jimbocho. Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese)
See website for maps. Come out from the Jimbocho subway at exit A1, turn right, and walk about 15 meters...
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With Wendy Uchimura and Alison Watts
Moderator: Marian Kinoshita
Date: September 18, 2022 (Sunday)
Books about contemporary handicrafts and hobbies—sashiko, embroidery, dressmaking, painting, etc.—as distinct from traditional crafts and artistic craftsmanship, are being translated and sold successfully in Anglophone markets. What are the...
