English Lectures

English Lecture Series

Many times a year we offer lectures in English. These are on a variety of topics, and are given by both Japanese and foreign speakers. Anyone is welcome to attend the lectures, and more information will be posted here beforehand. (Note: TBA = To be announced)

2023

• Lecture 1
  May 24 “The Sky Is the Limit” — Tomoko Torii
• Lecture 2
  June 28 “Culture Shock Is a Seed of Growth” — Mayumi Nishihara
• Lecture 3
  October 16 “Introducing Turkey” — Ugur Murat Deniz
• Lecture 4
  November 6 “Unity in Diversity” — Fiona Creaser

2022

Semester 1

• Lecture 1
  April 18 “Getting the Most Out of English Lectures” — Malcolm Swanson
• Lecture 2
  April 25 “Global Citizenship; Current Issues in Australia” —Nicole Sonobe
• Lecture 3
  May 16 “Folktales & World Cultures” — Amir Feroze
• Lecture 4
  May 23 “Fostering and Adoption“ — Melodie Cook
• Lecture 5
  May 30 “ Festival of Haiku” — David McMurray
• Lecture 6
  June 13 “Values I Have Learned From My ‘Parents’“ — Ken Ikeda
• Lecture 7
  June 20 “10+ Ways to Improve Your English while Having Fun” — Jackson Koon Yat Lee
• Lecture 8
  July 4 “Korean Language and Culture through Film and Media” — Michael Free

Semester 2

• Lecture 1
  October 4 “Drama Workshop #1” — Dennis Woolbright
• Lecture 2
  October 11 “Drama Workshop #2” — Dennis Woolbright
• Lecture 3
  October 25 “Telling Stories 2” — Charles Kowalski
• Lecture 4
  November 1 “From Hating to Teaching English: A Teacher’s Journey“ — Jackson Lee
• Lecture 5
  November 8 “Communication Beyond Language Barriers” — Kosei Ishigami
• Lecture 6
  November 22 “Working for Developing Countries as an Economist of International Monetary Fund“ — Yasuhisa Ojima
• Lecture 7
  November 29 “Study Abroad Reports Session” — Seven students
• Lecture 8
  December 6 “My Experiences with Study Abroad and Career Paths” — Mizuki Miyamoto
• Lecture 9
  December 13 “What Does an Interpreter/Guide Do?「通訳案内士ってどんな仕事？」” 

2021

Semester 1

• Lecture 1
  April 19 “Hospital Facility Dogs” — Marina Rodriguez
• Lecture 2
  May 10 “Diversity in how people learn” —Alexandra Burke
• Lecture 3
  May 17 “Stress and a Fruitful Life” — Ai Murphy
• Lecture 4
  June 14 “Malaysia’s multicultural heritage and natural diversity“ — Khadijah Omar
• Lecture 5
  June 21 “The history, culture, and present-day status of Māori in New Zealand” — Matthew Cotter
• Lecture 6
  June 28 “Mindfulness“ — Tei Kobayashi
• Lecture 7
  July 5 “Sofubi and Gachapon: From cheap toys to art objects” — Herb Fondevilla
• Lecture 8
  July 12 “Japanese American WWII history” — Cassie Guevara

Semester 2

• Lecture 1
  September 28 “Immigrant and Foreign Patients in the Japanese Health Care System” — Mathew Porter
• Lecture 2
  October 5 “SDGs” —Junko Ota
• Lecture 3
  October 12 “The Problem with Australia’s National Anthem” — Kristen Sullivan
• Lecture 4
  October 19 “Tales of Ghostly Japan“ — Charles Kowalski
• Lecture 5
  November 2 “NGO Work in Cambodia” — Mari Arimatsu
• Lecture 6
  November 9 “Culture Shock Japan“ — Andy Boon
• Lecture 7
  November 30 “New Zealand Ecology” — Patrick Swanson
• Lecture 8
  December 14 “Developing a Multi-Cultural Mindset” — Rob Fritz

2020

• Lecture 1
  May 11 “Eat Healthy, Be Smart! – Food & Learning” [video]
  Ai Murphy
• Lecture 2
  June 8 “Japanese English is Japanese”
  Anne Crescini
• Lecture 3
  July 6 “Studying Abroad Part 1” [video 1, video 2, video 3]
• Lecture 4
  July 13 “Studying Abroad Part 2” [video 4, video 5, video 6, video 7]
• Lecture 5
  October 29 “Fantastic Experience at Walt Disney World” [video]
  Rio Kunida
• Lecture 6
  November 5 “The Richer, the More Equal?: Women in Thailand and Japan” [video]
  Kyoko Kusakabe
• Lecture 7
  November 19 “What is intercultural communication competence and how can you enhance it?”
  Kazunori Nozawa
• Lecture 8
  January 21 “The Wonder of Language” [video] Anne Crescini

2019

• Lecture 1
  May 20 “Living in Vietnam” [video]
  L. Dennis Woolbright
• Lecture 2
  June 17 “Learning from Studying Abroad” [video] Minami Toya, Rina Tanaka, Yukino Koura, Nanako Serizawa, Kanako Saiki, Kaki Jo, and Yuki Miyake
• Lecture 3
  July 22 “Oh Canada” [video] Andrew Anthony Joseph Zitzmann
• Lecture 4
  October 17 “What’s ‘New’ About New Zealand?” [video]
  Malcolm Swanson
• Lecture 5
  November 21 “What’s ‘Great About Great Britain?” [video]
  Nicholas Kemp
• Lecture 6
  January 23 “A Festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals” [video]
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2018

• Lecture 1
  May 10 “Japanese English Is Japanese”
  Anne Crescini
• Lecture 2
  June 21 “Three Cultural Viewpoints”
  Anna Bor, Laura Burton, and Teagan Hopwood – Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 19 “Anybody Can Be Fluent in English”
  INOMORI Takashi
• Lecture 4
  October 18 “Australia Now”
  Ian Brazier
• Lecture 5
  November 15 “Understanding and Teaching Fluency”
  José Domingo Cruz
• Lecture 6
  January 24 “A Festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2017

• Lecture 1
  May 11 “How English played a part in my life”
  Nobuaki Haihara
• Lecture 2
  June 15 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 20 “Being a second generation American”
  Mariko Ejima
• Lecture 4
  October 19 “Happiness: Myth & Reality”
  Alok Kumar Jha
• Lecture 5
  November 9 “Drama in English: A Fun Way Too Develop Language Skills”
  Robin Reid
• Lecture 6
  January 11 “A festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2016

• Lecture 1
  May 12 “Eat Healthy, Be Smart! – Food & Learning”
  Ai Murphy
• Lecture 2
  June 16 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 21 “My life as a teacher in Japan: Lessons in a lifetime well spent”
  L. Dennis Woolbright
• Lecture 4
  October 20 “Oh Canada, eh! – The place, the people, the culture”
  Michael Berg
• Lecture 5
  November 10 “Studying Abroad”
  Reports from Mizuki Miyamoto, Moeko Kuroishi, Chinatsu Koga, Urara Ono, Ikumi Yoshizumi, Momono Takahara, and Tomomi Yamato
• Lecture 6
  January 19 “A festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2015

• Lecture 1
  May 21 “A Celebration of Cultures”
  International students from Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Lecture 2
  June 18 “Britain: Five Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 16 “How I learned English”
  Hiroshi Otani
• Lecture 4
  October 29 “Black Hair: Understanding the Roots of Identity”
  Lisa Barker
• Lecture 5
  November 19 “TBA”
  Nigel Stott
• Lecture 6
  January 21 “A festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2014

• Lecture 1
  May 29 “Golden Myanmar”
  Wai Wai Hnin
• Lecture 2
  June 19 “Britain: Three More Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 17 “Gulliver’s Troubles—An outside view of Japan”
  Lawrence Chivers
• Lecture 4
  October 30 “Women in Fashion or Intelligence: The History behind the Stereotype of Fashion”
  Cindy Daugherty
• Lecture 5
  November 20 “Implementing U.S. Foreign Policy”
  Margaret Macleod
• Lecture 6
  January 22″A festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2013

• Lecture 1
  May 30 “United Nations Millennium Development Goals”
  Judith Johnson
• Lecture 2
  June 20 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 18 “Studying and Working Abroad
  Shoko Amioka & Miles Green
• Lecture 4
  October 31 “International Relationships”
  Paula Goto, Steve Paton, & Pierre Bruchet
• Lecture 5
  November 21 “Indonesia is a lovely country”
  Indriyani  Rachman
  
• Lecture 6
  January 23″A festival of English—Zion Cup English Contest Finals”
  Speeches from Year 1 students, presentations from other students

2012

• Lecture 1
  May 24 “Sharing the Gift of English with your Children”
  Tomoko Uezono
• Lecture 2
  June 21 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students and Seinan students who studied abroad
• Lecture 3
  July 19 “English on the Job”
  Susannah Bradley
• Lecture 4
  October 18 “Volunteering Abroad”
  Miki Tsukamoto & Chiyo Furukawa
• Lecture 5
  November 15 “Public Health”
  Miyafumi Higashi
  
• Lecture 6
  January 24 “Bringing The Big Three Western Holidays to Japan”
  Jamar A. Miller
  …plus 3 presentations from our Presentations Skills class

2011

• Lecture 1
  May 12 “Budget Travel”
  Justin Endo
• Lecture 2
  June 16 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 21 “Reach for the stars! Go global!”
  Gina Whittle
• Lecture 4
  October 20 “Happiness”
  Ken Gibson
• Lecture 5
  November 10 “A pathway to your future – gaining experience through volunteer work”
  Hiroko Ohba
  
• Lecture 6
  February 2 “A festival of English”
  Various speakers

2010

• Lecture 1
  May 20 “SARA – For your mind, body, and spirit”
  Ayaka Tasaka, Seinan Jo Gakuin University
• Lecture 2
  June 17 “Britain: Four Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  July 15 “Dear Miss Breed”
  Rio Imamura
• Lecture 4
  October 21 “Backlash against feminism: Are career women really happy?”
  Suzuko Brown-Mamoto
• Lecture 5
  November 18 “A Brazilian Wedding”
  Lynda Batty
  “Utah–Life Elevated”
  Casey Morgan
• Lecture 6
  January 20 “A look at German culture”
  Benjiman Daeuwel

2009

• Lecture 1
  April 16 “Study Abroad: New Zealand”
  Mika Ieiri & Malcolm Swanson
• Lecture 2
  May 21 “Britain: Three Viewpoints”
  Winchester University students
• Lecture 3
  June 18 “Teaching English to Kids”
  Julian Warden
• Lecture 4
  October 29 “Biculturalism in Canada”
  Andrew Zitzmann
• Lecture 5
  November 19 “Use of English Language for International Development Work”
  Amihan April Mella-Alcazar
• Lecture 6
  January 21 “A Festival of English”
  Various speakers

2008

• Lecture 1
  April 17 “The History of Western Names”
  Margaret Orleans
• Lecture 2
  May 22 “Ukraine”
  Lina Maksymuk
• Lecture 3
  June 19 “Random Acts of Kindness”
  Ken Gibson
• Lecture 4
  October 23 “Reporting the News-In English”
  Shoichi Nasu
• Lecture 5
  December 4 “Canadian Culture”
  Richard Payne
• Lecture 6
  January 22 “Tips to Improve English Listening Skills”
  Takashi Inomori

2007

• Lecture 1
  April 19 “Two Cultures, Two Perspectives”
  Dennis Woolbright & Malcolm Swanson
• Lecture 2
  May 24 “The 3Rs in Kitakyushu!”
  Shinsuke Takeuchi
• Lecture 3
  July 21 “Strategies for Becoming a Good English Learner”
  Panel Discussion
• Lecture 4
  November 15 “An American Lawyer in Japan”
  Barbara Shore
• Lecture 5
  January 16 “Reach for the Stars”
  Gina Whittle

2006

• Lecture 1
  May 10 “Comparing Cultures”
  Malcolm Swanson & Paula Ricci
• Lecture 2
  June 14 “International Marriage”
  Panel Discussion
• Lecture 3
  July 5 “International Students in Japan”
  Panel Discussion
• Lecture 4
  November 22 “Flying High with English”
  Junko Uemura & Michael Cayne
• Lecture 5
  December 20 “False Internationalization and Cultural Miscommunication”
  Barrett Balvanz