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

 

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