Category Archives: Events

“Genealogies of White Deviance” Special Lecture

Posted on June 3, 2025 by jodias
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IE Program Plenary Talk: The Mind-Body Continuum

Posted on May 27, 2025 by jodias

We are pleased to welcome Maggie Reagh Sensei for a special talk open to all IE Program students and teachers. EVENT: “The Mind-Body Continuum Underlying Experience, Learning, and Healing” WHEN: June 12, 2025 (Thursday), 3rd period — 13:20-14:50 WHO: Ms. … Continue reading →

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Filmmaker Linda Ohama speaks on the immigrant experience

Posted on May 26, 2025 by jodias

Speaker: Ms. Linda Ohama Topic: “An Alien’s Dream: Immigrants’ Struggle for Acceptance and Belonging” Location: Aoyama Campus, Room TL301 (In the former AGU Junior College) Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (Tuesday) Time: 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM (3rd period) [Come … Continue reading →

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Special Lecture: Peace for Our Planet

Posted on September 19, 2024 by jodias

  EVENT: Open Lecture; “Peace for Our Planet” WHEN: October 24, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus; Classroom 940 (4th floor of Building 9) SPEAKER: Dr. Roya Akhavan (Professor of Mass Communication at St. Cloud State University in … Continue reading →

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Turning Japanese: An Editorial and Audiovisual Translator Tells Her Story

Posted on June 10, 2024 by jodias

EVENT: Open Lecture; “Turning Japanese: From a Small Town in Northern Spain to Working as a Freelance Translator and Interpreter in Japan” WHEN: June 27, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus, Tandai Room L-402 [(former) Women’s Junior College] … Continue reading →

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Talk and Workshop on Sexual Violence

Posted on April 29, 2024 by jodias

This three hour event, sponsored by TELL (an English lifeline and mental health advocacy organization) and hosted at Seisen International School, will consist of a 2-part program. There will be a 90-minute panel discussion with local experts highlighting various aspects … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Trees

Posted on April 28, 2024 by jodias

Due to a redevelopment plan for the Jingu Gaien area, thousands of trees, many of them over 100 years old and storing huge amounts of planet-warming carbon, are slated to be cut down. Groups of citizens and ICOMOS (an advisory … Continue reading →

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A Playful Year-end Gathering

Posted on December 11, 2023 by jodias

Three of our IE colleagues have generously offered to be part of a panel on possible classroom applications of Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) on December 22nd from 6:30 PM. A chance to try out a variety of TTRPGs will be … Continue reading →

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Lecture & Concert by Bluesman Steve Gardner

Posted on December 4, 2023 by jodias

Born in Mississippi in 1956, Steve Gardner is an accomplished blues musician and photographer, having studied photojournalism at the University of Southern Mississippi and blues from the “School of Hard Knocks.” After working as a photojournalist in the States, he … Continue reading →

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Constructive Ways to Manage Stress and Life Crises

Posted on October 16, 2023 by jodias

There will be a Special Lecture for all IE classes on the topic of how to deal with stress and mental hardships by Ms. Vickie Skorji of TELL at 2nd period (from 11:00 AM) on Tuesday, October 31. As the … Continue reading →

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