Across a Bridge of Dreams – updated lecture dates 2012

Forthcoming lectures:

Saturday September 29th
2.00pm

Japan Society North West,
The Quaker Meeting House,
22 School Lane,
Liverpool L1 3BT

www.JSNW.org.uk

Illustrated talk: The New Japan and the Last Samurai

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Monday October 8th
6.30pm

Gateshead Japan Festival
Gateshead Central Library
tickets £5 from gateshead.gov.uk

Illustrated talk: Japan: Geishas and Courtesans

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Thursday October 11th

Asia House
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
tel 0207 307 5454

Illustrated talk: Geisha and Courtesans and the role they play in contemporary Japanese society

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Friday October 12th
7.00pm

Eiwakai (The Birmingham Japan Scoeity)
Brasshouse Language Centre,
50 Sheepcote Street,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham B16 8AG

www.Eiwakai.org

tickets £5

Illustrated talk: Across a Bridge of Dreams: 19th Century Japan: Geisha, Samurai and Change

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Wednesday October 17th
7.00 pm (tickets on sale at the door from 6.30)

Royal Overseas League,
Over-Seas House,
Park Place,
St James’s Street,
London SW1A 1LR

tel 0207 408 0214 ext 324 or email culture@rosl.org.uk

Illustrated talk: The New Japan and the Last Samurai

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Friday October 26th
7.00 pm

Guildford Festival

Illustrated talk: Ninja, Geisha, Samurai: Japan expert Lesley Downer and historian John Man unveil three secret histories of Japanese cultural icons

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Tuesday October 30th

Oxford Brookes University

Illustrated talk: The New Japan and the Last Samurai

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Watch this space!