Forthcoming lectures:
Saturday September 29th
2.00pm
Japan Society North West,
The Quaker Meeting House,
22 School Lane,
Liverpool L1 3BT
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
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
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!