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Tokyo Humanities Café 21 will take place on Friday 25th April 2025 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge (2 minutes from Sugamo Station, 5 minutes from Komagome station).Tokyo Humanities Cafe is an English-language forum for people to meet and exchange ideas about research and creativity. Four speakers from a range of backgrounds each give 10-15 minute presentations in an informal, supportive, and lively atmosphere. This time we have A. A. Milne’s poetic rhythm (from one of the world’s leading literary critics and theorists), the politics of linguistic labels, insects in Japanese visual culture and translating Japan contemporary writing by Sayaka Murata and Miri Yu!
*Derek Attridge, “Playful Rhythm: The Masterful Metrics of A. A. Milne”
*Xinqi He, “The Politics of Linguistic Labels”
*Mary A. Knighton, “Insect Subjects in Japan’s Visual Culture”
*Eric Margolis, “Japan Translated: Convenience Store Woman and Tokyo Ueno Station”.
FREE ENTRY (but please buy at least one drink at the bar!). Please see our website for details: https://www.tokyohumanities.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ryozan Park Lounge, 東京都豊島区巣鴨１丁目７−３,Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
