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Upcoming Events

*Looking for Volunteers* UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024

Sat 27th July 2024 - Sat 3rd August 2024

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge is looking for volunteers to assist during this year's summer school for pre-university students!...

Lecture and workshop - Beyond Tatami: Agriculture and Crafts in Oita

Sun 28th July 2024

Oita Prefecture's Kunisaki Peninsula and its Usa area are deemed a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in recognition of their sustainable agricultural traditions, and are home to various local plants, including shiitake mushrooms ...

Online talk - Godzilla Vs. Human: Rethinking the Monster

Fri 9th August 2024

Godzilla is an enormous fictional monster created in Japan but hugely popular worldwide. Originating from a scenario by KAYAMA Shigeru (who would later pen a pair of novelisations reinforcing his original vision), the creature evolved as it took cinematic form, reflecting the socio-political fragility and ...

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