Tokyo Humanities Cafe
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Tokyo Humanities Café is a quarterly English-language event in Tokyo, Japan, in which four speakers from different humanities areas - researchers, artists, translators, and others - give 10-15 minute presentations. https://www.tokyohumanities.org
Thanks to our fantastic speakers – James Brown, Kyoko Nakajima and Roland Kelts – for their fascinating talks at Tokyo Humanities Café last Friday. The next THC will be in December at Impact Hub (details tbc).
October 6, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Thanks to our fantastic speakers – James Brown, Kyoko Nakajima and Roland Kelts – for their fascinating talks at Tokyo Humanities Café last Friday. The next THC will be in December at Impact Hub (details tbc).
東京ヒューマニティーズ・カフェ #28
10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo
英語による3講演：
J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス
Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで
中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館
500円＋1ドリンク
hubtokyo.com
www.tokyohumanities.org
10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo
英語による3講演：
J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス
Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで
中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館
500円＋1ドリンク
hubtokyo.com
www.tokyohumanities.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
東京ヒューマニティーズ・カフェ #28
10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo
英語による3講演：
J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス
Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで
中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館
500円＋1ドリンク
hubtokyo.com
www.tokyohumanities.org
10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo
英語による3講演：
J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス
Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで
中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館
500円＋1ドリンク
hubtokyo.com
www.tokyohumanities.org
Tokyo Humanities Café #28
Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo
3 talks in English:
J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence
Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami
Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library
¥500 + drink
hubtokyo.com/en
www.tokyohumanities.org
Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo
3 talks in English:
J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence
Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami
Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library
¥500 + drink
hubtokyo.com/en
www.tokyohumanities.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Tokyo Humanities Café #28
Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo
3 talks in English:
J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence
Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami
Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library
¥500 + drink
hubtokyo.com/en
www.tokyohumanities.org
Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo
3 talks in English:
J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence
Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami
Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library
¥500 + drink
hubtokyo.com/en
www.tokyohumanities.org
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July! Our next event will be in the autumn (date TBA). If you haven't already, please sign up for our mailing list to hear about future events!
July 21, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July! Our next event will be in the autumn (date TBA). If you haven't already, please sign up for our mailing list to hear about future events!
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July!
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
June 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July!
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July!
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
June 23, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July!
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue.
More information: tokyohumanities.org
#TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents
Thanks to Geoff Baker, W. David Marx, Keiko Nishimura, and Sven Saaler for their fantastic presentations at Tokyo Humanities Café last night. Next THC is on 17 July and features Keichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue (19:00-21:00 Impact Hub Meguro). More details soon!
June 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Thanks to Geoff Baker, W. David Marx, Keiko Nishimura, and Sven Saaler for their fantastic presentations at Tokyo Humanities Café last night. Next THC is on 17 July and features Keichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue (19:00-21:00 Impact Hub Meguro). More details soon!
Tokyo Humanities Café 25 will take place on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 7 pm at ImpactHub Tokyo Meguro (hubtokyo.com). Join us for talks on topics Jane Austen, Poetry, the Opening of Japan and Japanese statues: www.tokyohumanities.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Tokyo Humanities Café 25 will take place on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 7 pm at ImpactHub Tokyo Meguro (hubtokyo.com). Join us for talks on topics Jane Austen, Poetry, the Opening of Japan and Japanese statues: www.tokyohumanities.org
Thank you to Richard Evanoff, Patrick Galbraith, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, and Megha Wadhwa at Tokyo Humanities Café #24! Next THC is 6 March Impact Hub Tokyo featuring Professor Ros Ballaster on Jane Austen (details soon).
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thank you to Richard Evanoff, Patrick Galbraith, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, and Megha Wadhwa at Tokyo Humanities Café #24! Next THC is 6 March Impact Hub Tokyo featuring Professor Ros Ballaster on Jane Austen (details soon).
Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 24 for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels.
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 24 for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels.
Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and Mariko Nagai - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!
October 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and Mariko Nagai - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!
Please come to the Meiji-Edinburgh Frankenstein Symposium Saturday 18 October 2025. For details, please see poster and www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein....
明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム
2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。
詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください：
www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...
明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム
2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。
詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください：
www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...
September 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Please come to the Meiji-Edinburgh Frankenstein Symposium Saturday 18 October 2025. For details, please see poster and www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein....
明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム
2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。
詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください：
www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...
明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム
2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。
詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください：
www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...
15-min talks on Hokusai & British art, forgotten lives, online love & visual poetry!
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
15-min talks on Hokusai & British art, forgotten lives, online love & visual poetry!
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
Thanks to our wonderful speakers Yuiko Asaba, Ashok Malhotra, Wing Tek Lum and Yuri Tanaka! The next Tokyo Humanities Café will be on Friday October 24 from 19:30 at Ryozan Park Lounge Sugamo (subject to change). Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org/about.html
July 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thanks to our wonderful speakers Yuiko Asaba, Ashok Malhotra, Wing Tek Lum and Yuri Tanaka! The next Tokyo Humanities Café will be on Friday October 24 from 19:30 at Ryozan Park Lounge Sugamo (subject to change). Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org/about.html
Tokyo Humanities Café 22 is coming up on Friday, 11th July, from 7:30pm (finishing around 9:15) at Ryozan Park Lounge, Sugamo. For more information, please visit our website (www.tokyohumanities.org). Please join us!
July 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Tokyo Humanities Café 22 is coming up on Friday, 11th July, from 7:30pm (finishing around 9:15) at Ryozan Park Lounge, Sugamo. For more information, please visit our website (www.tokyohumanities.org). Please join us!
Tokyo Humanities Café 22 will feature a Tango violin duo performance, a reading from one of Japan’s leading young poets plus talks on Imperial Science and Honolulu’s Chinatown. Please see our website for details: www.tokyohumanities.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Tokyo Humanities Café 22 will feature a Tango violin duo performance, a reading from one of Japan’s leading young poets plus talks on Imperial Science and Honolulu’s Chinatown. Please see our website for details: www.tokyohumanities.org
Thanks to our wonderful speakers Derek Attridge, Xinqi He, Mary A. Knighton and Eric Margolis for their fabulous talks on A. A. Milne, linguistic labels, insects in Japanese film, and Japanese translation!
April 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanks to our wonderful speakers Derek Attridge, Xinqi He, Mary A. Knighton and Eric Margolis for their fabulous talks on A. A. Milne, linguistic labels, insects in Japanese film, and Japanese translation!
Reposted by Tokyo Humanities Cafe
After a hiatus during the pandemic, Tokyo Humanities Cafe is back with free events for the intellectually curious — no academic background required.
Tokyo Humanities Cafe feeds hungry minds
A free quarterly event invites everyone to explore what it means to be human.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
After a hiatus during the pandemic, Tokyo Humanities Cafe is back with free events for the intellectually curious — no academic background required.
“The humanities are what it means to be human”. Thanks to "Japan Times" for this wonderful article about Tokyo Humanities Café: www.japantimes.co.jp/community/20....
Our next event takes please Friday 25 April, Ryozan Park, Sugamo. Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Our next event takes please Friday 25 April, Ryozan Park, Sugamo. Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Tokyo Humanities Cafe feeds hungry minds
A free quarterly event invites everyone to explore what it means to be human.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“The humanities are what it means to be human”. Thanks to "Japan Times" for this wonderful article about Tokyo Humanities Café: www.japantimes.co.jp/community/20....
Our next event takes please Friday 25 April, Ryozan Park, Sugamo. Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Our next event takes please Friday 25 April, Ryozan Park, Sugamo. Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Delighted to announce Tokyo Humanities Café 21 will feature a talk from world-leading literary critic and theorist Derek Attridge, as well as fantastic presentations from Xinqi He, Mary Knighton, and Eric Margolis. Please see www.tokyohumanities.org.
March 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Delighted to announce Tokyo Humanities Café 21 will feature a talk from world-leading literary critic and theorist Derek Attridge, as well as fantastic presentations from Xinqi He, Mary Knighton, and Eric Margolis. Please see www.tokyohumanities.org.
“Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History” takes place at University of Tokyo, Komaba campus, 13-14 March. Please see here for details: www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/6110/
Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History | 東京大学グローバル・スタディーズ・イニシアティヴ (GSI)
東京大学大学院総合文化研究科は、「グローバル・スタディーズ・イニシアティヴ（Global Studies Initiative, GSI）」構想を掲げ、グローバルな俯瞰力と世界諸地域の文化や社会の多様性を理解する能力を併せ持つ人材を育成することで、グローバル化が引き起こす諸問題に挑戦します。
www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
February 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History” takes place at University of Tokyo, Komaba campus, 13-14 March. Please see here for details: www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/6110/
“Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History” takes place at University of Tokyo, Komaba campus, 13-14 March. Please see here for details: www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/6110/
Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History | 東京大学グローバル・スタディーズ・イニシアティヴ (GSI)
東京大学大学院総合文化研究科は、「グローバル・スタディーズ・イニシアティヴ（Global Studies Initiative, GSI）」構想を掲げ、グローバルな俯瞰力と世界諸地域の文化や社会の多様性を理解する能力を併せ持つ人材を育成することで、グローバル化が引き起こす諸問題に挑戦します。
www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
February 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History” takes place at University of Tokyo, Komaba campus, 13-14 March. Please see here for details: www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/6110/
Tokyo Humanities Café will celebrate our TWENTIETH EVENT on Friday 31st January 2025 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge. This time we have cyberpunk, poetry, third culture kids, and cookie art!
January 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tokyo Humanities Café will celebrate our TWENTIETH EVENT on Friday 31st January 2025 19:30-21:25(ish) at Ryozan Park Lounge. This time we have cyberpunk, poetry, third culture kids, and cookie art!
Thanks so much to our fantastic speakers at Tokyo Humanites Café last night – Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, Heidi Lee, Gabriel Richard and Anna Lindemann.
December 17, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Thanks so much to our fantastic speakers at Tokyo Humanites Café last night – Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, Heidi Lee, Gabriel Richard and Anna Lindemann.
Intermedia Symposium
Keynote speakers: Yohei Igarashi (University of Connecticut) and Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Duke University)
Place: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Academy Common 308E
Date: Sunday December 15 2024
Time: 10:30-17:15
Keynote speakers: Yohei Igarashi (University of Connecticut) and Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Duke University)
Place: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Academy Common 308E
Date: Sunday December 15 2024
Time: 10:30-17:15
December 9, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Intermedia Symposium
Keynote speakers: Yohei Igarashi (University of Connecticut) and Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Duke University)
Place: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Academy Common 308E
Date: Sunday December 15 2024
Time: 10:30-17:15
Keynote speakers: Yohei Igarashi (University of Connecticut) and Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Duke University)
Place: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Academy Common 308E
Date: Sunday December 15 2024
Time: 10:30-17:15