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In this episode of Star Warsologies, we share the recording of our our Star Wars Celebration Japan panel "Droids, Artificial Intelligence, and Sentience" Panel description: R2-D2 and C-3PO. BB-8. Battle droids. Star Wars isn't Star Wars without its lovable droids. We'll examine the science of robots, the programming of personality and the ethics of sentient mechanicals in society, plus go behind the scenes on designing droids for the movies. Why do droids in Star Wars look the way they do? Why do we all love R2-D2? How close are we to having droid intelligence and personality in our own world? Let's go inside the gears and processing units to explore all the possibilities. Our team of experts includes Yukie Nagai (Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, University of Tokyo), Fon Davis (ILM Model Maker - Star Wars), Chris Kempshall (author, Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire and The History and Politics of Star Wars) and Joel Welch (PhD Law candidate at Western University, Emerging Technology Policies & SciFi). Moderated by James Floyd (Star Wars Insider; Star Warsologies, Star Wars Crossword Puzzles). Show Links: Check out Yukie Nagai's robotics website. Check out Chris Kempshall's website. You can order James's crossword puzzle book now! For a free puzzle, download the activity kit from Star Wars Reads! Subscribe to never miss an episode of Star Warsologies on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Did you miss an earlier episode? Catch up here! Follow us on BlueSky and Instagram or join our Facebook fan group! Star Warsologies is a podcast about science in a galaxy far, far away. Hosts James Floyd and Melissa Miller combine their love of storytelling in the franchise with their keen interest in all things academic.

Ethics in the world of AI. In this thought-provoking episode of The FIT4Privacy Podcast, we're delighted to host a vital conversation between two experts Bianca Lopes and Punit Bhatia. Delving into the complexities and challenges of ethical AI, our discussion navigates through the realms of data privacy, and the broader societal implications of rapidly advancing AI technologies.  Tune in to this episode for an enlightening dialogue that sheds light on the ethical dimensions of AI, an issue that is shaping the future of our digital society.  KEY CONVERSATION POINTS  What is going on around the tech world that is scary?  What do we mean by ethics  State of awareness in the digital world  How do we set up the right bar for digital protection?  ABOUT THE GUEST  Bianca is an investor, a business builder, economist, and identity expert. She focuses on driving meaningful impact through technology and business and have started 5 companies, led significant digital identity projects and helped Companies transform data to unlock financial and social worth. Her central focus is how to rewire finance in the world, using the power of digital identities, ethics, and web3 technology.  Bianca has been fortunate to support over 40 financial institutions, 8 governments, and many Corporates in the reshaping and rethinking of their approach to technology when it comes to the role of identity and how to use that in their innovation agenda.   She manages an international speaking and Board calendar to help business leaders, governments, and people understand the impact of data, privacy, and the opportunity in finance that continues to exist.  Bianca is an early founder of a foundational digital identity company in Brazil that enables financial inclusion and the adoption of PIX, digital Reais and digital assets for all Brazilians.  Currently she is building the next blockchain based, global solution for “Identity for Objects” connecting real world assets with digital identities, from sports and entertainment to real world assets and B2B solutions.  She sits on the Board of the UNESCO's International Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, and ESG where she facilitates cooperation between developing brands and organizations to build vibrant and ethical AI ecosystem.  Bianca's journey has been what shaped her to be curious, informed and to have a worldview. She was born in Brazil, educated in Canada, living in Denmark. She speaks multiple languages and has degrees in Finance and Political Science and a master's in mathematics.  Links:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/biasmlopes/   Bianca Salles Melges Lopes (@biasmlopes)    ABOUT THE HOST  Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organization culture with high AI & privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority by creating and implementing a AI & privacy strategy and policy.   Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How to Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 50 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured amongst top GDPR and privacy podcasts.  As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one's value to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for joy of life' which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe.     RESOURCES  Websites www.fit4privacy.com , www.punitbhatia.com,  https://www.linkedin.com/in/biasmlopes/   Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy      --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fit4privacy/message

This episode's special guest is Dr. Andreja Kodrin who serves as an Investment Committee Member for InvestEU Fund, Director of Quintaum, and a member of the International Research Center on AI under Unesco (IRCAI). Link to InvestEU: https://investeu.europa.eu/what-investeu-programme/investeu-fund_en Link to Quintaum: https://www.quintaum.com/ Link to IRCAI: https://ircai.org/

International environmental law is at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the transition to a sustainable future. From treaties to jurisprudence and doctrine, it offers a legal framework for promoting green economic systems. However, creating a balance between profit interests, social constraints, and environmental sustainability presents challenges. In this episode, Dr. Chougrani El Houcine tells us more about the critical role of international law in paving the way for a better future! Dr. El Houcine Chougrani is an Associate Professor of International Law and International Relations at the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech. He is the Director of the Moroccan Observatory for Future Generations (MOROFUGE), a Member of the International Research Center for Crisis Management, and the General Director of the Arab Journal of International Law. His main research areas cover international environmental law, water, climate justice, and the rights of future generations. His professional experience also includes serving as Accountant General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2002-2014).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's talk about digital identity with Bianca Lopes, Identity Advocate, Investor. Join Bianca Lopes and Oscar as they discuss the top challenges, solutions and achievements for digital identity within the financial industry – the connection to regenerative finance (Refi) and how this is changing identity in finance. [Transcript below] "I think a lot of the microservices architectures that some of the banks and financial services companies have implemented in their movement to the cloud, or just in their change inside and internally, have opened up their minds to rethink identity across the organisation. " Bianca Lopes is an investor, business builder, economist, and identity expert, who focusing on driving meaningful impact through technology and regulation. Leading many significant identity projects and having helped transform how data can unlock financial and social worth. With a central focus on how we can rewire finance using the power of digital identity, ethics, and Web3. Bianca is driven by how we negotiate competing values with data and information technologies. In her work I have supported over 40 financial institutions and 8 governments to reshape their approach to technology, rethink the role of identity, and leverage their innovation agendas. She manages an international speaking calendar to help business leaders, governments, and consumers understand the impact that data, privacy, and finance will continue to have on our lives. Bianca's journey and lived experience have informed her worldview. Born in Brazil, educated in Canada, based in Denmark and multilingual, she has encountered both sides of economic and digital development. Her mission is to build bridges and create value. She is honoured to work with UNESCO's International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence. Here we facilitate cooperation in developing artificial intelligence with special emphasis on supporting the development of a vibrant AI ecosystem Globally. Connect with Bianca on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram - @biasmlopes. We'll be continuing this conversation on Twitter using #LTADI – join us @ubisecure!     Podcast transcript Let's Talk About Digital Identity, the podcast connecting identity and business. I am your host, Oscar Santolalla. Oscar Santolalla: Hello and thanks for joining a new episode of Let's Talk About Digital Identity. And today, we'll hear how the financial industry is redefining itself. And of course, what is the role of identity on this. For that, we a have special guest who is Bianca Lopes. As an investor, business builder, economist and identity expert, Bianca Lopes focuses on driving meaningful impact through technology and regulation. Leading many significant identity projects, she has helped transform how data can unlock financial and social worth. Bianca's central focus is on how we can rewire finance using the power of digital identity, ethics, and Web 3.0. Hello, Bianca. Bianca Lopes: Hello, Oscar, thank you for having me. Oscar: First, tell us about yourself and what was your journey to this world of identity? Bianca: All right. Well, I guess I'll start where my sort of journey on this Earth started. I'm from Brazil, originally. I'm an economist, as you mentioned, and my journey started in data centres. I was actually putting biometric hardware in physical parameter security. And I got into this after working at the bank for few years, I worked as a trader, and I worked in commercial banking. And then I worked in risk management and came to work with my client. And he was building this business. And this business was in the biometric space. And back in the day, it was kind of like, you know, minority report, when you told people you worked in biometrics. And little did I know that that's where my journey in identity was meant to start. And that was about over 13 years ago. It's been incredible. It's been a journey of purpose and a journey of understanding what an i...

In this episode, Courtenay welcomes Cait Crowell to the show to discuss holistic nutrition and entrepreneurship. With early onset panic attacks, anxiety, digestive issues, and eventually a diagnosis of scoliosis, IBS and gastritis, Cait became desperate to find answers to heal her body. Frustrated with the scripts of western medicine and illusionary “healthy” food labels, she started to dabble with alternative mediums. After seeing the incredible results, she went on to earn impressive credentials and opened up her own practice where she could share her passion for holistic health with others. In this conversation Cait busts through health myths, elaborates on common complications she sees in her patients, the root causes of each, and more importantly the natural solutions to heal them. Cait Crowell is a holistic nutritionist and truth-seeker who believes you've got to build your health from the inside out. After her early health struggles, she went on to get her Bachelors in Global Public Health & Nutrition from George Mason University. At the age of 20, she took a solo trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh and worked at the International Research Center where she helped women and children who were severely malnourished. It was there she discovered the healing powers of zinc therapy + oral hydration solution. She accredits this experience to propelling her to get a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification and build an expansive business that empowers others to take charge of their own health too. Episode Resources: Canola Oil: https://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/... The lie of grass fed: https://primalpastures.com/blogs/prim... Digestion starts in the brain: https://theappetitedoctor.co.uk/2022/... MyTapScore.com Redmond Real Salt Information on salt: https://chriskresser.com/shaking-up-t... Coofid - 5 g https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc... Tudca Cellcore Biosciences Dr. Stefan Lanka Antoine Bechamp Viruses: the answer to if the are living or not doesn't seem to be straightforward: https://www.newscientist.com/question... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc... Connect with Cait Crowell: Website: https://caitcrowell.com Instagram: @whatcaitate ————————————————— Follow & Connect with Courtenay: https://www.courtenayturner.com Twitter: Courtenay Turner (@CourtenayTurner) :https://twitter.com/CourtenayTurner?s=20 Instagram: https://instagram.com/kineticcourtz?u... Read some of her articles: https://www.truthmatters.biz ————————————————— Other video Platforms: Rokfin: https://www.rokfin.com/courtenayturner Odysee: https://odysee.com/@CourtenayTurner:f Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/CourtenayTurner BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/yNVI... ————————————————— Video Edited By Griffo Productions www.griffoproductions.com ————————————————— ©2022 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About EU SME CentreThe EU SME Centre is a European Union initiative that provides a comprehensive range of hands-on support services to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), getting them ready to do business in China. Experts in the Centre provide advice and support in four areas – business development, law, standards and conformity and human resources. Collaborating with external experts worldwide, the Centre converts valuable knowledge and experience into practical business tools and services easily accessible online.The EU SME Centre is now managed by five implementing partners who guide the strategic development and management of the Centre through their knowledge and experience of the China market-- China-Britain Business Council, China-Italy Chamber of Commerce in China, Danish Chamber of Commerce in China, EUROCHAMBRES and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.  About Alessio PetinoMr. Alessio Petino has been living in Beijing since 2011 and is very fluent in Chinese. As a frequent speaker and moderator at various meetings and expert-level discussions, he was regularly involved in the activities of various European networks and platforms in China. For the past 5+ years, he has been working on various EU-funded projects in China, mainly doing research and analysis in the following areas: R&D and innovation policy, high-tech zones, investment attraction policies and market access. His key areas of expertise are China's R&I funding programs at both national (NKPs, NSFC, Megaprojects) and local level, international R&I co-funding mechanisms, government incentives and subsidies, as well as market access and opportunities for SMEs.  About China Customs OfficerThe Customs Officer is the Director of TBT Research Centre of International Research Center for Inspection and Quarantine Standards and Technical Regulation of GACC and the main drafter of Orders 248 and 249 of the General Administration of Customs. He has been engaged in the research of food, chemical technical trade measures, risk analysis and risk warning. He has been awarded with the second and third prizes of the scientific and technological inspections at the ministerial for the research projects he participated in.  Additionally, he edited and participated in a dozen of related books. He has played a positive role in removing foreign technical trade barriers, establishing China's technical preventive measure system, and promoting the development of foreign economic trade. About Lina BartuseviciuteMs. Lina Bartuseviciute has been in Shanghai for almost 12 years. Due to her cultural know-how and language proficiency, as well as International Relations Master's Degree in Fudan, she has been included in multiple high stakes governmental meetings and negotiations, hosted numerous delegations and bilateral talks. Since 2015, she has founded LITAO www.litaogroup.com - a business consulting firm focusing on China Market Entry, which works to bring quality European F&B brands to China market, with support from European Union. About Raymond NG Mr. Raymond Ng is the Regulatory Affairs Consultant at Accestra Consulting. He has a Master's degree from University of Nottingham and has extensive knowledge on Chinese Food & Beverage, Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical import & export regulations. His research specialises in China's national standards and the impact it has on international businesses. He has vast insight and practical experience in dealing with Chinese market access requirements and accumulated a successful track record with supporting international exporters with market entry in to China.  About Lavinia Yao Ms. Lavinia Yao is the Senior Regulatory Consultant at Accestra Consulting. She has a Master's degree from Zhejiang University in Food Science and Engineering. Ms. Yao has years of experience in the food industry and is an expert in China food laws, regulations and national standards. Her daily work involves solving practical food regulatory problems for global food businesses, covering regulatory compliance in food labelling, food additives registration, health foods, food contact materials related regulations and others. She is often invited as a keynote speaker to numerous high-level conferences organized by the government; an indispensable asset in her line of work for responding to international client's needs.  Episode Content:In April 2021, China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) issued two regulations, Order 248 and Order 249, that will prevent businesses to export their products to China if they have not registered on the GAC platform before the 1st of January 2022.We cover all kinds of questions around the mandatory regulations, but in short, it comes down to the following:What, why, where and who needs to register on GAC's platformProcedures for registration: recommendation from national authorities and self-registrationStep-by-step guidance for self-registration on GAC's platformLabelling requirementsImpact of the new regulations on market dynamics EU exportersInsights on successful factors for F&B products, B2B distributors and Chinese consumers preferenceTips and pitfalls Episode Mentions:Reach out to Alessio on LinkedIn or via alessio.petino@eusmecentre.org.cnWatch this webinar on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RighSyf4RAcWebsite: https://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/GACC database: http://english.customs.gov.cnExport Filing Registry: http://ire.customs.gov.cn/Reach out to Raymond on LinkedIn or via raymond@accestra.comReach out to Lavinia on LinkedIn or via yaolu@accestra.comWebsite: https://www.accestra.com/Find your host Lina on LinkedINor vialb@litaogroup.comWebsite:https://litaogroup.comJoin China Business Cast WeChat group

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon.

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

An English mission to Japan arrives in 1613 with all the standard English commodities, including wool and cloth: which the English hope to trade for Japanese silver. But there's a gift for the Shogun among them: a silver telescope. As Timon Screech explains in his latest book, The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Oxford University Press, 2020), there was a lot of meaning behind that telescope. It represented an English state trying to chart its own part as a Protestant country, denoting their support for science and a more open culture in the face of a more backward Catholic Europe. Screech's book charts the background behind this simple gift and what it meant for both Japan and England. In this interview, Timon and I follow the English journeys to Japan, the reasons for these trips, and what the English encountered when they got there. And we'll think about what we learn from this—ultimately failed—effort to start a trading relationship between these two islands. Professor Timon Screech is Professor at Nichibunken or the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, after thirty years at SOAS. He is the author of at least a dozen books on the visual culture of the Edo period, including perhaps his best-known work Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (University of Hawaii Press, 1999). His other most recent book (and previous interview subject) is Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo (Reaktion Books: 2020). In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Shogun's Silver Telescope. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This conversation is part of the series 'The Philosophy, Science, & Aesthetics of Food' ('Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast). Today we are joined by Andrea Borghini. Andrea Borghini is the Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Milan and Director of Culinary Mind, an International Research Center for the Philosophy of Food. In his work, he develops new theoretical tools to rethink how we speak, structure, sense, and feel about food, eating, and culinary culture. Professor Borghini's specific topics of research include hunger and appetite, recipes, food and space, and biodiversity. His research sits at the intersection of theory, value, and practice.

Today it's great to have Dr Monica Barbir on the podcast. Dr Barbir is the Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) BabyLab, University of Tokyo. She is interested in the cognitive mechanisms that make learning language easy for babies but hard for adults. Her goal is to innovate novel language learning methods that would ultimately allow adults to learn language as well as babies. Dr Barbir studied language acquisition at the University of Toronto and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, taught English as a foreign language with the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme, and designed novel tools for learning language during her MA in comic book design. Listen to this episode to hear more about Dr Barbir's amazing research, great insights regarding the issues women face in Academia, and wonderful advice for everyone regardless of career choice.Time stamps:[00:49] Dr Barbir's introduction[01:24] Dr Barbir's research journey[06:09] Obstacles in research journey[11:56] Work/life balance[17:42] Dr Barbir's research on grammar[26:47] Hopes for future research[28:55] Issues that women in Academia are facing today according to Dr Barbir[32:40] Dr Barbir's advice for everyone thinking about a career in Academia or for those just starting a career in AcademiaLinks:Dr Barbir's website: https://monicab.net/IRCN BabyLab: https://babylab.ircn.jp/en/International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN): https://ircn.jp/en/The University of Tokyo: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/Science-based information about language learning in childhood in form of comics: https://kotoboo.org/Get in touch:e-mail: podcast.irenalovcevic@gmail.comtwitter: @IrenaLovcevicinstagram: @irenalovcevicwebsite: https://munduslibrium.com/

Today it's great to have Prof. Dr Sho Tsuji on the podcast. Dr Tsuji is the principal investigator at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) BabyLab, University of Tokyo. She is fascinated by the question of why babies are so good at learning language. She came to University of Tokyo after studying Psychology and doing research on language acquisition in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the USA. Listen to this episode to hear more about Dr Tsuji's research on language acquisition in infants, work on overcoming replication crisis in psychology, and on the challenges that female researchers face in Academia. Time stamps:[00:46] Sho's introduction[01:09] Sho's background[02:12] Obstacles in research journey[04:21] Work/life balance[06:01] Sho's research on language acquisition in babies and young children[07:42] Plans for future research[09:50] Issues that women in Academia are facing today according to Sho[11:55] Sho's advice for everyone thinking about a career in Academia or for those just starting a career in AcademiaLinks:IRCN BabyLab: https://babylab.ircn.jp/en/International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN): https://ircn.jp/en/The University of Tokyo: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/Sho's blog: https://cogtales.wordpress.com/Science-based information about language learning in childhood in form of comics: https://kotoboo.org/Get in touch:e-mail: podcast.irenalovcevic@gmail.comtwitter: @IrenaLovcevicinstagram: @irenalovcevicwebsite: https://munduslibrium.com/

En apparence, et juridiquement, l'histoire de la protection du patrimoine japonais paraît très semblable à la nôtre. Dans les faits, et dans les résultats, elle en diffère grandement. C'est une très vaste et très complexe histoire. L'exemple de la Villa impériale de Katsura et de ses jardins, le joyau de l'architecture sukiya, en montre les paradoxes. Philippe Bonnin, architecte et anthropologue, directeur de recherches au CNRS ; fondateur du Réseau thématique international JAPARCHI du ministère de la culture. Auteur de nombreux ouvrages et articles sur l'architecture, l'habitat rural et urbain, en France et au Japon, il a dirigé la publication de Vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise (Editions du CNRS), qui a reçu le grand prix de l'Académie d'architecture. Bibliographie Philippe Bonnin, J. Pezeu-Massabuau, Façons d'habiter le Japon, maisons, villes et seuils, CNRS Editions, juin 2017 Philippe Bonnin, M. Manale, Habiter Berlin : 175 photographies 1901-1920, Paris, Créaphis, 2016 Philippe Bonnin (dir), Inaga Shigemi et Nishida Masatsugu, Vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise, CNRS Editions,‎ 2014, Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture 2014 Philippe Bonnin, Nishida Masatsugu, B. Jacquet), Dispositifs et Notions Actes du colloque de Kyoto, Lausanne, PPUR,‎ mai 2014 Philippe Bonnin, Inaga Shigemi et Nishida Masatsugu (dir), Pour un vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise : Actes du colloque de Kyoto 11-12-13 mai 2012, Kyoto : Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) 2013 Philippe Bonnin, Augustin Berque et Alessia de Biase (dir), La poétique de l'habiter, éditions donner lieu, janvier 2012 Philippe Bonnin, Maïté Clavel (dir), « Natures urbanisées », Ethnologie Française, Presses Universitaires de France, vol. XL, t. 4,‎ 2010 Philippe Bonnin, Gérard Baudin (dir), Faire territoire aujourd'hui, Paris, Éditions Recherches, 2009 Philippe Bonnin, Augustin Berque et Alessia de Biase (dir), L'Habiter dans sa poétique première, Paris, éditions donner lieu, novembre 2008 Philippe Bonnin , F. Poulain, S. Guevel, J. Boissonade (dir), Ville visible, ville invisible : la jeune recherche urbaine en Europe, L'Harmattan, 2008 Philippe Bonnin, Alessia de Biase (dir), L'espace anthropologique : abécédaire anthropologique de l'architecture et de la ville, vol. n° 20-21, 2007

The Check In How are we doing? Our word of the day : CharasSocial Justice Focus: We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a PrivilegeResearch Focus/High Science: CBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study FindsCannaBusting Finding or Fiction We will test your knowledge of recent cannabis news and science HEADLINES 3 headlinesMind MunchiesWORD OF THE DAY:Charas: cannabis resin (hashish), either hand-rubbed or sifted. Charas (Hindustani) is the name given to a hashish form of cannabis which is handmade in the Indian subcontinent and Jamaica. It is made from the resin of the cannabis plant.Social Justice Focus:https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a27009941/cbd-privilege-marijuana-legalization/We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Is a Privilege - The Implications of the Racist History of the War on Drugs - marieclaire.comwww.marieclaire.comWe Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a Privilege. Though CBD (unlike THC) has been largely legalized, recent arrest numbers of black and brown people still reflect troubling policies.In this growing market of Cannabis products, CBD can be found in stores across a multitude of states and regions in the US. Despite the rapid expansion of the market, some consumers will face accessibility issues due to location and demographics. The exclusion of POC and minorities from the profits of the Cannabis industry still happens, despite the history of oppression that Prohibition has created.“Cannabis has been split in the public imagination and in many of our laws, into a good guy and a bad guy. A drug and a medicine.”“Those profiting off of CBD ought to ask themselves what they can do for the predominantly black and brown kids still bearing the brunt of criminalization.”HIGH SCIENCE/RESEARCH FINDINGS: CBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study Findshttps://www.leafly.com/news/health/cbd-can-help-with-heroin-addiction-study-findsCBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study Finds | Leaflywww.leafly.comThe record-breaking climb in US overdose deaths—which now outnumber peak annual deaths from car crashes, guns, and HIV—has led some to second-guess cannabis legalization. But a new study ...Cannabidiol (CBD) reduced cue-induced craving and anxiety in individuals with a history of heroin abuse, suggesting a potential role for it in helping to break the cycle of addiction, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published May 21 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also revealed that CBD tended to reduce physiological measures of stress reactivity, such as increased heart rate and cortisol levels, that are induced by drug cues."Our findings indicate that CBD holds significant promise for treating individuals with heroin use disorder," says Dr. Hurd. "A successful non-opioid medication would add significantly to the existing addiction medication toolbox to help reduce the growing death toll, enormous health care costs, and treatment limitations imposed by stringent government regulations amid this persistent opioid epidemic."“CBD holds significant promise for treating individuals with heroin use disorder.”Yasmin Hurd, director, Addiction Institute at Mount SinaiCANNABUSTERS:HEADLINES EDITION: Are the following headlines real or will they will be Cannabusted?CBD May Be All The Rage, But Cannabis Terpenes Are About To Hit Big (Forbes)https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2019/05/28/cbd-may-be-all-the-rage-but-cannabis-terpenes-are-about-to-hit-big/#5de294aa59d3CBD May Be All The Rage, But Cannabis Terpenes Are About To Hit Big - forbes.comwww.forbes.comIn a period of just five scant years, cannabis has gone from the frequently maligned status of stoner counterculture to a Kardashian-level social phenomenon. Popularity of the plant has eclipsed ...The future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash?https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/the-future-of-cbd-is-the-hemp-market-hurtling-towards-a-crash.htmlThe future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash?www.nutritioninsight.comThe future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash? Cannabidiol (CBD) may be entering mainstream, but Rabobank analysts argue that legal ambiguities and underregulation are the key deterrents for entrants to this new marketMIND MUNCHIES“The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.”Pema ChodronSOCIAL MEDIATwitters:@Newhemptimes @jahanmarcu @iamgreerbarnesFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/newhemptimesInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/newhemptimes/New Hemp Times (@newhemptimes) • Instagram photos and videoswww.instagram.com54 Followers, 47 Following, 53 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from New Hemp Times (@newhemptimes)LinkedIn:(NHT doesn’t have Linkedin but CMH does): https://www.linkedin.com/company/irccmh/International Research Center on Cannabis and Mental Health - linkedin.comwww.linkedin.comLearn about working at International Research Center on Cannabis and Mental Health. Join LinkedIn today for free. 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Wes looks to Boston, where a clean harbor and a growing urban agriculture initiative are turning the city into a prime example of what a Green City can look like. The first half of the show focuses on urban agriculture; Wes talks with Green City Growers, the company responsible for implementing a vegetable garden on top of Fenway Park. Back in Baltimore, Wes talks with the Farm Alliance of Baltimore and The Baltimore Orchard Project. Wes addresses some of the dark sides of urban agriculture, speaking with the International Research Center on Sustainability in Paris. Finally, Wes looks to our city's harbors, speaking with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and then with Blue Water Baltimore. Urban agriculture is not without challenges, so when it comes to sustainability, what can we learn from the other city by the bay?

Who's feeling frisky? Cats have been around for 9,000 years and they're still just as wild as ever. Let's learn about the ultimate political party animal, and meet some real life cat fairies!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Cat FactsWade, Nicholas (29 June 2007). "Study Traces Cat's Ancestry to Middle East". New York Times. New York: NYTC. Retrieved 2 April 2008.Winters, L, Walter GE IMPACTS of FERAL and FREE-RANGING CATS on Bird Species of Conservation Concern American Bird Conservancy, 31 May 2005. Archived 13 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-cats-will-probably-never-be-as-domesticated-as-dogs-9858889.htmlKing of the Cats, the Cat Sith, Kellas CatsD. L. Ashliman, "Death of an Underground Person: migratory legends of type 6070B"Bowers, Aron, "Kellas Cats, Scotching the Myth", Scottish Big Cat Trust, archived from the original on 4 October 2015, retrieved 4 October 2015Eberhart, George M. (2002), Mysterious creatures : a guide to cryptozoology, ABC-Clio, ISBN 1-57607-283-5Francis, Di (January 1993), My Highland Kellas Cats, Cape, ISBN 978-0-224-03608-5Grimassi, Raven (2000). Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft. St. Paul: Llewellyn. p. 76. ISBN 1-56718-257-7."Dr Andrew Kitchener". National Museum of Scotland. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.MacGillivray, Deborah. "The Cait Sidhe". Retrieved 14 September 2012.http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/meft/meft32.htmManeki-Neko, Bakeneko, NekomataElli Kohen: World history and myths of cats. Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston 2003, ISBN 0-7734-6778-5, page 48–51.Alan Pate (2008). "Maneki Neko: Feline Fact & Fiction". Daruma Magazine. Amagasaki, Japan: Takeguchi Momoko. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.Shizuko Mishima. "Manekineko: Japanese Lucky Cats". Japan Travel. About.com. Retrieved 3 August 2009"Bakeneko". The Obakemono Project. SH Morgan. Retrieved 25 October 201Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database (KYDD). Online bibliographical database of supernatural folklore published by the International Research Center for Japanese StudiesDemon CatCatherine Avery (May 28, 1993). "Ghost Story ;There's a supernatural tale at most every corner in town". The Washington TimesLee Davidson (October 27, 1999). "Plenty of spooks on Capitol Hill for Halloween". Deseret News.Sheila Edmundson (October 30, 1999). "Halloween: Many things go bump in the still of night in D.C.". The Patriot Ledger.Terry Sue Shank (November 1, 1992). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode we'll be covering some rather polite monsters who just want you to be the best you you can be-even if that means smothering you.Lets Be SocialFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Email: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesJapanese Giant Salamander"Japanese Giant Salamander". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Retrieved 2016-06-13.Japanese River OtterMueller, Jennifer. "Extinct Otters". PawNation. Demand Media. Retrieved October 23, 2014.Kappa怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: 河童雑談 [Folktale Data of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai] (in Japanese). International Research Center for Japanese Studies.Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 195–196. ISBN 1-57607-467-6. Retrieved December 22, 2010.Foster, M. D. (1998). "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan". Asian Folklore Studies, 57:1, 1-24.Eiichirô, Ishida (1950). "The Kappa Legend". Folklore Studies. 9: 1–2. JSTOR 1177401.Loup Garouhttp://mentalfloss.com/article/81818/8-mythical-canadian-monstershttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou/Domovihttp://rbth.com/arts/2014/06/13/scary_monsters_russias_creatures_of_folklore_live_on_36659.htmlTokarev, Sergei Aleksandrovich. (1957) Религиозные верования восточнославянских народов XIX — начала XX века [The religious beliefs of the peoples of East 19th – early 20th centuries]. AN SSSR Moscow and Leningrad. p. 97.Ivanits, Linda J. (1989) Russian Folk Belief. Routledge. p. 49-54 ISBN 0-873-32889-2Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2000). Ancient Deities: An Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 155. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Social Network Show welcomes Dr. Simon Gottschalk to the March 9, 2015 episode. Have you ever answered an email to later find out that you had misinterpreted it? Have you been embarrassed by a response to an email? Dr. Simon Gottschalk, professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas researches how people interact over electronic communication, particularly email. Dr. Gottschalk informs us that the average American worker spends 23% of the workday dealing with emails. Listening to this show you will learn why it is so easy to miscommunicate and misinterpret an email; how ambiguous emails are often negatively interpreted; the mediums of communication that are lost when we email versus communicating face to face; and advise on how should we compensate for the loss of the communication mediums. Simon Gottschalk is professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Associate at the Paris-based International Research Center on Hypermodern Individuals and Societies. Combining critical symbolic interaction theory and qualitative research methods, his interests revolve around understanding the society-psyche link in phenomena as varied as youth cultures, the mass media, mental disorders, terrorism, and interactions in virtual, urban, and natural spaces. His current research projects include the social psychology of computer-mediated communication, ecopsychology, mobility studies, and sensory social science. His articles, which are on a wide variety of topics, including Terrorism, Mass Media, Virtual Relations, Qualitative Research, Critical Theory, Sensory Sociology, and Hypermodernism, have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Symbolic Interaction, Qualitative Sociology, the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, the Journal of Consumer Culture, Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Space and Culture, Qualitative Inquiry, and others. He also has published book chapters in Inside Social Life: Readings in Social Psychology and Microsociology, Food for Thought, Social Science and Fiction, Drugs and Popular Culture, Pathology and the Postmodern. From 1996 through 2000, he directed the interdisciplinary cultural studies program at UNLV.  After serving as editor of the journal Symbolic Interaction, he was voted president of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction in 2011.  

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This lecture, “Haruki Murakami and the Question of Democracy in Post-Fukushima Japan,” focuses on rethinking the relation of “plurality” (Hannah Arendt) with “exclusion” and “violence” (Giorgio Agamben), with a focus on Haruki Murakami’s recent novels “Tasaki Tsukuru and the Year of His Pilgrimage” and “1Q84” in order to trace his thoughts on how to locate “unevenness” in liberal democracy, especially its ambivalent nature, in which both diversity and discrimination are implicated. Jun’ichi Isomae’s research specializes in religious discourse and practice in Japan in terms of colonialism and postcoloniality. He also focuses on Japanese mythology, from antiquity to modern interpretations. He has an MA and PhD in religious studies from the University of Tokyo. He is associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and currently a visiting professor at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies was launched in 2007 by the Committee on Japanese Studies to honor the legacy of Tetsuo Najita, the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, and his contribution to the University of Chicago during his long career. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies Committee on Japanese Studies.

From the 1540's through the battle of Nagashino and on until the end of the Sengoku period (Approx. 1477-1615) , Western guns in Japan played a bigger and bigger role in war and revolutionized warfare during the 16th century. In this podcast, your hosts examine the use and distribution of Western guns during this time with records of the numbers of guns held by Daimyo armies and deployed in battle, and how warfare changed during this period. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007 http://bit.ly/mLNUtu The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543-98 By Delmer M. Brown, The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1948), pp. 236-253 http://bit.ly/kJ3v7N Neilson, David Society at War: Eyewitness Accounts of Sixteenth Century Japan PhD Dissertation University of Oregon, 2007 http://bit.ly/gglZnb Oda Nobunaga Rekishi Gunzo Series #1 GAKKEN, 1996 Uezato, Takashi, Ryûkyû no kaki ni tsuite (On Ryukyu's Firearms) Okinawa Bunka, No. 36, pp73-92, July 2000 Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008 http://bit.ly/iTAroK Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

This is part 2 of 2 of our Battle of Nagashino podcast. Few battles in Japanese history are as hyped or misunderstood as the Battle of Nagashino. For over 400 years, an iconic image of the modern forces of Oda Nobunaga, using Western guns to destroy the traditional Takeda cavalry, held sway over interpretations by both Japanese and Western historians. The Battle of Nagashino took place on 29 June, 1575. The campaign occurred in Mikawa province, in the vicinity of Nagashino Castle, hence the name. However, the main engagement that came to be known as the Battle of Nagashino took place at Shitaragahara, approximately three kilometers from Nagashino Castle. We continue our discussion of the battle of Nagashino and the "Military Revolution" theory adopted by many Western historians including Delmer Brown and Geoffrey Parker. We also look at the primary and secondary sources for the battle of Nagashino, and look into the history of guns in Japan, and their importance in Japanese warfare of the time. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543-98 By Delmer M. Brown, The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1948), pp. 236-253 Guns and Government: A Comparative Study of Europe and Japan By Stephen Morillo, Journal of World History, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1995), pp. 75-106 The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 By Geoffrey Parker, Cambridge University Press  Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007  Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

Few battles in Japanese history are as hyped or misunderstood as the Battle of Nagashino. For over 400 years, an iconic image of the modern forces of Oda Nobunaga, using Western guns to destroy the traditional Takeda cavalry, held sway over interpretations by both Japanese and Western historians. The Battle of Nagashino took place on 29 June, 1575. The campaign occurred in Mikawa province, in the vicinity of Nagashino Castle, hence the name. However, the main engagement that came to be known as the Battle of Nagashino took place at Shitaragahara, approximately three kilometers from Nagashino Castle. The main forces were the Takeda, led by Takeda Katsuyori, on one side, and a partnership between Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu on the other. The Takeda were centered in Kai province, and controlled parts of Shinano, Totomi, and Suruga provinces. The Tokugawa directly bordered them in Mikawa and Totomi provinces to the south and west; they were the junior partner in an alliance with the Oda, who controlled most of central Japan from his headquarters in Mino at Gifu Castle. This included control of the Imperial capital, Kyōto. The Takeda besieged the Tokugawa castle of Nagashino. A relief force composed of the combined armies of the Tokugawa clan and the Oda clan arrived and deployed on the Shitaragahara field. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Takeda Katsuyori decided to attack. This decision proved disastrous, as the Takeda charges were repulsed by the combined Oda and Tokugawa forces making significant use of arquebus fire from behind loosely constructed palisades. The Takeda retreated, and lost two-thirds of their force in the battle. The Takeda ceased to be a player on the national stage, and were eventually destroyed by Nobunaga and Ieyasu in 1582. The removal of the Takeda threat enabled Oda Nobunaga to concentrate on other threats to his consolidation of power around the Imperial capital of Kyoto. This sequence of events is universally accepted as fact, and is used by Western historians to support the "Military Revolution" theory - that gunpowder was the driving force of change and modernization in the world. This podcast is part one of two on the battle of Nagashino. Your hosts are Chris, Travis and Nate. Nate is currently researching the battle for graduate school, and is the facilitator of the podcast. We'll take you through the biases in the sources, the "accepted" history of the battle of Nagashino, and where this all fits in the context of the Military Revolution theory. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 By Geoffrey Parker, Cambridge University Press http://amzn.to/lmlBxU Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007 http://bit.ly/mLNUtu Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com