Upcoming Events & Seminars
12th May 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"Migration and Inequality" - A Seminar with Mirna Safi (Sciences Po)
25th May 2022
Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) & Institute of Asian Migrations
Health and Welfare of Immigrants: NODE UK|Japan webinar
1st June 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"States of permanent temporariness, questioning notions of agency and belonging in Asian migrant mobilities: the case of the nowhere people from South Asia" - A Seminar with Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj (PhD, Cambridge)
16th June 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"How do Japanese immigration authorities exercise 'Administrative discretion' over undocumented foreigners? – the reality of detention facilities" - A talk with Yugo Hirano (Kyodo News Agency)
22nd June 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"Hustle, abuse and making ends meet: work in Tokyo as a refugee asylum seeker" - A Talk with film clips by Prof. David Slater (Sophia University) and Rosa Barbaran
Previous Seminars
11th May 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"Balancing Precarity and Wellbeing: Aging Chinese Migrants’ Global Lifeways" - A Seminar with Nicole Newendorp (Harvard University’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies)
21st April 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"Low Migration, Gender Segregation, and Gender Inequality" - A Seminar with Prof. Hilary Holbrow (Indiana University)
12th April 2022
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
"Neoliberal Immigration Policies: Courting the Top v. Fending-Off the Bottom" - A Seminar with Prof. Christian Joppke (University of Bern, Switzerland)
13th December 2021
Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) & Institute of Asian Migrations
Migrations and Diversifications in the UK and Japan: NODE UK|Japan webinar
2nd November 2021
Institute of Asian Migrations & Migration and Citizenship Research Group
"Desirable Immigration Integration Policy for Japanese/Immigrants: A Social Survey of Japanese and Foreign Nationals" - A Seminar with Prof. Kikuko Nagayoshi (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo)
29th October 2021
Institute of Asian Migrations and Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
"The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Residents in 'No Immigration' Japan: 'Unwanted Isolation', Structural Inequity, and the Loss of Social Capital" - A Seminar with Prof. Chris Burgess (Tsuda University)
8th July 2021
Institute of Asian Migrations and Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
"Unraveling the Symbiotic Relationship Between Religion, Nationalism, and Politics in Postwar Japan" - A Seminar with Prof. Mark Mullins (University of Auckland)
19th May 2021
Institute of Asian Migrations, Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, and Contemporary Japan Study Group
Book talk with Michael Strausz: Help (Not) Wanted: Immigration Politics in Japan
21st April 2021
Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) & Institute of Asian Migrations
Surviving Covid-19: Vulnerable migrants in Japan and the UK: NODE UK|Japan webinar
24th February 2021
Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) & Institute of Asian Migrations
Vulnerable migrants and Covid-19 in the UK and Japan: NODE UK|Japan webinar
28th January 2021
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Contemporary Japan Study Group & Institute of Asian Migrations
Mini online symposium:
“Current Trends in Nikkei-Brazilian Migration to Japan”
14th January 2021
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar Series
"Migrants’ education and well-being during Covid-19: The case of Chinese communities in Germany"
17th December 2020
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar Series
"China as an Authoritarian Diaspora State: Controlling Transnational Space"
3rd December 2020
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar Series
"COVID-19, Stigma and Discrimination as Layers of Borders: Policies Towards Migrant Workers and Their Experiences during COVID-19 in East and Southeast Asia"
26th November 2020
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar Series
"Chinese-language Digital/Social Media in Australia: An Overview"
2nd-6th December 2019
International Symposium: New and old migrations and diversities in UK and Japan
5th November 2019
Intra-regional migration, gender and the care economy: policies, institutions and organisational actors
25th October 2019
Out of Place: Racial-Ethnic Legacies and Migration in Advanced Democracies
16th-17th October 2019
UBIAS Topic of the yeat 2019 event Migrations: Movement of People, Ideas, and Goods
18 September 2019
An epistemological exploration of cross-border divorces: the example of Filipino (non-)migrants
19 April 2019
Challenges and Facilitators of Research between Academia and Local Communities
16 April 2019
Migrant healthcare seeking: Some theoretical, methodological and empirical insights from superdiverse Europe
18-19 December 2018