LECTURER:
John LoBreglio (editor, The Eastern Buddhist, Otani University)
DATE:
July 10, 2026 (Friday)
10:45 AM-12:15 PM (JST)
VENUE:
東北大学・川内北キャンパス
国際文化研究科西棟302講義室
Tohoku Univ., Kawauchi Campus
Grad. School of Intl. Cult. Studies, r. 302 west bldg.
(For directions, please click here)
This English language event is open to anyone who is interested. Registration is not required（本講演は英語にて行われる。登録不要）。
ABSTRACT:
This lecture is part of a wider project examining how a spectrum of Japanese Buddhist leaders perceived, and sought to influence, international political issues during the interwar period. It will situate the theme of racial prejudice within this broader context, then explore in detail Buddhist reactions both to the abandonment of the “racial equality clause” at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and to the implementation of the US Immigration Act of 1924, informally known as the “Japanese Exclusion Law.” The lecture also seeks to connect these Buddhist reactions to broader interpretive issues of the period.
ABOUT THE LECTURER:
John LoBreglio is editor of The Eastern Buddhist, which is based at Otani University in Kyoto. He was formerly Senior Lecturer of Japanese Studies at Oxford Brookes University, where he taught courses on Japanese religious history, modern Japanese history, and Western perceptions of Japan and the Japanese. In recent years his research has focused upon the effects of Western imperialism upon Japan from the mid-nineteenth century and is informed by postcolonial methods of analysis.
The event is organized by the Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies (Dept. of Japanese Religion and Intellectual History).
For more information, please contact klautau@tohoku.ac.jp
