Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
Levi McLaughlin
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This is a great initiative by the Northeast Asia Council: if you teach at a U.S. college or university (or Canada, if you're looking for Korea content), you can apply to get an expert on Japan or Korea to come do talks, workshops, and other events with your students and faculty.
Nice range of topics and exciting new research on deck here. Info on the program:
www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...
Commentary | Levi McLaughlin raises questions about Japan's uncertain politics/religion future as new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's support for Shinto-linked nationalists alienates erstwhile Liberal Democratic Party allies in the Sokka Gakkai-backed Kōmeitō criticalasianstudies.org/commentary/2...
On Tuesday, I'll be speaking at the University of Toronto on religion and politics in contemporary Japan. Plenty of fresh insights drawn from the past two months I've spent with activists within Soka Gakkai, Nippon Kaigi, and the Unification Church:
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/religi...
Beginning my month at the University of Manchester, where I'm a visiting professor. A busy and exciting series of seminars and presentations on deck:
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I was interviewed by a reporter from the French newspaper La Croix about the the legal dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (Unification Church). It's mostly behind a paywall, alas, but the coverage is clear and helpful.
www.la-croix.com/internationa...
Coming up on Friday, I'll be speaking at Harvard about my recent work on religion/politics intersections in Japan. If you're in Boston/Cambridge, come on down:
rijs.fas.harvard.edu/ja/node/1423
On March 6th, I'll be speaking at Harvard about recent upheavals in Japan and why we must attend to religion to fully comprehend realignments now taking shape within Japanese politics. Thanks to Paula Kolata for making this event happen:
rijs.fas.harvard.edu/events/relig...
On 2/24 I'll be at the University of Toronto to speak how religion-affiliated activists are influencing recent changes in Japanese politics. Sincere thanks to Phillip Lipscy for making this happen:
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/religi...
