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On 4th of November, the delegation of students and researchers from EARL attended the Society 5.0 Bilateral forum in the Crystal Palace, hosted by the Embassy of Japan and the Slovenia-Japan Business Council.

On 4th December 2019 at 17:00 (Lecture room 08, EARL, Faculty of Social Sciences) you are cordially invited to attend the lecture of Dr Luka Culiberg titled "Samurai, Confucianists, gentlemen: How Japan became modern while inventing its tradition".

On 20th November 2019 at 17:00 (Lecture room 08, EARL, Faculty of Social Sciences) you are cordially invited to attend the lecture of Dr Chikako Shigemori Bučar titled "The oldest Japanese picture postcards in Slovenia".

As part of the EARL special series of lectures celebrating the centenary of the University of Ljubljana, on 6th November 2019 Dr Nataša Visočnik presented a lecture titled »Immigration in Japan: labour shortages and social change«.

Ambassadorial visit gives students unique insight into Korean Peninsula diplomacy at the Korean Day event at Faculty of Arts on 8th November 2019.

Wednesday's lecture was titled Art Movements that shaped Japanese post-war art. As an introductory lecture on the subject of post-war art movements, the lecture provided a brief outline of post-war art movements in Japan and highlighted the Sōgetsu art movement (1958-1971), which proved to be one of the key junctions in a wide range of Japanese avant-garde art. Beginning in the early 1960s, it provided a rich experimental and innovative platform for Japanese artists and made it possible to interact more closely with Western avant-garde artists.

On 6 November 2019 at 17:00 (Lecture room 08, EARL, Faculty of Social Sciences) you are corially invited to the lecture titled "Immigration in Japan: labour shortages and social change" by Dr Nataša Visočnik.

International Conference on "Taiwanese Philosophy and the Preservation of Confucian Tradition" took place between 16 and 17 October 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

On Monday, 21 October 2019, EARL hosted Ms Sanae Tada, Director of the Japan Foundation's Budapest division, who presented Japan Foundation's activities and opportunities that it offers to students, lecturers, researchers and artists.

On 30 October 2019 at 17:00 (Lecture room 08, EARL, Faculty of Social Sciences) you are corially invited to the lecture titled "The art movements that shaped Japanese post-war art" by Dr Klara Hrvatin.