John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies on Jan. 30 livestream

2024/25 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Samurai, Knights, and Nationalisms: Japan and the Medievalization of the Modern World. This year's topic is about how the samurai – widely celebrated as symbols of Japanese national identity – became a global icon and how societies around the world also searched for their own supposedly medieval pasts to find national symbols and ideals.