Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

7 November, Hitotsubashi University International Seminar: Frank Uekötter (Professor, Ruhr University Bochum), “The Enigma of Monoculture (and why it matters for historians)” [Hybrid]

Hitotsubashi University International Seminars: Frank Uekötter (Professor, Ruhr University Bochum), “The Enigma of Monoculture (and why it matters for historians)”

Hitotsubashi University International Seminar is a seminar supported by Koenkai, the Hitotsubashi University Support Association.
The purposes of the Hitotsubashi University International Seminar are as follows:

  • To contribute to the development of young researchers and students as human resources who can go out into the global world.
  • To support seminars by speakers who are researchers belonging to international universities or international researchers.

No entrance fee is required.
For inquiries about international seminars, please contact each faculty member in charge.

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▪️Date: Friday November 7, 2025 (Friday) 16:00-18:00

▪️Title: “The Enigma of Monoculture (and why it matters for historians)”

▪️Speaker: Frank Uekötter (Professor, Ruhr University Bochum)

▪️Meeting Format: Hybrid
[Face-to-Face] Room 201, Annex.(*) Kunitachi Campus, Hitotsubashi University
(*) No. 5 in this campus map  https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/eng/about/direction/campusmap/kunitachi.html
[Online (Zoom)] Registered participants will receive the Zoom link via email the day before.

▪️Language: English

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Click HERE to register!
Registration deadline: November 5, 2025 (Wednesday)

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