“The Kuroshio Frontier” discussed in The Economist
The Kuroshio has attracted wider attention in Japan and beyond this year, as it marked the end of the longest “Large Meander” of the Kuroshio on record––in the few decades that the phenomenon has been known, that is. Why does that make headlines? As a warm and nutrient rich current, the Kuroshio has vast impacts […]
Interview in ORB, the free paper of the Bonin Islands (English / 日本語)
A bilingual conversation about local history and global significance of the most beautiful archipelago in the north Pacific.
Public lecture in Chichijima, Ogasawara (Bonin Islands)
USK Coffee, Chichijima, Ogasawara. Lecture Title: “島谷市左衛門と小笠原諸島最古の地図Shimaya Ichizaemon to Ogasawara shotô saiko no chizu [Shimaya Ichizaemon and the oldest map of the Ogasawara Islands].” (In Japanese.)
Interview in “Nankai Times”
太平洋の集散地: Talk at “Meetings on History and Sources / 歴史と史料の会” Tokyo University.
Emna Rumantscha 2020, Tokyo: “A Statement for Diversity: Cohesion, Participation and Local Development in Romansh-Speaking Switzerland
Special talk at the Ambassador’s Residence, Embassy of Switzerland, Tokyo. Feb. 20, 2020. 特別講義、駐日スイス大使館大使公邸 2020年2月20日
Apr. 25, 2022: PhD Dissertation Defense
Special Guest Lectures at Kokugakuin University (Tokyo)
July 01. 2022 “黒潮フロンティアに於ける国家、企業と環境変遷” (in Japanese). July 14, 2022 “地球温暖化は過去の歴史を変える力があるのか？” (in Japanese). “Does Global Warming Have the Power to Change the History of the Past?” This is the title of talk 2, my attempt at a Japanese introduction to “the Anthropocene” and its implications for the practice of the humanities. What better illustration to talk about […]
SJCC Keynote Lecture: 160 Years of Swiss-Japanese Relations
“The Watchmaker and the Samurai, or: Visions and Technologies at the Origin of Swiss-Japanese Relations” Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Concluding the celebration of 160 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland. Wednesday, November 20, 2024 17:30 – 21:30, Zunfthaus zur Waag, Zurich. Speakers Dr. Jonas Rüegg University of Zurich H.E. Yoshinori Fujiyama Ambassador of Japan Natalie Rast Head of Bilateral […]
Vivianne Rhyner Wins UZH Semesterpreis for Spring 2024
Vivianne Rhyner‘s award-winning BA seminar project (which I had the pleasure to advise) made it into the UZH annual report––with a well-deserved appreciation of her remarkable research achievement! Vivianne won the Spring 2024 Semester Prize for her brilliant seminar paper “What Makes a Guano Island? The Navassa Island Riot and the Geography of Guano Labor” written […]