On Tuesday 18 November the Centre for English and World Languages is hosting a symposium in Keynes College on the sacred Japanese city of Ise, as part of an academic and cultural visit to Kent by staff from Kogakkan University.

The symposium consists of four short lectures – three in Japanese with translation and one in English.

Kent staff are welcome to attend any of the four lectures as well as the lunch at 12.00.

• 10.00: Session one – Jingu in Ise and Japanese Shinto: a cyclical civilization
• 11.00: Session two – Modern Ise and the Jingu Shrine
• 13.00: Session three – The Pilgrimage to Ise-Jingu in the Modern Era
• 14.00: Session four – Japanese Tea Culture and the Shinto Religion

Places are limited so please register.

We will contact you to confirm in due course.