Wayland Lecture

Formally, it is called the Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Memorial Lecture. On May 15, Keio 4 (1868), amidst the Boshin War, a battle between the Imperial forces and the Shogitai took place in Ueno. While the booming of cannons echoed throughout Edo, Yukichi Fukuzawa, undeterred, lectured on Wayland's imported economics textbook as usual, demonstrating to his students that academic study could not be neglected for even a single day. In commemoration of this event, Keio University holds an annual memorial lecture on May 15, designated as the Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Memorial Lecture Day.

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 The content of past lectures is published in Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by Keio University Press).

*Back issues of Mita-hyoron are available here (They are also held in libraries on each campus).

Keigo Komamura (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)

Shigehiko Ioku (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)

Yusaku Matsuzawa (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

Tetsuya Suzuki (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)

Yoshikazu Kenjo (Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)

Yukihiro Ikeda (Dean, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

“Discourses of Yukichi Fukuzawa and Economics: At the Threshold of Old and New ideologies.”

Shunpei Takemori (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

“Globalization and Populist Politics.”

Sayuri Shirai (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)

“The Advantages and Disadvantages of Monetary Easing from the Perspective of a Former Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan.”

Naoyuki Agawa (Professor Emeritus, Keio University / Distinguished Visiting Professor, Doshisha University)

“The Constitution Translated by Fukuzawa: the Way of the United States of America.”

Shinya Sugiyama (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)

"Momosuke Fukuzawa and Yasuzaemon Matsunaga"  

Kohei Komamura (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

"The Challenges and Possibilities of Social Policy"  

Tetsuya Komagata (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

“Considering the Chinese Economy: Will the 'Socialist Market Economy' Continue?”

Naoyuki Yoshino (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

"Changes in the Financial Environment Surrounding the Japanese Economy and Fiscal and Monetary Policies for Economic Recovery"  

Mitsunori Yoneyama (Professor, Teacher Training Center, Keio University / Director, Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies)

"Reconsidering Shūshin Yōryō: Fukuzawa's Moral Code'"  

Masanori Komuro (Dean, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

"Yukichi Fukuzawa's Economic Theory"  

Kinichi Matsuzaki (Teacher Emeritus, Keio University)

“On the Genesis of the Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi: Yukihci Fukuzawa in His Later Years.”

Fujio Maeda (Professor Emeritus, Keio University / Former Director, Keio University Art Center)

“Anticipation of Modern Design: Yukichi Fukuzawa in the Art History.”

Shuhei Shiozawa (Dean, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

“Shinzo Koizumi, a Keio Boy: An Embodiment of the Source of Honorable Character and Morals for the Entire Nation.”