Lecture Commemorating Yukichi Fukuzawa's Lectures on Wayland's "The Elements of Political Economy"[Momosuke Fukuzawa and Yasuzaemon Matsunaga]Shinya Sugiyama (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)

2016/04/08

[Date] Monday, May 16, 2016, from 2:45 PM (Doors open: around 2:00 PM)

[Venue] Mita Enzetsukan (Public Speaking Hall), Mita Campus

[Eligibility] Open to everyone

[Registration] Not required

[Notes] Organizer: Keio University, Fee: Free

*For more details about the Wayland Lecture and past lectures, please see here.

Momosuke Fukuzawa, the "King of Electric Power," and Yasuzaemon Matsunaga, the "Demon of Electric Power," both left a significant mark on Japan's electric power industry. Their association, which began with Yukichi Fukuzawa's customary morning walks, led to the establishment of two major electric power companies, Daido Electric Power and Toho Electric Power, through joint ventures such as Marusan Shokai and Fukumatsu Shokai. This lecture will explore the intersecting thoughts and feelings of Momosuke and Matsunaga during that time, against the backdrop of Keio University's business network.

1975: Completed Master's Program, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University

1981: Completed Doctoral Programs (Ph.D.), University of London

1981: Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London

1984: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

1989: 32nd Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

1991: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

2005–2009: Director of the Keio University Media Center and Mita Media Center (Keio University Library)

2011–2014: President, Socio-Economic History Society

2014: Professor Emeritus, Keio University

"An Introduction to Global Economic History," Iwanami Shinsho, 2014

"Japanese Economic History: Early Modern to Contemporary," Iwanami Shoten, 2012

"The Meiji Restoration and British Merchants: The Life of Thomas Glover," Iwanami Shinsho, 1993

"Tatsui Baba: Diaries and Posthumous Manuscripts" (co-edited), Keio University Press, 2015

"The Decline of the Japanese Coal Industry" (co-authored and edited), Keio University Press, 2012

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