April 24, 2017
Keio University
Keio University will hold a lecture as described below on Monday, May 15, which is the "Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Lecture Day."
On May 15, Keio 4 (July 4, 1868), in the midst of the Boshin War, as the battle between the imperial army and the Shogitai raged in Ueno and the roar of cannons echoed throughout the city of Edo, Yukichi Fukuzawa calmly continued his Saturday lecture on "Wayland's The Elements of Political Economy (1866)" at Keio University in Shiba-Shinzenza.
To pass on the spirit of Fukuzawa, who respected scholarship and education no matter what changes occurred in the world, Keio University has designated May 15 as the "Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Lecture Day" and has held a commemorative lecture every year since 1956 (Showa 31).
This year, Naoyuki Agawa, Professor Emeritus at Keio University and Special Guest Professor at Doshisha University, will give a lecture titled "The Constitution Translated by Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Shape of the Nation Known as the United States of America." We would appreciate it if you could list this on your event calendars and provide media coverage on the day of the event.
*Francis Wayland (1796–1865, 4th President of Brown University, USA)
Please see below for the full press release.