2018/04/24
Keio University
Keio University will hold a lecture as described below on Tuesday, May 15, which is the Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Lecture Day.
On May 15 of the fourth year of the Keio era (July 4, 1868), in the midst of the Boshin War, while the battle between the imperial army and the Shogitai corps raged in Ueno and the roar of cannons echoed throughout the city of Edo, Yukichi Fukuzawa calmly continued his regular Saturday lecture on "Wayland's* The Elements of Political Economy" (1866) at Keio University in Shiba-Shinsenza.
To pass down the spirit of Fukuzawa, who respected scholarship and education regardless of any changes in the world, Keio University designated May 15 as the Yukichi Fukuzawa-Francis Wayland Lecture Day and has held a commemorative lecture every year since 1956.
This year, Professor Sayuri Shirai of the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University will give a lecture titled "The Bright and Dark Sides of Monetary Easing from the Perspective of a Former Policy Board Member of the Bank of Japan." We kindly request that you include this event in your listings and welcome media coverage on the day.
*Francis Wayland (1796–1865, 4th President of Brown University, USA)
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