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Membership Renewal We sent out membership renewal letters in late August and repositioned the start of the Society Year from September last year. To keep pace with ever rising costs we will implement the second stage of the increase in fees that we agreed last year. From this year on Student membership fees will be £10.00, Individual membership £15.00 and Family membership £20.00.
Collins Gallery - Glasgow 27 February - 10 April 2010 (closed 2 5 April)
http://www.strath.ac.uk/collinsgallery
http://www.sashiko.org.uk/
Starts Monday 8th March. The course will introduce first 70 Kanji and study lesson 1 to 7 of Japanese for Busy People II. Any one who can read Kana is welcome to join us.
Contacts Kazumi Ikeshima, Azami - Japanese Study Group -
Duncan Place Community Resource Centre, Leith, Edinburgh. Mob: 07878 585 716
Monday 8th of March 2010 6pm to 7.30pm Seminar Room 1 (Yudowitz), Wolfson Medical School Building University of Glasgow University Avenue
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments available after the lecture.
For further information or to register, please contact Yushin Toda on y.toda@enterprise.gla.ac.uk or Kara Mackenzie on kara.mackenzie@enterprise.gla.ac.uk
j.Pod is a Scottish-Japanese innovation, conceived and designed by Scottish architect, John Barr and developed in conjunction with Japanese construction companies and universities. The idea was conceived while John was working and living in Japan through the 1990s and 2000's, when he witnessed the rapid disappearance of the neighbourhoods of small, affordable, timber houses that used to be commonplace there and their replacement with soulless apartment blocks. The j.Pod uses timber from renewable sources to create strong, energy-efficient pods that can be manufactured off-site in different lengths and widths, then quickly assembled in many different combinations.
Whilst the engineering behind the system is sophisticated, the materials and methods of construction are simple, allowing the pods to be manufactured locally and without the need for specialised equipment or skills. As there was no precedent for this type of construction in the Japanese building codes the system had to be rigorously tested and the results approved by the Japanese government. The system is now in use and has been adopted by local authorities, both for the construction of new houses and for the stabilisation of older houses that would previously have been demolished.
Born in the Lanarkshire mining village of Uddingston, John Barr grew up in Glasgow, where he studied architecture at Strathclyde University. After graduating in 1976 John spent the next twelve years gaining experience as an architect and project manager on a wide variety of projects in the U.K., the Middle East and the Netherlands. He moved to Japan in 1988 and, after an initial period working for a Japanese developer during which he coordinated the work of international teams of designers and contractors on hotel and leisure projects, he established John Barr Architects in Osaka and Glasgow. In 1992 he became the first Briton to succeed in the demanding 'ikkyu kenchikushi' (1st Class Architect) exam and become registered in Japan, and in 1994 he received the Japanese Institute of Designers Award for his work at Kansai International Airport. He has possibly built more in Japan than any other British architect. His work has been published in Japan and the U.K. and exhibited in London and Tokyo.
Professor Steve Beaumont, Vice Principal for Research & Enterprise, University of Glasgow, will chair the seminar. This event is organised by the Innovation Network at the University of Glasgow.
Office of Lifelong Learning, The University of Edinburgh, 108, William Robertson Building
Tutor: Saeko Yazaki
£43.00/£29.00 (concessions)
Course Summary:
How do the Japanese people view religion? What is Shinto? Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? Where did Japanese traditions come from? What is the current situation? This course provides a birdıs eye view of the dynamics of Japanese religious manifestations including everyday rituals and ceremonies, Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Yin-yang theory, Christianity and new religions.
For further information and booking, please go to: https://www.course-bookings.lifelong.ed.ac.uk/courses/R/philosophy-and-religion/C1908/religion-in-japan/ or
Open Studies reception
The University of Edinburgh
11 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW
Tel: +44 (131) 650 4400
The Glasgow University Japan Society also have a programme of events. For any further information you may need, please contact them at: glasgow_jsoc@hotmail.com
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