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2022.12.01

Lecture
"How did Hansen's Disease and literary scholars get involved in Issues related to leprosy?"
*The event has ended.

You can view the recording of the day on YouTube.

[Date and Time]
Saturday, February 25, 2023 14:00 to 15:30 (doors open at 13:30)

【venue】
The National Hansen's Disease Museum Video Hall

【Application】
Advance applications will open The National Hansen's Disease Museum from 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
*Applications will close once the maximum number of participants, 70, has been reached.

【Teacher】 Minetathu Nishimura​ ​
Born in 1981. Part-time lecturer at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture. He specializes in Japan modern literature and Japan culture. Doctoral dissertation, "Parties Talk: How Hansen's Disease and Literary Scholars Relate to Issues related to leprosy" Nagoya University, 2016).
In this lecture, he will talk about the relationship between Leprosy sanatorium residents and outside literary figures, and the meaning of the works created in this lecture from the perspective of literary research.

 

≪Inquiries≫
The National Hansen's Disease Museum
4-1-13, Aoba-cho, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0002
TEL: 042-396-2909 / FAX: 042-396-2981
Email: event@nhdm.jp

Click here for the leaflet of the lecture "How Issues related to leprosy of Hansen's Disease 's Disease" (PDF: 667 KB)
Click here for the flyer for the special exhibition "The Poets of the New Face of Hansen's Disease Literature: The Poets of Life" (PDF; 598 KB)