A “Brown Bag Lecture” is a lecture which you can listen to in a relaxed atmosphere while eating lunch you brought with you, unlike in a regular class. The name comes from the color of the paper bag used to carry light meals such as sandwiches.
As a facility for learning outside of the classroom, Kyushu University’s SALC organizes many different lectures following the motto “Let’s learn about the world!” Everyone is welcome to attend.
Brown Bag Lectures in 2014
- June 13, 2014
“Exploring the potential of microbes” Prof. Lindsay Eltis, University of British Columbia. - June 20, 2014
“Korea’s English Education and Debating for Global Competition” Prof. Peter Kipp and his students (Ewha Womans University). - July 2, 2014
“Short-Term Study Abroad Fair” Kyushu University students.
Brown Bag Lectures in 2015
- July 1, 2015.
“Shared Norms, Polite Fictions, and Cross-Cultural Communication.” Prof. Kimberly Jones, University of Arizona. - July 5, 2015.
Panel discussion “Japan-Korea Relations in the Modern Era: Collective Memories through Changing Generations” Prof. Peter Kipp and the students of Ewha Womans University, Prof. Narahiko Inoue and students of Kyushu University. - July 8, 2015.
Mini-lectures about studying abroad. Kyushu University Students (Hanako Miyanishi, Kazuhiro Shigenobu, Kazuhira Saito, Tomo Higashide, Minaho Koga). - July 9, 2015
“Keep Calm and Discuss Whales” Prof. Daisuke Kawahara, Prof. Akito Yasuda, Prof. Sachi Okamoto, Prof. Andrew Painter. - July 15, 2015
“Fight or Flight? Toward a new understanding of mental illness PVNCrh mechanism in stress regulation” Rong Zhang (PhD), Harvard Medical School.
Brown Bag Lectures in 2016
- January 26, 2016
“Stress in Penguins”, Prof. John Cockrem (Massey University) - July 14, 2016
Study Abroad Fair, 5 students of Kyushu University as speakers. - July 25, 2016
“What it is like to study in MIT: A report by a doctoral student”, Keisuke Inomura. - October 26, 2016
“Kill Stress or Killed by Stress”, Rong Zhang (PhD), Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital Boston<./li>
Brown Bag Lectures in 2017
- October 25, 2017
“Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story”, Caren Stelson - April 3, 2018
“How much English is Enough for International Communication?”, Professor Michał B. Paradowski (University of Warsaw, Poland). - January 10, 2019
“Transforming Grains of Continental Sand into Pearls: Introduction to the Cultural Relationship Between Japan and the West”, Professor Jasper Andriessen (Seinan Gakuin University). - January 22, 2019
“Two Centuries of Frankenstein: How Literature Affects and Is Affected by Culture”, Professor David Farnell (Fukuoka University. General Education and Research Center). - January 21, 2020
“Is the “F” Word Really So Bad?”, Professor Charlotte Murakami (Kurume University. Institute of Foreign Language Education). - January 18, 2021
“Regions as a Key Factor of the Development Process: Why and How Modern Economy is Focusing on Cities and Regions”, Professor Augusto Delgado (Waseda University. Economics Department). - May 28, 2021
“ A Decade of Automatic Cyberbullying Detection: How far are we from eradicating internet harassment?”, Professor Michal Ptaszynski (Kitami Institute of Technology). - June 28, 2021
“ Application of computational technologies in the study and revitalization of the Ainu language”, Professor Karol Nowakowski (Tohoku University of Community Service and Science).
