invited lectures, speaking engagements, conferences and mentoring
talks & lectures
I am regularly invited by leading universities, international organisations and schools to share my knowledge and expertise in both English and Japanese.
1 on 1 consulting
As an experienced admissions consultant, I have successfully coached 50+ candidates seeking to enter top graduate programmes in the US, UK and Japan. Previously, I worked as a professional admissions consultant for AGOS Japan supporting individual and corporate clients with MBA, undergraduate and postgraduate admissions.
mentoring
I am committed to access work, mentoring and especially supporting the empowerment of those who belong to the most underrepresented groups in higher education. For example, I have served as a mentor for Target Oxbridge since 2017.
Universities
NYU Shanghai, China - Contemporary East Asian Media Culture Spring Semester, March 2024.
NYU Shanghai, China - Faculty Lunch Speaker Series, November 2023.
Gakushuin University, Japan - Japan Studies: Art, Culture & Communication (invited by Professor Takako Hikotani), November 2023.
Keio University SFC, Japan - Professor Yuichiro Shimizu Japanese History Lecture & Seminar (in Japanese), May 2023.
Technos College, Japan - Oxford Study Tour (in Japanese), February 2021; February 2022; March 2022.
University of Oxford, UK - Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Welcome Week, October 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021.
Texas State University, USA - Virtual Japan Study Tour, July 2021.
Rikkyo University, Japan - Media & Communication Fall Semester, December 2020.
International Christian University, Japan - English for Liberal Arts Fall Semester, October 2020.
University of Oxford, UK - Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Graduate Seminar, November 2019; November 2021.
Keio University, Japan - Professor Kiyoshi Tamai Japanese Political History Seminar (in Japanese), July 2019.
University of Oxford, UK - Japanese History Workshop, February 2018; November 2019.
University of Oxford, UK - Faculty of History Global History Workshop, March 2018.
Deakin University x Musashi University, Japan - Japan Study Tour, December 2014.
Schools
Shanghai Community International School, China - Guest Speaker, January 2024.
United World College ISAK, Japan - Guest Speaker, May 2023.
The British School in Tokyo, Japan - The Lecture Series, January 2023.
Cheney School, UK - Rumble Museum, October 2021.
Dulwich College, UK - Virtual Careers Fair, 2021.
Dartford Grammar School, UK - Japanese Excellence Programme, November 2018; January 2020; February 2021.
OxNet London Centre for Languages and Cultures, UK - Launch Event, January 2019.
The Charter School North Dulwich, UK - Sixth Form Assembly, March 2018.
Konan High School Kagoshima, Japan - Glocal Academy, July 2017.
Public & Private Organisations
Asia Society, Japan - Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo: Startup Nation Japan, June 2022.
Ashinaga Foundation, Japan - Ashinaga Africa Initiative Tsudoi, February 2022.
British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, October 2021.
British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Japan - Black History Month (panel discussion), October 2021.
Legacy Foundation Japan, Japan - Juneteenth Lecture, June 2021.
Target Oxbridge, UK - Virtual Seminar, April 2021.
Jaspora x Cambridge Innovation Center Tokyo, Japan - Kokujin Experiences (panel discussion), February 2021.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) - Alumni Relations Conference, February 2021.
Code Chrysalis, Japan - Race in Tokyo Panel (in English & Japanese), August 2020.
Japan Society, UK - Sixth Form Japan Week (panel moderator), February 2020.
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, UK - Postgraduate Studentship Day, December 2019.
British Universities’ International Liaison Association (BUILA) - Annual Conference (Belfast), July 2019.
University of Oxford, UK - Alumni Volunteer Leadership Forum in Tokyo, March 2019.
Keio University x British Council, UK - Experience Japan Exhibition Study Abroad Fair UK, November 2012, 2018.
Saitama Prefectural Government, Japan - Global English Camp, August 2018.
Academic Conferences
University of Oxford, UK - Black Transnationalism and Japan Conference, October 2021.
University of Oxford, UK - Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’ Conference, May 2019.
Japan Foundation x British Association of Japanese Studies x British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, UK - (Re)defining and Promoting Japanese Studies in UK Symposium, May 2018.
Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) - Annual Conference (accepted), June 2015.