Tea talks
Join us for an engaging educational series featuring guest speakers from diverse fields. Each session offers unique insights and opportunities to ask questions directly to the professionals. Plus we get to share our favorite tea!
Date: January 17th, 2026 Time: 1:00-2:00PM Location: Inamori Pavilion
Price: $5 *Registration required. This doesn’t include the admission.
Topic: Japanese Castles
About the Speaker:
Thomas Curtis began learning Japanese when he first entered high school in 2012. After spending two years of Undergrad at Waseda University in Tokyo, he completed his studies and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Japanese from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From there he spent a further three years in Fukuoka, Japan where he earned a Master’s degree in Japanese Humanities from the International Master’s Program at Kyushu University. His research was focused on the modern construction and reconstruction of Japanese castles as well as how those spaces both physically and digitally signal historicity to those who view them.
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