Mitsui & dartmouth
In July 2011, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., one of the world’s most diversified comprehensive trading, investment, and service companies, donated $3 million to Dartmouth College to create an endowed professorship in the study of Japan. The inaugural Mitsui Chair is Associate Professor Yusaku Horiuchi of the Department of Government. Mitsui is also supporting Japan-related curricular activities at the College and the Tuck School of Business.
Mitsui and Dartmouth have had a long-standing relationship. Three Mitsui family members graduated from Dartmouth College in the classes of 1915, 1943, and 1958, and since the late 1950s Mitsui & Co. has sent employees to study at the College and more recently at the Tuck School of Business. (See the November/December 2010 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for the story of Takanobu Mitsui D'43′s experience at Dartmouth following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.)
For more information, see the following articles in Dartmouth Now:
Mitsui and Dartmouth have had a long-standing relationship. Three Mitsui family members graduated from Dartmouth College in the classes of 1915, 1943, and 1958, and since the late 1950s Mitsui & Co. has sent employees to study at the College and more recently at the Tuck School of Business. (See the November/December 2010 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for the story of Takanobu Mitsui D'43′s experience at Dartmouth following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.)
For more information, see the following articles in Dartmouth Now:
- Mitsui & Co. Strengthens Dartmouth Partnership with New Endowed Professorship
- Two Faculty Members Honored With Newly Endowed Chairs
Japan Studies at Dartmouth: Educating Global Citizens
A conference celebrating Mitsui & Co.’s support of Japanese studies at Dartmouth College
NOVEMBER 8TH & 9TH, 2013
Dartmouth’s Japan studies faculty members hosted a two-day conference, Japan Studies at Dartmouth: Educating Global Citizens, on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, 2013. The aims of the conference were to recognize Mitsui & Co.’s support of Japanese studies at the College, including the establishment of the Mitsui Chair in the Study of Japan, and to showcase what instruction on Japan and the Japanese language has meant for alumni and continues to mean for students going forward. Many alumni who have embarked on careers involving Japan participated in panels relating their studies at Dartmouth to their work experiences. The conference also featured a panel of current students who presented research projects relating to Japan. The conference’s keynote speaker was Martin Fackler ’89, Tokyo Bureau Chief for the New York Times, who gave a public lecture titled “A Journalist’s View of the Fukushima Accident and Japan’s Missed Opportunities for Change.”
Organizers
The conference organizers were Steven Ericson, Yusaku Horiuchi, and other Dartmouth faculty members engaged in Japan-related teaching and research.
Sponsorship
The conference was sponsored by the Dean of Faculty Office.
Dartmouth’s Japan studies faculty members hosted a two-day conference, Japan Studies at Dartmouth: Educating Global Citizens, on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, 2013. The aims of the conference were to recognize Mitsui & Co.’s support of Japanese studies at the College, including the establishment of the Mitsui Chair in the Study of Japan, and to showcase what instruction on Japan and the Japanese language has meant for alumni and continues to mean for students going forward. Many alumni who have embarked on careers involving Japan participated in panels relating their studies at Dartmouth to their work experiences. The conference also featured a panel of current students who presented research projects relating to Japan. The conference’s keynote speaker was Martin Fackler ’89, Tokyo Bureau Chief for the New York Times, who gave a public lecture titled “A Journalist’s View of the Fukushima Accident and Japan’s Missed Opportunities for Change.”
Organizers
The conference organizers were Steven Ericson, Yusaku Horiuchi, and other Dartmouth faculty members engaged in Japan-related teaching and research.
Sponsorship
The conference was sponsored by the Dean of Faculty Office.