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Virtual Book Launch – Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident

Organized by the Centre for Japanese Research at the University of British Columbia
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Originally presented on September 24, 2020

Book Authors: Fumiko Miyazaki (Kaisen University, Tokyo)
Kate Wildman Nakai (Sophia University, Tokyo)
Special Message: Mark Teeuwan (University of Oslo)
Facilitator: Jolyon Thomas (Penn)
Host: Christina Laffin (UBC)
Coordinator & Video Editor: Bianca Chui
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The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our September event, co-authors Fumiko Miyazaki and Kate Wildman Nakai will be discussing Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident in conversation with Jolyon Thomas, with a message from co-author Mark Teeuwen.

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About the Book

Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident
Translated and with an introduction by Fumiko Miyazaki, Kate Wildman Nakai, and Mark Teeuwen
Published by Columbia University Press

Available for Purchase: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/christian-sorcerers-on-trial/9780231196918
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