405th FADIG Meeting

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by Ms. Tamarah Cohen
Program :When do "non-working" women in Japan retire?

Ms. Tamarah Cohen was born in the US and raised in Paris, France.
She studied Art History at the American University of Paris,
Film Studies at New York University, and TESOL and Reading Theory
at San Francisco State University.
Before coming to Japan, she travelled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. 
She first came to Kagoshima in the early 90s on the JET Program,
then lived in Fukuoka, Tokyo and Osaka. Currently living in Kyoto,
she teaches English at Doshisha Women's College. 
Her research interests include communication and media studies,
critical pedagogy and the sociology of language. 

404th FADIG Meeting

404th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by 
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403rd FADIG Meeting

Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by Mr Nick Halewood
Program : Animal Welfare: A Tale of Two English Women

Mr Halewood is from England. 
He has a B.Sc. degree in Zoology from the University of London. 
He came to Japan in May 1973, and taught at Baika Women’s University
for 29 years until he retired three years ago. 
He enjoys hiking, cycling, bird-watching, stamp collecting,
rail transport and rock music. 
This is his fourth lecture for us. His last one in April was
entitled ‘My Thirty-seven Years in Kansai’.

Dear members,
We would like to collect our membership fee \2,000 for the
second half of this year in October. (Our annual fee is \4,000.)

402nd FADIG Meeting

402nd FADIG Meeting
Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by Ms. Jacquelyn Elliott
Program : Family 

Ms. Elliott was born and brought up in Michigan, the USA. 
She received a Bachelor’s degree on Fine Arts from Michigan State University,
and a Masters degree of English from Wayne State University. 
She came to Japan in September, 1984, and is currently an elementary art
teacher at Canadian Academy. 
Before coming to Japan, she visited Ireland and Canada. 
Her husband gave us a speech in February this year. 
She is interested in relationships with other people, health, exercise,
reading, drawing and painting, sewing, cycling, diving and swimming.

401st FADIG Meeting

401st FADIG Meeting
Saturday, July 10, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by Mr. Duane Levi 
Program : Going Global: A New Direction for Japan

Mr. Levi is from the USA and studied psychology and 
political science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. 
He came to Japan in 2001, operates his own music company,
Shalestone Music, http://shalestonemusic.jp and is also the 
founder of“Kansai Music Conference” www.kansaimusicconference.com
held in September every year. 
He is also an English Rakugo performer with the stage name, Juen (寿演)
and made his TV debut in NHK “Eigo de Shabera Night” in Dec. 2008. 
This is his fourth lecture for us. His last one was in Feb. 2009 
entitled “Comedy in English” with Rakugo performance.

400th FADIG Meeting

400th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
by Mr. Steve Silver
Program: The History of Jews in Japan

Mr. Silver was born and raised in a Jewish family in Tampa, Florida in the USA. He received his undergraduate degree in English and his graduate degree in Education from Florida State University.
He came to Japan in August, 2003, and currently teaches English at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya.
He speaks Spanish as he lived in Costa Rica for four monthsas an exchange student. He has visited Spain, the Netherlands, South Korea, Cambodia and Thailand.
He is interested in singing, photography and learning more about Japan.

399th FADIG Meeting

399th FADIG Meeting
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 2:30-4:30pm
at Kansai College of Business & Languages
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