Lectures by the Founder Outside The Japan Room
| Date | Title and location |
|---|---|
| 15 July 2014: | Machiya – The Delicate Townhouses of Kyoto. The Center for Architecture/AIA Honolulu, Hawaii. http://www.aiahonolulu.org. |
| 6 February 2014: | An Overview of Freemasonry. The Anthroposophical Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 8 August 2013: | Let’s Talk Machiya. Japan America Society of Hawaii, Tomodachi, Honolulu, Hawaii. View Poster. |
| 6 February 2013: | An Introduction to Freemasonry. Dezember House, Whittier College, California. |
| 29 January 2013: | Freemasonry in Japan. Japan America Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 19 July 2012: | The City of Kyoto. Adventurers’ Club, Kahala Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 26 April 2012: | Freemasonry in Japan. America-Japan Society, International House, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1 March 2012: | Masonic Expressions in the English Language. English-Speaking Union, Dartmouth House, Mayfair. |
| 20 October 2011: | Machiya – The Delicate Townhouses of Kyoto. Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. |
| 20 September 2011: | Machiya – The Delicate Townhouses of Kyoto. Asia House. View Poster. |
| 18 July 2011: | Tama The Cat. The Fan Museum, Greenwich. View Poster. View Press Release. |
| 27 May 2011: | General MacArthur and The Grand Lodge of Japan at the Third International Conference on the History of Freemasonry, George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, VA, USA, 27-29 May 2011 (Paper read on my behalf by Professor Andrew Prescott). |
| 22 March 2011: | Machiya – Traditional Japanese Merchant Townhouses. English Speaking Union, Dartmouth House, Mayfair. View Poster. |
| 5 March 2011: | Machiya. Japanese Garden Society |
| 1 October 2009: | The Armenian Connection with Freemasonry. Armenian House. www.armenianinstitute.org.uk. |
| 14 July 2009: | Shattering Myths About Freemasonry. Gresham Society, Gresham College, London. |
Some video of this talk is here: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/shattering-myths-about-freemasonry
| 7 July 2009: | Freemasonry as an Alternative Form of Spirituality at the Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Spirituality in the Literatures of the English Speaking World. University of Vienna, Hof 8, 6-9 July 2009. |
| 29 May 2009: | Japanese Indigenisation of Masonic Ritual at the Second International Conference on the History of Freemasonry, Freemasons’ Hall, George Street, Edinburgh, 29-31 May 2009. |
| 22 April 2009: | An Introduction to Freemasonry. Doshisha University, Kyo-Tanabe Campus, Kyoto. |
| 4 April 2009: | Links Between Japanese Culture and Freemasonry. Shotokan Karate Lodge No. 9752. Lodge Room No. 10, Freemasons’ Hall, London. |
| 18 March 2009: | Research into Freemasonry in Japan. The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Mount Scopus Campus. |
| 23 February 2009: | Respect for Freemasonry. The Mediterranean Conference for Academic Disciplines. University of Malta, Gozo. 23-26 February 2009. View Full Abstract. |
| 29 January 2009: | The Socio-Political Role of Freemasonry in Japan. Institute of Ideas Postgraduate Forum. Old Building, London School of Economics. |
| 6 January 2009: | Masonic Constitutions as Historiography. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 38th Annual Conference. St. Hugh’s College, Oxford. 6-8 January 2009. |
| 29 November 2008: | Japanese Spirituality and Esoteric Freemasonry. 2008 Cornerstone Conference – “Quest for the Lost Word.” Freemasons’ Hall, London www.cornerstonesociety.com. |
| 6 November 2008: | Diamonds. Talk in the Churchill Room, Dartmouth House, London Region, ESU. |
| 16 October 2008: | Diamonds, Art Deco & Champagne. Talk on Diamonds in the Ballroom, Lansdowne Club, Mayfair. View Poster. |
| 14 October 2008: | An Evening of Diamonds. Private Party and Talk for Japan Society Corporate Members. |
| 4 October 2008: | The Recruitment of Freemasons in Japan. The Old Radleian Lodge No. 5200, The Mansion, Radley College. |
| 23 June 2008: | The Fiftieth Anniversary of The Grand Lodge of Japan (1957-2007). National Grand Lodge of Greece of AF & AM, Athens. This full paper has been published as Working Paper No. 5 by the University of Sheffield Centre for Research into Freemasonry and can be read by clicking the following link: View Paper. |
| 19 June 2008: | Machiya – The Delicate Townhouses of Kyoto, The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair. View poster [PDF]. |
| 21 May 2008: | The Issues Related to Freemasonry in Scotland, ESU Scotland, Edinburgh. |
| 6 May 2008: | General MacArthur’s Masonic Membership. Kokusai Lodge No. 15, Yokota Air Base. |
| 18 March 2008: | Franklin and Freemasonry, Benjamin Franklin House, www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org. |
| 15 March 2008: | Patronage and The Grand Lodge of Japan. Academy of Masonic Knowledge, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 11 February 2008: | Freemasonry in East Asia. East Asia Institute, University of Cambridge. |
| 15 November 2007: | An Understanding of Freemasonry. ESU-1066 (Hastings) Branch. |
| 28 October 2007: | Freemasonry: An Interreligious Fraternity. London Inter Faith Centre. |
| 19 October 2007: | British and Continental Freemasonry, ESU-Bavaria Branch, Munich. www.esu-bavaria.de. |
| 30 August 2007: | The Masonic Mythical Strategy for Masculinity. “Masculinity and the Other” Conference. Balliol College, Oxford, 29-30 August 2007. |
| 10 July 2007: | Dr. Desaguliers: Man of Science, the Enlightenment, and Freemasonry at the XIIeme Congres International des Lumieres: Sciences, Techniques et Culture au XVIIIeme Siecle, Les Trois Universites de Montpellier, Montpellier, 8-15 July 2007. |
| 26 May 2007: | The Contemporary History of Freemasonry in the Far East at the International Conference on the History of Freemasonry, Freemasons’ Hall, George Street, Edinburgh, 25-27 May 2007. |
| 16 March 2007: | 50 Years of the Grand Lodge of Japan, JAWS 2007, Oslo, 14-17 March 2007. |
| 1 February 2007: | Freemasons in Japan, Nissan Institute/St. Antony’s College, Oxford. |
| 6 November 2005: | Seeking Enlightenment: Initiation & Ritual of Oriental Candidates Canonbury Masonic Research Centre Conference on Freemasonry and Initiation: Published in The Canonbury Papers for 2007. |
| 5 October 2005: | Freemasonry in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Society. |
| 12 July 2005: | The Secrets of Freemasonry, English-Speaking Union. |
| 20 June 2005: | The Varieties of Deism in England in the 18th Century, Institut fur Religionswissenschaft, University of Heidelberg. |
| 9 May 2005: | Japan & the Royal Art, The Japan Society: Published in the Society’s Proceedings for 2006. |
| 4 May 2005: | Freemasonry and Japanese Religions, Japan Research Centre, SOAS. |
| 17 November 2004: | Theological Lying in Anderson’s Constitutions, “We Band of Brothers” Conference, University of Sheffield. Published in ARIES: The Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism Vol. 8:2 (2008), 167-190. |
| 8 May 2004: | Civilising Aesthetics (Freemasonry in the 18th Century), Berkshire Master’s Lodge. |