Asian Studies Seminar Series: Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff

In brief

Date - 11 March 2026

Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square

Speaker - Dr Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff (University of Sheffield)

Title - “Look at me!” – Yonezu Tomoko and the Politics of Intersectionality in Post-War Japan

About the speaker

Dr Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff is a lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield and received her PhD from the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. As a social historian specialising in modern Japan, her work explores intersections between feminism, disability and reproductive justice.

She is currently researching grassroots anti-eugenics activism in Japan from the 1970s to the present day.

How to attend

This event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required, simply turn up on the day.

Are you interested in studying with us?

We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Studies.

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Asian Studies