2026 APU Mock Lecture Series

Explore the world all on one campus with students from over 120 countries/regions at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)! APU is an international university in Japan where you can study in English.

Join our mock lectures to see what classes are like. You'll even have the chance to ask questions to the professor directly Don't miss out!

Dates/Venue

Dates/Venue:

July 8, July 15, July 22 from 18:30 (JST)

English

Zoom

Lecture details

Lecture details:

College of International Management(APM)

~Start with WHY?~

By: Prof. PHAM Tam Long
Date: July 8, 2026 (Wed.)
Time: 6:30 PM Japan Time

Why do some global businesses inspire loyalty and movements, while others simply sell products?

The answer often has less to do with WHAT a company makes and more to do with WHY it exists.
Drawing on Simon Sinek's "Golden Circle," I will guide participants through the WHY–HOW–WHAT framework that powers the world's most influential companies. Participants will discover how purpose-driven thinking transforms ordinary businesses into forces for positive change, and how they, as future global leaders, can use it to build something that matters.

College of Asia Pacific Studies(APS)

~Digital nomadism: imagining workplaces through new technologies~

By: Prof. OLTEANU Alin
Date: July 15, 2026 (Wed.)
Time: 6:30 PM Japan Time

Digitalization is increasing human mobility at historically unprecedented levels, to the the point that it is deemed to enable nomadic lifestyles.

The idiom “digital nomadism” suggests that, for the first time since agriculture and settling, humans might be able to live prosperously without settling geographically. In this lecture we will consider critically how digital nomadism is promoted by governments and business as a commodity. For this, we will ponder anthropologically on how humans, as a nomadic species, eventually chose settling and what does digital nomadism entail for current societies.

College of Sustainability and Tourism(ST)

~Identity and heritage tourism~

By: Prof. WANG Chujun
Date: July 22, 2026 (Wed.)
Time: 6:30 PM Japan Time

This lecture explores how heritage tourism shapes individual and collective identities in a globalised and rapidly changing world.

We will examine two modes of identity construction through the case of the safeguarding and tourism commercialisation of Miao silverware craftsmanship in China.