On Friday 31 October 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo. Professor Dominic Lieven has kindly agreed to give us a short talk and discuss around the topic “Do wars always end in negotiations?”

• 6:00pm – 7:00pm Dominic Lieven “Do wars always end in negotiations?”
• 7:00pm – 9:00pm dinner
• 9:00pm – nijikai

Professor Dominic Lieven

Dominic Lieven is Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity  College Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy, and Honorary  Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Dominic Lieven was Distinguished Professor in International History at the London School of Economics LSE, 1978-2011.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Lieven
• London School of Economics, Former Distinguished Professor in International History (1978-2011)
• Professor Lieven, London School of Economics (LSE), Visiting Professor at LSE, Department of International History
• Professor Lieven, Chair of the Paulsen Programme (currently suspended) at the LSE
• And here, Dominic Lieven on “The European Crisis” in Nikkei

Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 24 October 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

To register:

All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more than welcome to join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here: