Dr. John Freedman - Global Studies Scholar and Lecturer

For my blogs, travel photography, and more, please click here:

FOR MY FUTURE SCHEDULE

REGENT Mariner :   AUSTRALIA & ASIA

Sydney-to-Singapore, via Indonesia including Borneo 

For my lecture series  REFERENCE LIST, please click  HERE

REGENT Mariner  -  CARIBBEAN and YUCATAN

For my  Reference List and handouts, please click on the desired document: 

REFERENCE LIST for my Caribbean Lecture Series

The Great Exchange:  New World/Old World Origins 

'Never A Dull Moment' - my brief but robust Cuba History Timeline  

VIKING ORION  - Bali to Bangkok:

For my Bali-to-Bangkok Lecture Series REFERENCE LIST, click HERE 

Oceania RIVIERA   - Spain & The Balearics

For the REFERENCE LIST for my lecture series, please click HERE

Please click here:   DR. JOHN's SCHEDULE

Kyoto Restaurant Recommendations  

Regent Seven Seas Navigator

South Pacific and Australia

For the Reference List for my full South Pacific lecture series,

including Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Coral Sea, please click  HERE

Sushi Lexicon & Etiquette 

My Sake Primer  

Fugu: Sushi To Die For 

Two Tokyo Sushi  Recommendations  

My Japanese Culinary Lexicon  

   MY   MOTTO :

TRAVEL  IS  THE  PASSPORT  TO  PEACE

Viking Orion - Tokyo  TO  Hong Kong

September 16- 30, 2020

VOYAGE POSTPONED  DUE TO COVID-19

Contemplating Ryoan-ji  by Willard Spiegelman 

Some Suggestions For 'Free Time' in Kyoto 

Useful Japanese Phrases

Notes on Japan's Political System 

Notes on Japan's Economy 

Current Issues in Japan: The TPP 

 Japan Has Never Apologized - True or False?  

 Japanese History: The 3 Great Unifiers 

 Japanese History: Notes on Pre-Modern Japan

'Japan is 80% Buddhist and 80% Shinto'  

Notes on Shinto 

For my BUDDHISM PRIMER, click HERE

For my other Japan handouts, click on the desired item :

For my JAPAN, TAIWAN & HONG KONG REFERENCE LIST, click HERE

For my BUDDHISM PRIMER, please click HERE

For my Manila-to-Tokyo Lecture Series References, please click HERE

For my Tokyo-to-Bangkok Lecture Series References, click HERE

For my Bangkok-to-Abu Dhabi Lecture Series References, click HERE