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Past Lectures and Research Meetings

Special Public Lectures

Topics and Speakers Moderator Date

Theme: “The Potential of Material Arts for Disabled People”

  1. “Budo and the Disabled” Pontus JOHANSSON, Sweden Branch of the Association of Budo Culture for the Disabled
  2. “Cerebral Palsy and the Marvel of Judo” MURAI Masanao, Chairman, Warashibekai/ Doctor
  3. “Teaching Budo to the Disabled in Japan” MATSUI Kantaro, Assoc. Prof., International Budo University
 Alexander BENNETT,
Research Assoc., IRCJS		 Aug. 4, 2003

Theme: "Lectures in Memory of Professor Hanihara Kazuro: Verifying Hanihara's Theory of the Origins of the Japanese"

  1. “Hanihara Kazuro's ‘Dual Structure’ Theory and Its Impact on Recent Research on the Origins of the Japanese” OMOTO Keiichi, Professor Emeritus, IRCJS
  2. “The Overling Structure of Japanese Culture and the Several Japans” SASAKI Komei, Former Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology
  3. “Ainu Culture and Japanese Culture” UMEHARA Takeshi, Honorary Adviser, IRCJS
 INOUE Shoichi,
Prof., IRCJS		 Oct. 19, 2005
Theme: “ Lectures in Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies”
  1. “Looking Back at Twenty Years” UMEHARA Takeshi, Honorary Adviser, IRCJS

  2. “The Modernization of Japan Revisited” Ronald DORE, Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), IRCJS
 INOUE Shoichi Senior Research Coordinator, IRCJS May 21, 2007
Theme: “Farewell Lecture of Professor KATAKURA Motoko”

“The Philosophy of ‘Raha’: Some Observations from Fieldworks” KATAKURA Motoko, Former Director-General, IRCJS

 SHIRAHATA Yozaburo
Deputy-Director, IRCJS		 May 29, 2008
Theme: “International Research Center for Japanese Studies-Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Joint Symposium: The Culture and Environment of Kyoto: Water and People's Livelihoods”
  1. Lecture
    “Reading the Topography and Environment of the Kyoto Basin” UNO Takao, Prof., IRCJS
    “Water and the Gardens of Kyoto” SHIRAHATA Yozaburo, Prof., IRCJS
    “Water and the People of Kyoto: Hot Springs and Groundwater” TANIGUCHI Makoto, Prof.,RIHN
    “Water and People's Livelihoods in Kyoto” AKIMICHI Tomoya, Prof.,RIHN
  2. Discussion
    UNO Takao/ SHIRAHATA Yozaburo/ TANIGUCHI Makoto/ AKIMICHI Tomoya/ SATO Yoichiro, Prof., RIHN
 SATO Yoichiro, Prof., RIHN, May 9, 2009
Theme: “International Research Center for Japanese Studies-Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Joint Symposium: The Culture and Environment of Kyoto: Focusing on Its Mountains and Forests”
  1. Lectures
    “The Land of Forests Seen from the Perspective of the Forests of the Earth” YAMADA Isamu, Prof. Emeritus, Kyoto University
    “Reexamining the View of Nature in Modern Japan” SUEKI Fumihiko, Prof., IRCJS
  2. Discussion
    YAMADA Isamu/ SUEKI Fumihiko/ KOMATSU Kazuhiko, Vice Director/Prof., IRCJS/ MURAKAMI Yumiko, Research Fellow, RIHN/ FUJIWARA Junko, Research Fellow, RIHN/ AKIMICHI Tomoya, Vice Director/Prof., RIHN
 KIRIYAMA Motonori, Head of Research Cooperation Division, IRCJS May 22, 2010
Theme: “Order of Cultural Merit Commemorative Lecture”
  1. Welcoming Remarks
    INOKI Takenori, Director-General, IRCJS
    UMEHARA Takeshi, Honorary Advisor, IRCJS
  2. Lecture
    “Japan's Legacy for Humankind: The Tokugawa Shumon-Aratame-Cho Documents”
    HAYAMI Akira, Professor Emeritus, IRCJS
 KASAYA Kazuhiko,
Prof., IRCJS		 June 11, 2010

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