EVENTS 2024
January25Saturday 色控传媒 HACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM 123rd Open Lecture "Satirical Prints and the Story of Japan's Encounter with the West"
| Date and time | January 25 (Sat), 2025, 14:00–15:30 |
| Location | Online via ZOOM Webinar |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | |
| Participation fee | Free, but registration is required. |
| Organizers | 色控传媒 Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum |
| Contact point | 0422-33-3340 |
| Comments | This event will be in Japanese. |
January22Wednesday [1/22 ICC Special Open Lecture] Yoshimitsu Yoshihiko and the Problem of Modernity
| Date and time | Wednesday, January 22, 2025 16:30-18:00 |
| Location | Alumni House (2nd Floor Lounge)/ Online |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | *The lecture will be held in English *Online participants need to complete . |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Organizers | Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture |
| Contact point | icc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | Lecturer: Dr. Kevin M. Doak
Professor (Georgetown University), Christianity in Japan * A lecture in English |
January21Tuesday [1/21 SSRI Open Lecture] Lithuania in the Changing World Order: The Past and the Present
| Date and time | Tuesday, January 21, 2025 11:30-12:40 |
| Location | SH-S202, Sience Hall |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Please apply from this . ※Except for the IRL103 students, |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) 蝉蝉谤颈＠颈肠耻.补肠.箩辫 |
| Comments | Speaker： H.E. Ambassador Aurelijus Zykas (Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Japan) Abstract： Dr. Aurelijus Zykas is the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania and a former Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, a partner university of the 色控传媒. Among his fields of expertise are cultural and public diplomacy (soft power) and Japan-Lithuania relations. We are delighted to invite Dr. Zykas, who has rich experience both as an academician and a diplomat, to hear about his insights on the importance of combating the threats for both Japan and Lithuania, as both find themselves in similar geopolitical standing, the good examples of collaboration between Japan and Lithuania in aiding Ukraine, and the importance of Japan for Lithuania and the entire EU. Speaker’s Profile： Dr. Zykas is the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania and a former Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), a partner university of the 色控传媒, former Director of the VMU Centre for Asian Studies, and an expert and writer on Cultural and public diplomacy and Japan-Lithuania relations. Language：贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑 |
January 7Tuesday 色控传媒 HACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM SPECIAL EXHIBITION Surprises Galore: Meiji Period Ukiyo-e and the Encounter with New Culture from the West
| Date and time | January 7 (Tue) - March 6 (Thu), 2025 *Open Tuesday through Thursday and on 1/18 (sat), 2/15 (sat), from 13:00 to 17:00 |
| Location | 色控传媒 HACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Participation fee | Admission Free |
| Organizers | |
| Contact point | Tel: 0422-33-3340 |
| Comments | For more information, please visit the Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum websit. |
December20Friday 色控传媒 Christmas Candlelight Service
| Date and time | December 20th (Fri) 7 p.m. |
| Location | University Chapel |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 students, faculty and staff, general public. All are welcome. |
| Application process and deadline | No advance reservation is required. |
| Participation fee | Free |
| Organizers | 色控传媒 Religious Center |
| Contact point | e-mail: relcenter@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | Live streaming and details TBA on . |
December10Tuesday [12/10 SSRI Open Lecture] Private Sector Development in Emerging Markets
| Date and time | Thursday, October 17, 2024 13:15-15:00 |
| Location | International Conference Room, Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Please apply from this . ※ECO259 students do not have to register it. |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) 蝉蝉谤颈＠颈肠耻.补肠.箩辫 |
| Comments | 厂辫别补办别谤： Dr. Susan M. Lund, Vice President for Economics and Private Sector Development, International Financial Corporation (IFC) 础产蝉迟谤补肠迟： Dr. Lund's lecture will introduce the IFC and delve into its pivotal role in transforming emerging markets through private sector development. Dr. Lund will present groundbreaking IFC research on capital markets in emerging economies, emphasizing the importance of deepening domestic capital markets. She will explore how robust local capital markets can enhance private investment, channel resources to the most productive firms, and support the growth of financially constrained businesses. This discussion will highlight the benefits of developing domestic bond and equity markets, enabling local investors to fund business expansion and drive broader economic growth.. Speaker’s Information： Ms. Lund leads a global team that provides economic and analytical support to IFC investments and private capital mobilization. Specific responsibilities include assessment of development impact for IFC investments, economic research on private sector development, deployment of blended concessional finance for de-risking private investments, and strategic relationship building with key public and private stakeholders. Prior to joining IFC, she was a partner at McKinsey & Company and leader of the McKinsey Global Institute. She holds a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University. Language: English |
December 7Saturday Christmas Concert "Christmas in Venice"
| Date and time | Saturday, December 7, 2024 3:00pm (2:30pm) |
| Location | 色控传媒 Chapel |
| Target audience | Open to public |
| Application process and deadline | Online tickets are available at . Reservations are not required, same-day tickets available at the door. (same price as reserved tickets on Peatix) Please check our for details. |
| Participation fee | General Admission JPY2,500 |
| Organizers | 色控传媒 Sacred Music Center |
| Contact point | TEL: 0422-33-3330 e-mail: smc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | *This concert is not recommended for children under age 6. |
December 6Friday [12/6&7 SSRI Symposium] Nuclear War in Northeast Asia?: Early Warnings, Risk Reduction, and Denuclearization
| Date and time | Friday, December 6, 9:00-17:00 and Saturday, December 7, 10:10-12:40 |
| Location | International Conference Room, Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) 蝉蝉谤颈＠颈肠耻.补肠.箩辫 |
| Comments | Language: English |
November21Thursday [11/21 SSRI Open Lecture] Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age
| Date and time | Thursday, November 21, 2024 13:50-16:20 |
| Location | International Conference Room, Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Please apply from this . ※QPFD414, QPFD436 students do not have to register it. |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) 蝉蝉谤颈＠颈肠耻.补肠.箩辫 |
| Comments | Speaker： Professor Anthony Elliott (Bradley Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of South Australia) Abstract： From industrial robots to ChatGPT, and from driverless cars to military drones: AI is transforming all aspects of our lives, from the changing nature of work, employment and unemployment to the most intimate aspects of personal relationships. In this presentation, Anthony Elliott focuses on the complex systems of AI - spanning intelligent machines, chatbots, advanced robotics, accelerating automation, big data - and their centrality to new forms of social interaction, organizational life and governance. He argues, provocatively, that today modernity has come to mean smartphones, tablets, cloud computing, big data, automated recommendation systems and predictive analytics. This has heralded the arrival of what he terms ‘algorithmic modernity’, an altogether new ‘stage’ in the ordering techniques of envisioned human mastery. In this automated order of algorithmic modernity, human agency is increasingly outsourced to smart machines. We should understand this phenomenon, Elliott argues, in terms of a containment of both uncertainty and complexity which the digital revolution in social relations poses, but which ultimately denies answers. Throughout the lecture, Elliott address the new landscape of fear which denizens of the digital world must now cope with and confront. Language：贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑 |
November14Thursday [11/14 ICC Special Open Lecture] Nietzsche's View of Socrates in The Birth of Tragedy
| Date and time | Thursday, November 14, 2024 15:10-16:20 |
| Location | Troyer Memorial Arts and Sciences Hall, T-364 |
| Target audience | 色控传媒 faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | No advance application is required. |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture icc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | Lecturer: Dr. William Wood (Marie Curie fellow at Charles University) * A lecture in English |