On June 10th, Dr. William Shang (Shinichi Yasuda) from the University of Tokyo gave a talk titled “Images from the Past: Imagination and Reality seen in Visual Records”. The lecture was part of the UTCP Academic English program.

The UTCP Academic English Seminar (2008 Summer Semester) started.

Ms. Yoriko OTOMO's Lecture was held on May 15th as part of the UTCP Academic English Seminar.

Sarah Teasley from the Northwestern University gave a lecture on November 28th under the title “The Gender of Beauty in Architectural Discourse in Modern Japan” .

On October 31, we had a talk by Dennitza Gabrakova. The title of her talk is "The Desert Islands of Utopian Cartography," and it is a re-reading of Japanese postwar literature from her unique perspective. The audience asked many questions and commented on her talk.

Yesterday we had a talk by Dr. John O'Dea. John is a post-doc at the University of Tokyo, and he specializes in the philosophy of mind. A caveat is in order here. I am no specialist in the philosophy of mind. Thus my report might contain some serious misunderstanding.