The second volume of the UTCP booklet What are the Classics in Our Time? under the edition of Nakajima Takahiro and Kobayashi Yasuo came out.

11月1日，在东京大学驹场校区学际交流厅举行了与“旅行”、“海”、“共生”相关之文学的讲演会，邀请了佛罗伦萨大学的Adele Dei氏、Rita Guerricchio氏和东京大学的宫下志朗教授主讲，参加者大约有50名左右。

Report from Mariko Muramatsu on the symposium “Sea and Travel – Encounters and Coexistence of Civilizations” (Nov. 1st , University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus) with the participation of Adele Dei , Rita Guerricchio (University of Florence), Shiro Myashita (University of Tokyo).