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Rei Yatsuhashi Last month, I had the pleasure of participating in the 27th International Philosophy Olympiad in Rome as a member of the Japanese delegation. Through this short essay, I would like to detail my experience at the International Philosophy Olympiad, as well as with the field of philosophy in general. MORE |
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The report is in Japanese only. |
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Dan Öberg is Associate Professor at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, and on the 1 November 2018, he held a UTCP seminar entitled “War as a Continuation of Creativity by Other Means.” The event was well attended with close to 20 participants from both within the University of Tokyo and beyond, which provided for lively discussion during the Q&A session. MORE |
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This report is in Japanese only. |
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On 24 July 2015, Mr Kyle Peters from he University of Chiago gave the presentation "Beyond Authorial Death: Nishida Kitarō and the Self-Determination of the Author" at UTCP. MORE |
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This is the report written by Ms. Chenyu Yao. This report shows how the lectures on 14th was given by Professor Takahiro Nakajima and Professor Roger Ames. MORE |
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On 10th August, we had the first keynote lecture by professor Peter Hershock from University of Hawai'i, at Manoa. The next day, we went for the Halapepenui Trail hike with Dr. Sam Gon III. In this blog, these lecture and activity are reported by Ms. Yui Fujita. MORE |
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The third week of the seminar was a one-week trip from Kanazawa to Tottori. On August 18th, we visited D.T. Suzuki Museum near Kanazawa city, and moved to Nishida Kitaro Museum in Ishikawa prefecture, where these two outstanding figures in modern Japanese philosophy were born. Ms. Rui's report is mostly about the lectures and experiences we had at the two Museums. MORE |
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On August 14th, at the halfway of the three weeks seminar, we had an exciting lecture by professor Yasunari TAKADA at Komaba. The report written by Ms. Amakawa will tell us how Mr. Takada addressed the question that may make you feel awkward --"How to be a Perfect Japanese". MORE |
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We published the first volume of UTCP-Uehiro Booklet, Papers from the 2012 University of Tokyo-University of Hawai'i Summer Residential Institute in Comparative Philosophy, co-edited by Roger T. AMES, Masato ISHIDA, Takahiro NAKAJIMA and Shinji KAJITANI. MORE |
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On June 29, 2013, UTCP held a workshop on P4C (Philosophy for Children). UTCP invited Mr Yohsuke Tsuchiya of Ibaraki University, Dr Mitsuyo Toyoda of the University of Hyogo, Dr Benjamin Lukey of the University of Hawaii, Ms Staci Fong of Waikiki Elementary School, Ms Angela Kim of Waikiki Elementary School, Ms Rachel Susan Compton of Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School, Ms Katie Berger of Kailua High School, and Mr Jake Nichols of Kailua High School. MORE |
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Prof. Lou Marinoff's workshop "The Role of Philosophical Practice in Business" was held at Ito International Research Center (situated at the Hongo Campus) on May 22nd and 25th. Prof. Marinoff is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the City University of New York, and is also known as the leading expert of philosophical counseling and philosophical consulting. On both days, business persons from a wide variety of industries came to participate in the workshop. MORE |
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We published the first volume of UTCP-Uehiro Collection, Bodily Existence in History and Culture, written by KAJITANI Shinji. MORE |
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The workshop “Philosophical Dialogue on the Mother” was held on April 6th (Saturday). We had Ms. Eri Matsukawa of Café Philo (an organization in Osaka) as the facilitator of dialogue, and Professor Tetsuya Kono and Mr. Yohsuke Tsuchiya as guests. |
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On November 6th, 2012, Professor Augustin Berque gave a lecture entitled “Mesology (fûdoron) in the light of Yamanouchi Tokuryû's Logos and lemma” at Komaba campus. MORE |
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Ravishing scenery, fresh breeze and gentle rain we had experienced during the past 10 days perfected the summer institute together with conflicting philosophical ideas. Now we have come to the last two days of the second week. Here is the report of August 9th and 10th. |
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The Uehiro Research Division for Philosophy of Co-existence Opening Symposium "Ethics in Change" was held at the University of Tokyo on 16 June 2012. The symposium addressed the idea of co-existence between human beings, between human beings and nature, between human beings and technology, and between science and humanities. It brought these concepts together in a novel philosophical approach that encouraged an enthusiastic and fruitful discussion, a discussion that inspired deeper thought in this subject area, yet traversed the multitude of ideas with ease. Associate Professor Shinji Kajitani (University of Tokyo) was the leading moderator of the symposium. MORE |
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