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Report: Seminar “Secularization, Religion, State” Session 1

30 April, 2008 HANEDA Masashi, Secularization, Religion, State Permalink

On April 28th, the first session of the Seminar “Secularization, Religion, State” was held.

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Publication: Lectures by Prof. Ilan Pappe

29 April, 2008 HAYAO Takanori, Publications Permalink

The lectures by Prof. Ilan Pappe whom UTCP invited from Haifa Univ. in Israel last year have been published as a book in Japanese language.

Ilan Pappe speaking about Palestine: From "Ethnic Cleansing" to "Bridging Narrative",
edited and translated by Midan group in Tokyo,
published by Tsuge-Shobo-Shinsha, 2008.

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UTCP的年轻研究者的专题研讨会“探讨共生的基础”

26 April, 2008 FURUHASHI Norihiro, OTAKE Koji, UTCP Permalink

4月20日,UTCP旗下的年轻研究者汇聚一堂,召开了2008年度的启动研讨会“探讨共生的基础”。

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Report: UTCP Fellows Symposium, "The Horizon of Co-existence Today"

26 April, 2008 FURUHASHI Norihiro, OTAKE Koji, UTCP Permalink

The UTCP Fellows Symposium “The Horizon of Co-existence Today” was held on April 20. Three speakers--Junichi Kushita, Norihiro Furuhashi, and Koji Otake--tried to examine the idea of co-existence from their own perspectives.

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Report: A Way to Travel Together: "Jacques Derrida: The Presence to the Other"

25 April, 2008 NISHIYAMA Yuji Permalink

On April 24, 2008, the talk session "Jacques Derrida: The Presence to the Other" was held at Shinjuku Branch, Junkudo Bookstore. The speakers were Satoshi Ukai (Hitotsubashi University) and Yuji Nishiyama (UTCP). The session was held to celebrate the publications of Japanese translations of Derrida's Tourner les mots and L'université sans condition.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 4, Session 1

23 April, 2008 └Seminar 4: Reading Burns and Bechara [2007] "Decision Making and Free Will", NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara. (2007). Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

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Tetsuya Takahashi, Can Philosophy Constitute Resistance ?

23 April, 2008 TAKAHASHI Tetsuya, Publications Permalink

高桥哲哉的欧文著作Can Philosophy Constitute Resistance ?作为Collection UTCP的第五册出版了。

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Tetsuya Takahashi, Can Philosophy Constitute Resistance ?

23 April, 2008 TAKAHASHI Tetsuya, Publications Permalink

Tetsuya Takahashi, member of UTCP, published Can Philosophy Constitute Resistance ?, as Collection UTCP 5.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 12

21 April, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 12 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 9 "The neuroscience of ethics".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 3, Session 1

18 April, 2008 └Seminar 3: Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, SATO Ryoji, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" starts a new seminar. In this seminar, we read Jesse J. Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals.

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UTCP participated in the Philosophy Conference “Crisis and Opportunity” at University of Hawaii, Manoa.

17 April, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo Permalink

Thanks to Professor Graham Parkes, UTCP had a chance to collaborate with scholars at University of Hawaii.

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Short-term Education Program "The Origins of Philosophy of History" Starts!

17 April, 2008 └The Origins of Philosophy of History, MORITA Dan, OTAKE Koji Permalink

The new short-term education program "The Origins of Philosophy of History" starts. This program is organized mainly by Dan Morita and Koji Otake.


东京大学研究生院综合文化研究科与纽约大学研究生院签订学术交流协定

17 April, 2008 UTCP Permalink

2008年3月25日,纽约大学研究生院与东京大学研究生院综合文化研究科的学术交流协定的签订仪式在纽约大学Torch club(18 Waverly Place, New York)举行。

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The Formal Signing of Academic Exchange Agreement between Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

17 April, 2008 UTCP Permalink

In the morning of March 25, 2008, the formal signing ceremony of academic exchange agreement between Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo was held at the Torch Club, New York University (18 Waverly Place, New York).

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Report: Muhammad Salleh "Possibilities and Functions of Poetry"

12 April, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, Visiting Speaker Series Permalink

On April 11, we held a seminar by Mr. Muhammad Salleh (the Malaysian poet). The seminar was titled "Possibilities and Functions of Poetry." This is our first event of the new academic year.

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Report: Workshop on "The Epoch", NYU, March 25th

11 April, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo, Dennitza GABRAKOVA, WANG Qian, Times and the Unconscious Permalink

The workshop started with Yasuo Kobayashi’s opening remarks on the problematic of “the epoch”.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 11

10 April, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 11 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 8 "Self-deception: The normal and the pathological".

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Report: UTCP in NYU, Prof. Viren Murthy's talk

10 April, 2008 KOBAYASHI Yasuo, YOSHIDA Kei, Times and the Unconscious Permalink

From March 22 to 31, Yasuo Kobayashi, Takahiro Nakajima, UTCP fellows (Dennitza Gabrakova, Misato Ido, Wang Qian, Kei Hirakura, and Kei Yoshida), and Satoru Hashimoto (the former UTCP fellow, currently Ph.D. student at Harvard University) visited New York University.

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国际研讨会“中国传统文化在当代中国的角色”

7 April, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo, TANAKA Yuki, Contemporary China in Philosophy Permalink

2008年3月6日到7日,UTCP与CEFC(Centre d’Etudes Francais sur la Chine contemporaine)共同主办的国际研讨会“中国传统文化在当代中国的角色”在东京大学驹场校区举行。

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Report: International Workshop 'The Revival of Traditional Culture and Confucianism in China Today'

7 April, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo, TANAKA Yuki, Contemporary China in Philosophy Permalink

From March 6 to 7, the international workshop "The Revival of Traditional Culture and Confucianism in China Today" was held by Centre d’Etudes Français sur la Chine contemporaine (CEFC) and UTCP.

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Mid-term Education Programs (Re)Start [New Academic Year]

4 April, 2008 Permalink

Four mid-term education programs ("Brain Sciences and Ethics," "Contemporary China in Philosophy," "Times and the Unconscious," and "Secularization, Religion, State") (re)start from April, the beginning of the new academic year in Japan.

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