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[Report] Modernism and Humor: Reflections on the Critical Cinema of the Shōwa 30s

4 July, 2011 Mark ROBERTS, NAKAZAWA Eisuke Permalink

On June 22, M. Downing Roberts gave a presentation entitled "Modernism and Humor: Reflections on the Critical Cinema of the Shōwa 30s". Dr. Roberts is a research fellow at UTCP, and this presentation draws from his ongoing study of postwar cinema.

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[Report] Patrick Noonan, Being By Others: Cinema and Subjectivity in Yoshida Kijū’s Film Theory

28 April, 2011 Mark ROBERTS, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, Visiting Speaker Series Permalink

On April 26, 2011, Patrick Noonan gave a talk entitled “Being By Others: Cinema and Subjectivity in Yoshida Kijū’s Film Theory”. Mr. Noonan is a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and this talk was based upon his dissertation research. Many young international scholars joined the lecture, and participated in a discussion following the talk.

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[Report] UTCP Symposium "Philosophy of Catastrophe"

20 April, 2011 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo, ICHINOKAWA Yasutaka, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, Philosophy of Catastrophe Permalink

UTCP Symposium "Philosophy of Catastrophe" was held on April 15, 2011. We examined what we should do as philosophers in the face of the catastrophe which occurred on March 11, 2011 (The Great East Japan Earthquake).

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[Guest Blog and Report] Lisa Bortolotti Lecture Series

21 November, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, └Event Reports, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

We held a series of lectures by Dr. Lisa Bortolotti (University of Birmingham) for five days from the 23rd to 29th of October 2010.

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[Report] "Advanced Sciences and Humanities" Lecture Series 1

15 November, 2010 NAKAZAWA Eisuke, MORITA Takahiro, Advanced Sciences and Humanities Permalink

The first lecture of "Advanced Sciences and Humanities" was held at November 9, 2010. The speaker was Akabayashi Akira, who is a professor of Faculty of Medicine, the leader of UT-CBEL, and the president of medical ethics board.


[Report] Prof. Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli's lecture "Christine de Pizan, Prima donna laica intellettuale di professione: tre temi"

5 November, 2010 MURAMATSU Mariko, TAKADA Yasunari, NAKAZAWA Eisuke Permalink

Prof. Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli's lecture "Christine de Pizan, Prima donna laica intellettuale di professione: tre temi" was held on November 5, 2010.

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[Report] UTCP Seminar on Japanese Philosophy "The Aesthetics of Urban Wandering in the Essays of Nagai Kafū and Zhou Zuoren"

30 June, 2010 NAKAZAWA Eisuke, Japanese Philosophy Seminar Permalink

UTCP Seminar on Japanese Philosophy "The Aesthetics of Urban Wandering in the Essays of Nagai Kafū and Zhou Zuoren" was held on June 23, 2010.

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[Report] Technology Assessment Seminar

31 May, 2010 ISHIHARA Kohji, └Event Reports, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

Technology Assessment Seminar was held on May 28, 2010.

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[Report] Workshop “Brain Science and Ethics”

18 May, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, BOKU Sutetsu, OGUCHI Mineki, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

At Florey Neuroscience Institutes in Melbourne, 6 UTCP members and Prof. Neil Levy had talks at Workshop “Brain Science and Ethics” held on March 23, 2010. This workshop was the final event of the UTCP Program in Brain Sciences and Ethics.

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[Report] The 4th BESETO Conference of Philosophy

5 May, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, ISHIHARA Kohji, MURATA Junichi, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OZAWA Kyoko, HIRAKURA Kei, NAKAO Maika, SATO Ryoji, SEKIYA Sho, SUMIDA Tomohisa, YASUNAGA Marie Permalink

The 4th BESETO Conference of Philosophy was held on 7 and 8 January, 2010.

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[Report] Victimhood Nationalism in Contested Memories: National Mourning and Global Accountability

21 April, 2010 YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, MORITA Takahiro Permalink

On April 21, 2010, Prof. Jie-Hyun LIM gave a talk titled “Victimhood Nationalism in Contested Memories: National Mourning and Global Accountability.”

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[Report] UTCP Workshop “Sustainability and Ethics: Towards Establishment of New Metrics”

7 December, 2009 ISHIHARA Kohji, MURAMATSU Mariko, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, SEKIYA Sho Permalink

UTCP Workshop “Sustainability and Ethics: Towards Establishment of New Metrics” was held on November 10, 2009.

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[Report] UTCP Lecture "Limits of grammatical arbitrariness in Wittgenstein"

2 December, 2009 NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, Visiting Speaker Series Permalink

UTCP Lecture "Limits of grammatical arbitrariness in Wittgenstein" was held on Octorber 14, 2009.

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[Report] Seminar Series "The Question of Technology Today"

9 September, 2009 NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, Philosophy of Technology Permalink

Prof. Alain-Marc Rieu's Seminar Series "The Question of Technology Today" was be held on June 5, 2009 and July 3, 2009.

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【UTCP Juventus】 Eisuke Nakazawa

7 August, 2009 NAKAZAWA Eisuke, UTCP Juventus Permalink

Eisuke Nakazawa will release the 3rd article of the UTCP Juventus 2009.

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UTCP Booklet 8 Enhancement, Society, Humanity

9 April, 2009 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, ISHIHARA Kohji, └Enhancement, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, TACHIBANA Koji, Short-Term Programs, Publications Permalink

We published the eighth volume of the UTCP Booklet, Enhancement, Society, Humanity.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 5, Session 2

2 February, 2009 └Seminar 5: Reading Hauser's Moral Minds, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, SATO Ryoji, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 2 of this seminar, we discussed the second half of chapter 1 (pp. 32-55).

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[Report] The 3rd BESETO Conference of Philosophy

29 January, 2009 MURATA Junichi, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki Permalink

The 3rd BESETO (Peking University, Seoul National University and the University of Tokyo) Conference of Philosophy was held on January 10–11, 2009 at the University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus. The theme of the conference was “Philosophy in the East Asian Context: Knowledge, Action, Death, and Life.”

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[Report] Neuroethics Society First Annual Meeting

26 November, 2008 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, NISHITSUTSUMI Yu, UEHARA Ryo, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

The first annual meeting of the Neuroethics Society was held in Washington DC on November 13 and 14 in 2008. Four UTCP researchers paticipated in the conference.

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[Report] Review Symposium on A Perspective on Neuroethics

30 September, 2008 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, ISHIHARA Kohji, MURATA Junichi, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, UEHARA Ryo, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink
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[Publication] A Perspective on Neuroethics

4 September, 2008 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, UEHARA Ryo, Brain Sciences and Ethics, Publications Permalink

A Perspective on Neuroethics, edited by Yukihiro Nobuhara and Saku Hara, was published (Keiso Shobo).

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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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