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Past Public Lectures

Since AY2010, the Faculty of Letters has held annual public lectures open to high school students.

AY2024: The Faculty of Letters in Exchange

This is an announcement regarding the Faculty of Letters Public Lecture series at ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app: ¡°The Faculty of Letters in Exchange.¡±

6/1/2024

Globalizing Literary Studies: The World of Gulliver¡¯s Travels Begins in Japan

Rintaro Goyama (Japanese Literature) ¡Á Noriyuki Harada (English and American Literature) ?

Moderator: Satoshi Katsunuma (Asian History)

6/15/2024

The Intersection of Emotions and Fluid Language: Psychology ¡Á Ethics ¡Á Narrative

Kyoko Ishida (Ethics) ¡Á Yuri Terasawa (Psychology) ?

Moderator: Yusuke Wakazawa (English and American Literature)??

AY2023: The Faculty of Letters Beyond Borders

This is an announcement regarding the Faculty of Letters Public Lecture series at ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app: ¡°The Faculty of Letters Beyond Borders.¡±

6/10/2023

The Path to the Japanese Archipelago: Rethinking the First Inhabitants of Japan

Reiko Kono (Natural Sciences) and Takashi Nara (Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Physical Anthropology)

Moderator: Takehiko Watanabe (Folklore and Archaeology)

6/24/2023

How Do We See the World: Thinking Through Art

Eiichiro Hirata (German Literature) ¡Á Shinsuke Niikura (´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Art Center, Art History) ?

Moderator: Koji Usada (Psychology)??

7/1/2023

Books and Letters Transcend Time and Space

Ryuichi Hotta (English and American Literature) x Mari Agata (Library and Information Science) ?

Moderator: Koji Mineshima (Philosophy)??

AY2022: The Faculty of Letters in Dialogue

This is an announcement regarding the Faculty of Letters Public Lecture series at ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app: ¡°The Faculty of Letters in Dialogue.¡±

6/11/2022

Dialogue with the Western Middle Ages

Shiro Yamauchi (Ethics) and Tadaaki Kanzaki (Western History).

Moderated by Koji Mineshima (Philosophy).

6/25/2022

Dialogue between Psychology and Education on Language

Yasuyo Minagawa (Psychology) ¡Á Fukutaro Watanabe (Education) ?

Moderator: Sayaka Suga (Human Sciences)??

7/2/2022

From a Place Not to Be Named: The Sisterhood and Modernity

Yuko Nakamura (Faculty of Letters alumna, writer, filmmaker) ¡Á Hisayo Ogushi (English and American Literature) ?

Moderator: Yukari Kato (English and American Literature)??

AY2021: The Faculty of Letters in Inquiry

This is an announcement regarding the Faculty of Letters Public Lecture series at ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app: ¡°The Faculty of Letters in Inquiry.¡±

Online video

East and West, Science and Philosophy: On ¡°Nature¡±

Mario Kumekawa (German Literature) and Sosuke Yoshinaga (Chinese Literature).

Moderated by Senri Tanaka (Philosophy).

Online video

Antiquity as a Different Culture

Touta Kirimoto (Asian History) x Makoto Fujimoto (Japanese History) ?

Moderated by Takashi Hasegawa (Western History)??

Online video

Touching Distant Hearts: Clinical Anthropology of Distance Counseling

Kaito Towhata (Clinical Psychology, Jumonji University) x Junko Kitanaka (Human Sciences) ?

Moderator: Sayaka Suga (Human Sciences)??

AY2020: New Encounters Through the Faculty of Letters

This is an announcement regarding the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app Faculty of Letters Public Lecture series: "New Encounters Through the Faculty of Letters."

Online video

Philosophy Meets Life Sciences

Keisuke Saito (Philosophy) and Naoki Sato (The University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus, Life Sciences)

Moderator: Senri Tanaka (Philosophy)

Online video

Encounters Through the Classics

Tooru Ishikawa (Japanese Literature) x Peter Macmillan (Lecturer, University of Tokyo and others) ?

Moderator: Sakurako Inoue (French Literature)??

Online video

Examining Nazism

Akiko Shimizu (Western History) x Hidefumi Tsuji (Modern German History, Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Hosei University) ?

Moderator: Takashi Hasegawa (Western History)??

*The affiliations and titles of speakers reflect those held at the time of the lecture.