Symposia

Global COE Co-Hosted Symposium “Why do we laugh?”
(The Fifth Global COE Co-hosted Symposium by Unit A)

The 5th Global COE co-hosted Symposium will be held at the 55th meeting of the Japanese Society of Theoretical Psychology as follow.

Date: 14:15～17:00, November 7th, 2009
Venue：Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University (The Third Lecture Room in Shinkan)
Planner：Naoyuki Osaka, Yuki Otsuka (Kyoto Univ.)
Moderator：Naoyuki Osaka
Panels：Shinya Morishita(Kansai Univ.), Takashi Nozawa(Mejiro Univ.), Morimasa Yoshihiko (Okayama Univ.)
Inquiries： Dr. Yuki Otsuka e-mail: yotsuka _at_ bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change _at_ to @)
Reference：Why do we laugh? (In Japanese)

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The 5th Global COE Co-Hosted International Symposium: The Direction of Educational Reform in Japan and Korea

Global COE Unit B will co-host an international symposium as follows.

• Date：Friday, July 31st
  
• Venue：Shiran-Kaikan-Bekkan, Kyoto University
  
• Hosted by: Center for Collaboration in Innovation and Educational Practice, Kyoto University
  
• Co-hosted by: Kyoto University Globa COE Program “Education for Revitalizing Hearts and Minds” Unit B
  
• Presenters: Sun-Geun Baek (Professor, Seoul National University), Fumio Isoda (Chief of Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT), Kanae Nishioka (Associate Professor, kyoto University)
  
• Inquiries：Hitoshi Sugimoto: m52290 _at_ sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change _at_ to @)
  
• Reference (in Japanese): The Direction of Educational Reform in Japan and Korea　・　Program　・　Poster
  

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The 4th Global COE-Hosted International Symposium: Kyoto-Lancaster Joint International Symposium on Psychological Science - New Directions of Memory Research

Global COE Unit A will host an international symposium as follows. All presentations and questions are in English.　Admission is free and No reservation is needed. We look forward to your visit.

• Date： Friday, July 24th
  
• Venue：International Exchange Hall II, Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
  
• Hosted by: Kyoto University Globa COE Program “Education for Revitalizing Hearts and Minds” Unit A and Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
  
• Speakers: Coral Dando, Mark Howe, Tom Ormerod, Alex Sandham (Lancaster University), Randall Engle (Gergea Institute of Technology), Kazuo Fujita, Naoyuki, Osaka, Jun Saiki, Satoru Saito (kyoto University)
  
• Inquiries：Satoru Saito: s.saito _at_ mbox.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp or Yuki Otsuka:yotuska _at_ bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change _at_ to @)
  
• Reference: Kyoto-Lancaster New Directions of Memory Research
  
• Symposium Poster:KU-LU poster
  

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LONDON PROJECT: The quest of narrative methodology for the medical and psychological support in multiple cultures
(Unit C)

• Date：Tuesday, June 29th - Friday, July 3rd 2009
  
• Venue：London, U.K.　
  
• Hosted by: Methodology of clinical support and dialogical education based on polyphonic narrative-fieldwork across multiple cultures(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（A）, Head Investigator: Yoko Yamada)
  
• Co-hosted by: Kyoto University Glocal COE Program “Education for Revitalizing Hearts and Minds” Unit C
  
• Inquiries：Yoko Yamada: yo-yay _at_ nifty.com (Please change _at_ to @)
  
• Reference：LONDON PROJECT: The quest of narrative methodology for the medical and psychological support in multiple cultures

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The Third Global COE-Hosted International Symposium on “The self, the other & language II: Dialogue between philosophy and psychology” by Unit C

Global COE Unit C will host an international symposium as follows;

• Date: Saturday, February 29 – Sunday, March 1st
  
• Venue: Kyodai Kaikan
  
• Theme: The self, the other and language II: Dialogue between philosophy and psychology
  
• Presenters from G.B.:　Profs. Paul Standish、Jan Derry, etc.
  Presenters from Japan:　Profs. Takashi Kusumi,　and Tadashi Nishihira, etc.
  
• Inquiries: Prof. Naoko Saito; saitona_at_educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace _at_ to @)
  
• Reference: Programme.pdf
  

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The Third Global COE- Co-Hosted International Symposium on “Future of Faculty Development in Japan”
（Unit D）

Global Coe- Co-hosted international Symposium will be held as follow.
The Future of Faculty Development in Japan ―Building the core in faculty development―

• Date： Saturday, January 24th, 2009 ～ Sunday, January 25, 2009
  
• Venue：Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University　　
  
• Hosted by：Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education
  
• Co-Hosted by：Kyoto University Global COE Program “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds”
  
• Inquiries
  
  
  
  • Kyoto University Department of Promotion of Education: TEL: 075-753-9343
    
  • email: soumu88＠mail.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
    
  • Please write “inquires on international symposium” on the subject line
    
  
  
• Admission is free (English and Japanese translators are provided for this symposium)
  
• References：日本のFDの未来.pdf
  　　　　　　　　The Future of Faculty Development in Japan.pdf
  

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The Second Global COE Hosted Symposium

GCOE “Education for Revitalizing Hearts and Minds” will host the Second Co-Hosted Symposium With Keio University.
The Second Joint Symposium between Kyoto University and Keio University “Mind, Culture and Disease: Cultural and Ethical Issues over Biomedical Technology”

• Date：Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:30～16:30
  
• Venue：International Exchange Hall I, Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
  
• Hosted by: Kyoto University Global COE “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds” and Keio University “Innovative Research Center for Logic and Sensibility”
  
• Lecturers: 1) Professor Margaret Lock (McGill University Canada); Translator, Prof.　Junko Kitanaka (Keio University) 2) Professor Carl Becker (Kyoto University)
  
• Commentators:
  Professor Shoko Suzuki (Pedagogy), Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
  Professor Keizo Miyasaka (Anthropology), Faculty of Letters, Keio-Gijuku University
  
• Inquiries: Professor Hitoshi　Sugimoto　m52290＠sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp （two-byte ＠ is used here to avoid link problems）
  
• Reference:: ■京大－慶大合同シンポ「心・病・文化―医療をめぐる文化と倫理」.pdf
  

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Global COE Co-Hosted Symposium “Disease and Clinical Psychology”—the Application of Clinical Psychology for People with Disease”
(The Forth Global COE Cosponsored Symposium by Unit C)

Main Purposes：This symposium tries to present how clinical psychology could be applied to or assist for the people suffering from disease.　Dr. Alan Jacobson was invited to this seminar in order to assist us in exploring the wisdom of clinical psychology, an essential theme for the present time.

• Date： Monday,November 17th, 2008 13：00－16：00
  
• Venue： Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
  
• Title: “Disease and Clinical Psychology”—the Application of Clinical Psychology for people with disease”
  
• Planned by：Profs. Akira Kaitou（Kyoto University, the representative for this symposium）and Toshio Kawai (Kyoto University)
  
• Chair： Prof. Akira Kaitou (Kyoto University)
  
• Talks by： Prof. Toshio Kawai (Kyoto University); Dr. Akiko Shimizu (Kyoto University); and Dr. Alan Jacobson（Senior Vice President at the Joslin Diabetes Center）
  
• Discussants: Profs. Tadashi Nishihira (Kyoto University); Toshikazu Noma (Kyoto University)
  
• Admission is free and no reservation is needed. We look forward to your visit. The symposium will be run in two languages (English and Japanese)

• Inquiries：
  
  
  
  • Prof. Akira Kaitou　n50416@sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp
    
  • reference http://www.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
    

• Co-hosted by：the Support Program for Improving Graduate School Education “Fostering outstanding scholars for the fields of clinical psychology “ and the Kyoto University Global COE Program “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds”
  
• In cooperation with by：Dr. Hitoshi Ishii at Tenri Yorozu Soudan Hospital and Kyoto University Diabetes Clinical Psychology Research Team
  
• Reference (in Japanese) ：病と臨床－病に生きる人間にみる臨床の知.pdf

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Global COE Co-Sponsored Symposium “Traditions of education in East Asia and its encounter with modern educational Thoughts”
(The Third Global COE Co-Sponsored Symposium by Unit B)

• Date： Sunday, August 10th, 2008 9:00-10:30
  
• Venue：Kyoto University, Yoshida South Campus Building 1 Room 311
  
• Title：Traditions of education in East Asia and its encounter with modern educational Thoughts
  
• Planner： Masashi Tsujimoto, Organizer： Hitoshi Sugimoto
  
• Chair： Morimichi Kato (Tohoku University)
  
• Panel: Zhongying Shi (Beijing Normal University) Yong-Jin Hahn (Korea University) Masashi Tsujimoto (Kyoto University)
  
• Reservation: No reservation is needed and admission is free.
  *This Symposium will be held as a part of the Conference, International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE). Please note that if you would like to participate in other sessions of INPE, you are required to register yourself and pay admission fee. For details please visit：http://www.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~bambi/Einfo.html
  
• Inquiries; Hitoshi Sugimoto e-mail: m52290＠sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  

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Global COE Co-Sponsored Symposium “Social Brain 2008”
(The Second Global COE Co-Sponsored Symposium by Unit A)

• Date： Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 13:00-17:00
  
• Venue：The third lecture room, The Department of Letters, Kyoto University
  
• Title：Social Brain, 2008
  
• Talks： Forewords by Naoyuki Osaka (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University); Brain’s Functions of Trading by Prof. Toshiya Murai (Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University); Brain’s Function of Cheating Others by Prof. Toshikatsu Fujii (Tohoku University, School of Medicine); and Heart (and Brain) that are Cheated by Prof. Yoshiaki Nihei (Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University)
  
• Reservation: No reservation is needed and admission is free.
  
• Inquiries; Dr. Yuki Otsuka e-mail: yotsuka＠bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  
• Reference (in Japanese): ■シンポジウム「社会脳2008」.pdf
  

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Global COE Project Co-Sponsored Symposium “Narrative on Life and Sickness”
(The First Global COE CO-Sponsored Symposium by Unit C)

• Date： Sunday June 8th, 2008 13:30-16:30
• Venue：Kyoto University Department of the Integrated Human Studies, Room 1102
• Title： Narrative on Life and Sickness
• Facilitated by：Prof. Yoko Yamada (Kyoto University), Shigeko Saiki-Claighill（Tokyo Metropolitan University）, Shigeyuki Eguchi (Tokyo Musashino Hospital）
• Commentators： Norifumi Kishimoto　（Kyoto University Hospital）and Tomoko Yamaguchi （Nihon Fukushi University）
• Moderator：Motohiko Nagata （Kyoto University）
• Admission Fee: Free for the members of the Japan Qualitative Psychology; Others, 1000 yen
• Maximum Occupancy：100（First comes, first served）
• Inquires： Prof. Yoko Yamada（develop@www.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp）（Two-byte ＠ is used here to avoid link problems）
• Reference：■共催シンポ「人生と病いの語り」.pdf(in Japanese)

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Rethinking Education from the Total Aspects of Human Being with Body and Soul
（Global COE sponsored symposium）

“Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds,” Global COE, Kyoto University has become one of the supporters for the symposium below.

• Date： Sunday, June 1st, 2008 13:30-17:30
  
• Venue： Kyoto University, the Faculty of Letters, Shinkan (new building) the third lecture room
  
• Hosted by：Science Council of Japan/Psychology & Education Committee of “Rethinking Education from the total aspects of Human Beings, especially body and soul”
  
• Sponsored by：Kyoto University, Global COE “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds”
  
• Reference (in Japanese)：■シンポジウム「心と身体から教育を考える」.pdf
  

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Unit D Sponsored Symposium “Self, Other & Language” The Second
(Global COE Sponsored symposium)

• Date: Tuesday March 25-Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
• Venue: Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
• Theme: Self, Other, & Language
• Participants:
  UK side: Dr. Paul Standish Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
  JP side: Drs. Naoko SAITO, Masuo KOYASU, and Riho SAKURAI and seven graduate students
• Reference: under preparation

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The First Global COE-Sponsored International Symposium on “Happiness and Risks”

With warm welcome to the four professors from Germany, the Global COE Unit D group will host the first sponsored international symposium as follows. Presentations, questions and other remarks will be conducted in English. No reservation is needed and participation is free. We look forward to your visit.

• Date: Wednesday, February 20 and Thursday, February 21, 2008
• Participants:
  From Germany
  Prof. Christoph Wulf (The Free University of Berlin, Germany)
  Prof. Juergen Koerner (The Free University of Berlin, Germany)
  Prof. Joerg Zirfass (Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany)
  One additional professor from Germany is also expected to join.
  From Japan
  Prof. Shoko Suzuki
  Prof. Kazuo Fuijita
  Prof. Toshio Kawai
  Prof. Masuo Koyasu
  
• Venue: The first Lecture Room in Shinkan, the Department of Letters, Kyoto University
  http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/access/kmap/map6r_y.htm
• Sponsored by: Kyoto University, Global COE “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds”
• Inquiries: Prof. Shoko SUZUKI (ZXD01220＠nifty.com) (Two-byte character ＠ is used here to avoid link problems)
• References: 第１回グローバルCOE主催日独シンポ“幸福とリスク”.pdf 　　　　　　“幸福とリスク”プログラム.pdf

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The First Global COE Sponsored Symposium

With another Global COE project of Keio University, our Global COE will schedule a symposium as follows. Seating capacity of the venue is 500. This is an open symposium to public and admission is free. All lectures are in Japanese. Please contact the symposium section of Keio University for further information (03-5427-1156). We look forward to your visit.

●Title: Rikutsu? Herikutu? Rikutsu nuki? Kanjgaeru Kokoro, Kanjiru Kokoro (What makes people “feel” and What makes them “think”?)
http://www.carls.keio.ac.jp/jp/archive/080119.html

• Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10AM-18PM
• Venue: Tokyo Kokusai Forum (Tokyo International Forum) (Marunouchi 3-5-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 600-0005).
• Sponsored by: Keio University, Global COE Program, “Ronri to Kansei no Sentanteki Kyoiku Kyoten” (Leading educational project for the understandings of Logic and Sensitivity) and Kyoto University, Global COE “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds.”
• Inquiries: Prof. Masuo KOYASU （HGB03675＠nifty.com）　（Two-byte character ＠ is used here to avoid link problems)
• References (in Japanese)：第１回主催シンポジウム案内.pdf

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The First Global COE Sponsored Symposium

With another Global COE project of Keio University, our Global COE will schedule a symposium as follows. Seating capacity of the venue is 500. This is an open symposium to public and admission is free. All lectures are in Japanese. Please contact the symposium section of Keio University for further information (03-5427-1156). We look forward to your visit.

●Title: Rikutsu? Herikutu? Rikutsu nuki? Kanjgaeru Kokoro, Kanjiru Kokoro (What makes people “feel” and What makes them “think”?)
http://www.carls.keio.ac.jp/jp/archive/080119.html

• Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10AM-18PM
• Venue: Tokyo Kokusai Forum (Tokyo International Forum) (Marunouchi 3-5-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 600-0005).
• Sponsored by: Keio University, Global COE Program, “Ronri to Kansei no Sentanteki Kyoiku Kyoten” (Leading educational project for the understandings of Logic and Sensitivity) and Kyoto University, Global COE “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds.”
• Prof. Masuo KOYASU （HGB03675＠nifty.com）　（Two-byte character ＠ is used here to avoid link problems)
• References (in Japanese):

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Second Global COE Co-Sponsored International Symposium: International Symposium on Executive Function in the Mind

An international symposium (and an international seminar for young psychologists) co-sponsored by Global COE Unit A group will be scheduled as follows. All presentations and questions are in English. No reservation is needed. We look forward to your visit.

●International Symposium on Executive Function in the Mind

• Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 9:30AM-12:30PM (international seminar for young researchers); 14:50-18:30PM (International Symposium) and Thursday, December 6, 2007 10:10AM -18:00PM.
• Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Conference Room I (for International Seminar for Young Psychologists) and International Exchange Hall (for International Symposium).
  http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/access/kmap/map6r_y.htm
  
• Sponsored by: Kyoto University, Graduate School of Education
• Co-sponsored by：Kyoto University Foundation for Educational Promotion ＆　Global COE Program, Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds
• Inquiries: Dr. Masuo Koyasu (HGB03675＠nifty.com) (Please note the two-byte character ＠ if you copy and paste　this e-mail address)



• References: Program for the Symposium and its abstracts EF-Program.pdf

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First Global COE Co-Sponsored International Symposium: PISA—Characteristics and Challenges—Japan and China Joint Study Meeting—

An international symposium co-sponsored by Global COE Unit B group will be scheduled as follows. No reservation is needed. We look forward to your visit.

PISA –Its Characteristics and Future Challenges—Japan and China Joint Study Meeting

• Date: Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 10AM-12PM.


• Venue: Shiran Kaikan (Bekkan) Kenshushitu Room I. (Kyotoshi, Sakyoku, Yoshida Ushino Miyamachi 11-1).


• Sponsored by: Center for Collaboration for Innovation and Educational Practice


• Co-sponsored by: Kyoto University, Global COE Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds
  
• Moderator: Prof. Yusaku Otsuka (Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University)

Opening greeting: Prof. Koji Tanaka (Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University)
Presenters: Prof. Takashi Kusumi (Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University) “PISA Experience and Japan”
Prof. Hiroshi Uchimura (Kyoto Institute of Technology) “Experiences from PISA –through Scientific Literacy—”
Prof. Kogun (Researcher, China National Institute for Educational Research) “An Outline of Educational Achievement Studies of Chinese Primary and Junior High School Students for the years—2006-2009 National Essential Theme―”

• Inquiries: Prof. Koji Tanaka　l50095＠sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please note the two-byte character ＠ if you copy and paste　this e-mail address)

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Global COE Project Opening Commemorative Symposium: “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds”

• Date: Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 9AM to 6PM（12 noon to 1PM will be poster presentations by graduate students ）
• Venue: First and Second Lecture Rooms at the Graduate School of Letters
• Poster(pdf)
  Proceedings(pdf)

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