Public Lectures and Symposia (since 1956)
(Last updated on: November 17, 2004)
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Spring
July 3 (Tues.)
- ISHIDA Mikinosuke -- An Example of Iranian Elements in Ancient Japanese Culture
- TAKEDA Yûkichi -- The Dynamics of the Man'yô Culture
Fall
November 10 (Sat.)
- KISHIMOTO Hideo -- Looking at Shinto from an International Perspective
- NISHIDA Naojirô -- The Beauty of Change
Spring
May 25 (Sat.)
- HAGIWARA Tatsuo (Professor, Tokyo College of Arts and Science) -- The Formation of the Modern Shinto Ceremonies Group (saishi-shûdan)
- HISAMATSU Sen'ichi -- On the Origins of Japanese Literature
Fall
November 2 (Sat.)
- SAKAMOTO Tarô -- The Compilation of the Nihon Shoki
- KINDAICHI Kyôsuke -- The Connection between Ainu and Japanese Culture
Spring
May 24 (Sat.)
- TAKEOKA Katsuya (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Development of the Concept of Kami in Medieval Shinto
- KANAZAWA Shôzaburô (Professor Emeritus, Kokugakuin University) -- Concerning the Japanese Reading Koma for the Ancient Korean Kingdom Kôrai: Cultural Exchange between Japan and Korea
Fall
November 28 (Fri.)
- Joseph M. KITAGAWA (Professor, University of Chicago) -- Japanese Religion and Culture as Seen from Abroad
- YANAGITA Kunio -- A Consideration on Mitegura (Sacred Offerings)
Spring
June 12 (Fri.)
- FUJINO Iwatomo (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Tortoise-shell Divination
- MATSUMOTO Nobuhiro (Professor, Keiô University) -- The Characteristics of Indo-Chinese Culture
Fall
November 27 (Fri.)
- KÔNO Seizô (Professor Emeritus, Kokugakuin University) -- The Cultural Characteristics of Shinto Shrines
- TANIKAWA Tetsuzô (Professor, Hôsei University) -- Orthodoxy and Heresy: With Special Reference to the Sculptures of Enkû Shônin
Spring
June 18 (Sat.)
- ÔBA Iwao (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- An Archeological Study of Stone-Worship in Japan
- ISHIDA Eiichirô (Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- Mankind and Civilization
Fall
November 25 (Fri.)
- NISHITSUNOI Masayoshi (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Nature of Norito
- Robert N. BELLAH (Lecturer, Harvard University) -- Religious Tradition and Historical Change
Spring
June 21 (Wed.)
- TAKIGAWA Masajirô (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Diety Himekoso: A Study of the History Of Communications between Japan and Korea
- FUKUI Yasunobu -- The Formation of Jinnô shôtôki: A Rebuttal to the Criticisms of Hirata Toshiharu
Fall
November 17 (Fri.)
- TAKASAKI Masahide (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Morphology of the Kojiki
- FURUNO Kiyoto (Professor, Tokyo City College) -- Problems of Agricultural Rites
Spring
June 13 (Wed.)
- TAKAYANAGI Mitsutoshi (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Japanese Realism
- KUBODERA Itsuhiko (Professor, Tokyo College of Arts and Science) -- Ideas of Death, Impurity, and Purification in Ainu Funeral Rites
Fall
November 20 (Tues.)
- HORI Ichirô (Professor, Kokugakuin University and Tohoku University) -- Mountains Worship and Associated Religious Practices
- R.L.J. Zwi WERBLOWSKY (Professor, Hebrew University) -- On the Notion of 'East' and 'West'
Spring
June 26 (Wed.)
- KUWATA Tadachika (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Japanese Culture and the Tea Ceremony
- ISHIZU Teruji (President, Tohoku University) -- Religion: Why Is It Necessary?
Fall
October 11 (Fri.)
- ONO Sokyô (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Shinto Principles and Attitudes
- Robert H.L. SLATER (Professor, Harvard University) -- Westerner Conceptions of Religion and Japanese Religion
Spring
May 20 (Wed.)
- IWAHASHI Koyata (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- On Shinchi shinmin
- Floyd H. ROSS (Professor, Claremont Graduate School) -- Some Advice for Shinto
Fall
November 11 (Wed.) 2:40PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Room 105)
- ANZU Motohiko (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Shinto-Buddhism Syncretism
- OKA Masao (Professor, Meiji University) -- The Structure of Japanese Culture
Spring
May 26 (Wed.)
- HIGUCHI Kiyoyuki (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Reliability of Japanese Classics: The Legend of Emperor Jimmu and Archeology
- ÔNO Susumu (Professor, Gakushuin University) -- Reading the Nihon Shoki with Japanese Sounds: The Use of Kana in Private Notes on the Nihon Shoki
Fall
November 27 (Sat.) 1:00PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Large Lecture Hall)
- KOBAYASHI Hideo -- Miscellaneous Impressions
Spring
April 23 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Room 413)
- Jerald C. BRAUER (Dean, University of Chicago Divinity School) -- Religious Liberty and Christianity in America
Fall
October 29 (Sat.)
- NISHIDA Nagao (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Establishment of The Grand Shrine of Ise
- FURUTA Shôkin (Professor, Nihon University) -- Japanese Culture and Zen Buddhism
Spring
June 3 (Sat.)
- Delmer M. BROWN (Professor, The University of Southern California) -- Kami, Death, and Ancestral Kami
- NISHITANI Keiji (Professor, Ohtani University) -- On Japanese Culture
Fall
November 18 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Room 407)
- FUKUDA Tsuneari -- The Function of Words
- IMAIZUMI Tadayoshi (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- A National Language that was Free and Flexible
Spring
May 25 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Room 407)
- FUJII Sadafumi (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Meiji Restoration Leadership
- ENOKI Kazuo (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- Yamatai-koku Reconsidered
Fall
November 9 (Sat.)
- IWAHASHI Koyata -- Rituals
- HORI Ichirô -- Initiation Rituals
Spring
May 31 (Sat.)
- FURUKAWA Tetsushi (Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- The Faces of Japanese People
- SAEGUSA Mitsuyoshi (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Eastern and Western Thought: With Special Reference to Religion
Fall
October 25 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Large Classroom)
- YANAGAWA Keiichi (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- Matsuri and Modern Society
- NAKAMURA Kichiji (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Modernization and Community
Spring
June 6 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Large Classroom)
- USUDA Jingorô (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Japanese Way of Thinking in Folktales
- HARADA Toshiaki (Professor, Tôkai University) -- The Miyaza Matsuri: Changes in the Shinto Priesthood
Fall
October 31 (Sat.)
- OTOMATSU Shigetaka (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- An Archeological Study of the Ancient Culture in Southern Kyûshû
- SHIRATORI Yoshirô (Professor, Sophia University) -- The Composition of the South China Cultural History: With Special Reference to Ethnic Groups and Cultural Complexes
Spring
- NAKANE Chie (Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- The Japanese Value System: With Special Reference to Social Organization
Fall
November 6 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Large Classroom)
- INOUE Mitsusada (Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- An Essay on the Sangyô-gisho (Commentaries on the Three Sutras)
Spring
June 3 (Sat.)
- ARIGA Kizaemon (President, Nihon Women's University) -- Japanese Social Structure and the Way Japanese Think: Family Ancestors
Fall
November 2 (Thur.) 2:00PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Main Conference Room)
- Herbert ZACHERT (Professor, The University of Bonn) -- The Concept of Kami and the View of the Other-world in the Shinto Tradition
Spring
June 2 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Large Classroom)
- KAMISHIMA Jirô (Professor, St.Paul's University) -- Japanese Political Culture
Fall
October 27 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Main Conference Room)
- UCHINO Gorô (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Building an Academic History and Traditional Research Methods
Spring
June 15 (Sat.) (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- ÔBAYASHI Tarô (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- The Structure of Japanese Myth
Fall
October 26 (Sat.) (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- MARUYA Saiichi -- The Classification of Periods in Japanese Literary History
Spring
June 7 (Sat.) (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- KANDA Hideo (Professor, Musashi University) -- The Background of Ancient Japanese Culture
(Symposium) National Character and the Mission of Scholarship: A Test of Kokugaku Comparative Studies
December 13 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- Speakers
- WATANABE Shôichi (Professor, Sophia University)
NISHI Yoshiyuki (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
SAEKI Shôichi (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
ENOKI Kazuo (Director, Tôyô Bunko)
UCHINO Gorô (Director, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics)
- Moderator
- TODA Yoshio (Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics)
Spring
June 26 (Sat.) (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- HAYASHI Ôki (Director, National Japanese Language Research Institute) -- The Role of Chinese Characters in the Contemporary Period
Fall
October 30 (Sat.) (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- HAYASHI Kentarô (President, The University of Tokyo) -- Japanese Culture and German Culture
Spring
June 25 (Sat.)
- SASABUCHI Tomoichi (Professor, Okayama Notre Dame Sacred Heart College for Women) -- Shimazaki Tôson's View of Nature
Fall
November 12 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2)
- TSUCHIDA Naoshige (Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- Old Documents at Shôsô-in
Spring
June 24 (Sat.)
- KUBO Masahata (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- What is a University?: Reflecting on the History of Bologna
Fall
November 11 (Sat.)
- MITANI Eiichi (Professor, Jissen Women's College) -- The Literary Tale and Folklore
Spring
June 2 (Sat.)
- MURATAKE Seiichi (Assistant Professor, Tokyo City College)-- The Symbolism of Rice Farmers in the Mountains of Northern Luzon
Fall
November 17 (Sat.)
- Joseph SIEMES (Professor Emeritus, Sophia University) -- Roesler and Japan
Spring
June 14 (Sat.)
- KODAMA Kôta (Former President, Gakushuin University) -- Traffic in the Modern Period
Fall
November 29 (Sat.)
- ISHII Ryôsuke (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo) -- The Creation of the Ie System in Meiji Civil Law
Spring
June 20 (Sat.)
- MUKOYAMA Hiroo (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The View of Japan in Contemporary China
(Symposium) The Modernization of Japan and Kokugaku
June 26 (Sat.)
- Panelists
- UCHINO Gorô
MIYAZAKI Michio
SONODA Minoru
SAKAMOTO Koremaru
- Moderator
- ASOYA Masahiko
(Symposium) The Problem of Secularization in Asia
November 13 (Sat.)
- Speakers
- INOUE Nobutaka
David REID
ITÔ Abito
IKUNO Zen'ô
- Moderator
- ABE Yoshiya
January 9, 11-13, 1983
Public Lectures (January 9, Meiji Jingû Hall)
- Robert N. BELLAH -- Cultural Identity and Asian Moderization
- Peter L. BERGER -- Secularity: East and West
Session A: Religion and Secularization (January 11, The International House)
- Speakers
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- IKADO Fujio -- The Search for a Definition of Secularization: Toward a General Theory
- Arifin BEY -- Islam, Secularity and Modernization: With Special Reference to Indonesia
- René E. MENDOZA -- Religion and Secularization in the Philippines and Other Asian Countries
- SOMODA Minoru -- Secularity and Profanation in Japanese Religion
- Respondants
- YANAGAWA Keiichi
Peter L. BERGER
- Moderators
- ABE Yoshiya
INOUE Nobutaka
Session B: Traditionalism and Modernization (January 12, The International House)
- Speakers
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- Eddie C.Y. KUO -- Language Policy and Nation-building in a Multi-ethnic Society: The Case of Singapore
- ITÔ Abito -- Modernization and Traditional Culture in Contemporary Korea
- HIRAI Naofusa -- Traditional Cultures and Modernization: Several Problems in the Case of Japan
- Respondants
- Robert N. BELLAH
NAKANE Chie
CHAN Jukon
- Moderators
- ASOYA Masahiko
Jan SWYNGEDOUW
Session C: The Humanities and National Identity (January 13, The International House)
- Presentations
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- Triloki Nath MADAN -- Cultural Identity and Modernization in Asian Countries
- Pinit RATANAKUL -- Some Notes on the Humanities and National Identity
- RYU Tong-shik -- The Humanities and National Identity: The Case of Korea
- UCHINO Gorô -- Early Modern Kokugaku (National Studies) and New Kokugaku: Their Growth and Significance
- Respondants
- SUZUKI Mitsuo
UEDA Kenji
- Moderators
- FUJITA Tomio
David REID
Spring
July 2 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- FUJITA Tomio (Professor, St.Paul's University) -- Chichicastenango: Indian Religion
Fall
December 10 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- ÔSAKI Masaharu (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Religion and Society of the Bontocs Tribe
Spring
June 9 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KIKUCHI Yasushi (Professor, Waseda University) -- Asian Folk Culture and Society: With Special Reference to the Philippines
Fall
November 10 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- YAMAGUCHI Masao (Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Languages) -- A Person's Place of Dwelling: The Case of the Leo Tribe of Palau Flores, Indonesia
Spring
May 18 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- MABUCHI Tôichi (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo City College) -- The Bride-giving Clan and the Wife of a Heavenly Being: Southeast Asian Myth and Society
Fall
November 9 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- BITÔ Masahide (Professor, Chiba University) -- China and Japan as Seen through Confucian Thought
Spring
June 14 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- YAMAORI Tetsuo (Professor, National Museum of Japanese History) -- Japanese Buddhism: Between India and Japan
Fall
November 29 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- MIYAKE Hitoshi (Professor, Keiô University) -- Shugendô and Shinto
Spring
June 27 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- ARAKI Michio (Assistant Professor, The University of Tsukuba) -- New Religion as Folk Religion
Fall
October 31 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- NISHIYAMA Shigeru (Professor, Tôyô University) -- The Appearance of Magico-spiritualistic New Religions and Two Forms of Modernization
Spring
June 11 (Sat) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- ÔHAMA Tetsuya (Professor, The University of Tsukuba) -- Christianity in Modern Japan
Fall
October 29 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- ÔMURA Eishô (Professor, Osaka University) -- Postmodernity and Established Religious Groups
January 14, 1989 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- ARAKI Michio (Assistant Professor, The University of Tsukuba)
ÔHAMA Tetsuya (Professor, The University of Tsukuba)
ÔMURA Eishô (Professor, Osaka University)
NISHIYAMA Shigeru (Professor, Tôyô University)
- Moderator
- INOUE Nobutaka (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
Spring
June 10 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- MIYAJI Masato (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo) -- The Process of Establishing State Shinto
Fall
November 11 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- ÔHARA Yasuo (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Meiji Constitution and the Emperor System
Spring
June 23 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- TSUSHIMA Michihito (Assistant Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University) -- New Religions and the State in the Taishô and Early Shôwa Periods: Religious Tension over "Reconstruction"
Fall
October 27 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- ABE Yoshiya (Professor, Aichi Gakuin University) -- The GHQ's Policy toward Religion: Its Development and Enforcement
January 12, 1991 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- ABE Yoshiya (Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
ÔHARA Yasuo (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
TSUSHIMA Michihito (Assistant Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University)
MIYAJI Masato (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
- Respondant
- SAKAMOTO Koremaru (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
- Moderator
- INOUE Nobutaka (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
Spring
June 22 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Main Conference Room)
- NOMURA Masaichi (Assistant Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) -- Tradition and Modernity Revealed in the Human Body
Fall
November 9 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- SAKAMOTO Koremaru (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Creation of Ritual Space in National Ceremonies
Spring
May 16 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- TANAKA Sen'ichi (Professor, Seijô University) -- Changes in the Folkways of Mountain Villages in Recent Years
Fall
October 17 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- JINNAI Hidenobu (Professor, Hôsei University) -- Urban Creation and Urban Life in Japan's Modern Period
January 16, 1993 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- NOMURA Masaichi (Assistant Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)
SAKAMOTO Koremaru (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
TANAKA Sen'ichi (Professor, Seijô University)
JINNAI Hidenobu (Professor, Hôsei University)
- Respondant
- Norman HAVENS (Lecturer, Kokugakuin University)
- Moderator
- MOGI Sakae (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
Spring
June 19 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Tokiwamatsu Bldg.2 Lecture Hall)
- TANAKA Akio (Professor, Gakushuin University) -- The Tokyo Dialect and Standard Japanese
Fall
November 6 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- SHIMIZU Yasuyuki (Assistant Professor, Japan Women's University) -- Tokyo Dialect as Heard in Recordings from the Early 20th Century
Spring
June 25 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- AKINAGA Kazue (Professor, Waseda University) -- The Disappearing Tokyo Dialect
Fall
October 8 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- JÔO Hakutarô (Assistant Professor, The University of Tsukuba) -- The Tokyo Speech in the 21st Century: Prospects for the Language
January 14, 1996 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- TANAKA Akio (Professor, Gakushuin University)
SHIMIZU Yasuyuki (Assistant Professor, Japan Women's University)
AKINAGA Kazue (Professor, Waseda University)
AYUSAWA Takako (Director of the Department of Language Education, National Language Research Institute)
- Guest Respondant
- Stefan KAISER (Professor, The University of Tsukuba)
- Moderator
- KUNO Mariko (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
Spring
June 24 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- ONOZAWA Masaki (Assistant Professor, The University of Tsukuba) -- The State of Religion in an Agitated Southeast Asia: Thai Folk Religion in the Age of Internationalization
Fall
September 30 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- NISHIGAKI Tôru (Professor, Meiji University) The Informationa Age and Multimedia: The Future of Virtual Reality
January 10-12, 1996 (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
Public Lectures (January 10)
- ISOMURA Hisanori -- Cultural Identity in Europe
- KIM Yong-Woon -- Cultural Archetypes and Prospects for Japan, China, and Korea
Symposium
Asia Session (January 11)
- Speakers
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- INOUE Nobutaka -- The Information Age and the Globalization of Religion
- TSAO Feng-Fu -- Preserving Taiwan's Indigenous Languages and Cultures: A Review in Sociolinguistic Perspective
- CHEU Hock-Tong -- Global Culture and Its Effect on the Malay Family and Community
- Respondants
- Leslie E. BAUZON
ONOZAWA Masaki
- Moderator
- ABE Yoshiya
Europe Session (January 12)
- Speakers
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- Lilian VOYÉ -- Religion in Modern Europe and the Pertenence of Globalization Theories
- Jeanne PEIFFER -- The Plurilingual European Tradition as a Challenge to Globalization
- Olivier DOLLFUS -- Globalization, Families, and Communities in Europe
- Respondants
- Roland ROBERTSON
NISHIGAKI Tôru
- Moderator
- CHIBA Akihiro
Spring
June 29 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KOBAYASHI Tatsuo (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- Spatial Consciousness in the Jômon World
Fall
September 28 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KANASEKI Hiroshi (Professor, Tenri University) -- Large Buildings and Ritual Space in the Yayoi Period
Spring
May 31 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- MIZUNO Masayoshi (President, Nara University) -- The Structure of Religion and Sacred Space in the Kofun Period
Fall
October 4 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- WADA Atsumu (Professor, Kyoto University of Education) -- On the Formation and Development of Ritual Space in the Ancient Period
(Public Symposium) The Formation and Development of Ritual Space
January 17, 1998 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- KOBAYASHI Tatsuo (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
KANASEKI Hiroshi (Director, Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture)
MIZUNO Masayoshi (President, Nara University)
WADA Atsumu (Professor, Kyoto University of Education)
- Commentator
- SUZUKI Yasutami (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
- Moderator
- SUGIYAMA Shigetsugu (Professor, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University)
Spring
July 11, 1998 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- SAKAMOTO Koremaru (Professor, Kokugakuin University -- The Rise and Fall of State Shinto
Fall
November 14, 1998 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- FUJIWARA Masanobu (Lecturer, Ryukoku University) -- The Shin Sect of Buddhism under System of State Shinto
Spring
June 22, 1999 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- NAKANO Tsuyoshi (Professor, Soka University) -- Postwar Church-State Issues and Political Activity
Fall
October 9, 1999 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- MOMOCHI Akira (Professor, Faculty of Law, Nihon University) -- The Separation os Religion and State in Postwar Japan: Current Conditions and Future Issues
(Public Symposium) Politics and Religion in Modern Japan
January 22, 2000 (Sat) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- SAKAMOTO Koremaru (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
NAKANO Tsuyoshi (Professor, Soka University)
FUJIWARA Masanobu (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
MOMOCHI Akira (Professor, Nihon University)
- Commentator
- KANAI Shinji (Professor, University of Tokyo)
- Moderator
- ÔHARA Yasuo (Professor, IJCC)
Spring
May 13, 2000 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- IWAI Hiromi (President, Tezukayama University) -- Japanese Dietary Culture As Reflected in Shinto Food Offerings
Fall
October 7, 2000 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- ÔSAKI Masaharu (Professor, Kokugakuin University) -- The Culinary Culture of Southeast Asia: A Comparison with Japan
Spring
June 16, 2001 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KOJIMA Yoshiyuki (Professor Emeritus, Ryukyu University) -- Culinary Customs of the Ryukyu Islands, and a Comparison with Mainland Japan
Fall
November 17, 2001 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KAYANO Shigeru (Director, Kayano Shigeru Nibutani Ainu Museum) -- Feasting with the Ainu Gods
(Public Symposium) Food and Mind : The Spirituality of Culinary Culture
January 12, 2002 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- Speakers
- IWAI Hiromi (President, Tezukayama University)
ÔSAKI Masaharu (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
KOJIMA Yoshiyuki (Professor Emeritus, Ryukyu University)
HATAI Asako (Professor Emerita, Hokkaido University of Education)
- Commentator
- TANAKA Sen'ichi (Professor, Seijo University)
- Moderator
- SAITÔ Michiko (Assistant Professor, IJCC)
Spring
June 29, 2002 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- KOBAYASHI Hiroshi (Professor Emeritus, Kokugakuin University) -- Tokugawa Yoshimune and the Creation of Law
Fall
October 19, 2002 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- OHIRA Yuichi (Professor, Ritsumeikan University) -- Direct Appeals to Rulers: The Significance of the Meyasubako ["Suggestion Box"]
Spring
May 24, 2003 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Centennial Memorial Auditorium)
- YOSHIDA Masashi (Professor, Tohoku University) -- Wagers and Courts: Ordeals by Boiling Water and Heated Iron; Sacred Oaths and Suits
Fall
November 15, 2003 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Alumni Hall)
- JINBO Fumio (Professor, Nagoya University) -- The Bakufu Judiciary and the Creation of Laws: the Practice of Law and Legal Practice in the Edo Period
(Public Symposium) Creativity in Edo-Period Legal Culture
January 24, 2004 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Lecture Room 1105)
- Speakers
- KOBAYASHI Hiroshi (Professor Emeritus, Kokugakuin University)
ÔHIRA Yûichi (Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
YOSHIDA Masashi (Professor, Tohoku University)
JINBO Fumio (Professor, Nagoya University)
- Commentator
- NISHIMURA Shigeo (Professor, Kyushu University)
- Moderator
- TAKASHIO Hiroshi (Professor, IJCC)
Spring
May 15, 2004 (Sat.) 1:30PM (Lecture Room 1305)
- SHINPO Masahiro (Nasu Fudoki no Oka Material Archive, Tochigi Prefecture) -- The Archaeology of Mito Komon: Mitsukuni's Survey of the Kami-Samurai Mound in 1692
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