EVENTS 2025
November28Friday "28-30 November 2025｜International Conference on Legal and Healthcare Interpreting"
| Date and time | Friday, November 28 – Sunday, November 30, 2025 |
| Location | International Christian University (ICU) |
| Application process and deadline | Conference registration will open on 15 July 2025. *Japan Standard Time |
| Participation fee | Conference fee: ￥20,000 (non-refundable) Conference dinner: ￥5,000 (optional participation; payment method TBA) |
| Organizers | Social Science Research Institute and Center for Gender Studies, International Christian University |
| Contact point | legal.healthcare.interpreting.25@gmail.com Official Website |
| Comments | Keynote Speakers: CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Kaori MINAMITANI, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Rinku General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (sponsored by APU with MEXT fund) Dr. Miranda LAI, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Conference Language: English Mode: Face-to-face Tentative Conference Schedule: Day 1 (28 November 2025): 13:00-19:45 -Registration -Conference Opening -Conference Keynote Speech by Dr. Minamitani -Coffee Break -Parallel Sessions 1 -Welcome Reception Day 2 (29 November 2025): 9:30-17:00 -Parallel Sessions 2 -Lunch -Parallel Sessions 3 -Coffee Break -Parallel Sessions 4 -Conference Dinner: 19:00-22:00 (Optional Participation) Day 3 (30 November 2025): 9:30-17:00 (venue changes to Troyer Memorial Hall after Lunch) -Parallel Sessions 5 -Coffee Break -Parallel Sessions 6 -Lunch -Aichi Prefectural University Public Symposium on Legal Interpreting (at Troyer Memorial Hall) -Keynote Speaker: Dr. Miranda Lai, RMIT University -Panelists: TBA -Languages: Japanese, English, and Japanese Sign Language (JSL) with Simultaneous Interpreting -Entrance Fee: Free (open to public) -Details of the Symposium: TBA -Conference Closing (at Troyer Memorial Hall) |
June14Saturday [Organ Concert] Ryo Tamiya
| Date and time | Saturday, June 14, 2025 3:00pm (2:30pm) |
| Location | ICU Chapel |
| Target audience | Open to public |
| Application process and deadline | Online tickets are available at Peatix. Reservations are not required, same-day tickets available at the door. (same price as reserved tickets on Peatix) Please check our website for details. |
| Participation fee | General Admission JPY2,000 |
| Organizers | ICU Sacred Music Center |
| Contact point | TEL: 0422-33-3330 e-mail: smc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | *This concert is not recommended for children under age 6. |
June14Saturday Special Event Celebrating Dr. Jane Goodall's Visit to Japan ── Inspiring Hope through Action: Passing on Jane's Legacy ──
| Date and time | Saturday, June 14, 2025 13:00-17:30 |
| Location | Diffendorfer Memorial Hall East Wing Auditorium, ICU |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Registration required. Registration begins at 10:00 AM on May 7, 2025. https://jane-goodall-in-japan-20250614.peatix.com ※You can choose to attend either in person or online (fees apply). ※For ICU/ICUHS students, please check the university portal site for registration. |
| Participation fee | In-person participation + Access to archived recording (sent after the event) Adults: ¥2,000 Students: ¥500 Online participation (Live streaming + Access to archived recording) Adults: ¥1,000 Students: ¥500 |
| Organizers | Jane Goodall Institute Japan Co-hosted by: International Christian University (ICU), Educators For Future |
| Contact point | Public Relations Office, Public Affairs and Communications Division, International Christian University pro@icu.ac.jp |
June 7Saturday Screening of "Removed by Force" ～ICU Peace & Reconciliation Week～
| Date and time | Saturday, June 7, 2025 14:00-15:30 |
| Location | International Christian University |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Pre-registration (Registration open on Monday, May 26) https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/pri/lecture-symposium/icupeace-week-peace-reconciliation-week.html |
| Participation fee | Free |
| Contact point | ICU Peace Research Institute (PRI) icupri@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | The documentary film "Removed by Force" portrays the history of persecution and human rights violations experienced by Japanese Americans in Hawaii during World War II. Inspired by co-executive producer Bill Kaneko’s strong desire to share this piece of history with Japanese audience and screen it in Japan, the film's Japanese subtitles were collaboratively created by students from International Christian University (ICU) and Middlebury College. The film will have its Japan premiere at International Christian University. On the day of the screening, Bill Kaneko himself will be attending.
Students and faculty at ICU have come together to organize “ICU Peace and Reconciliation Week” -- a week-long series of events that explore themes of peace and reconciliation.
As we mark 80 years since the end of World War II, we hope this event will provide an opportunity for all participants to reflect on peace and reconciliation.
We sincerely look forward to welcoming many attendees.
------------------------------------------ Organized by: ICU × Peace and Reconciliation Club, ICU POW Reconciliation Project, ICU Service- Learning Center, ICU Time Travelers (Historical Translation Student Group), ICU Reconciliation Forum, IRIS (ICU Refugee and Migrant Support Circle), Volunteer students from LearnUs Global Semester Program 2024, Middlebury College School in Japan, Nagasaki Echoes Project, and others Supported by: ERIFF East Asia Reconciliation International Film Festival, Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF), Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace, Nagasaki University Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) Endorsed by: ICU International Office Co-hosted by: ICU Peace Research Institute (PRI) |
June 2Monday ICU Peace & Reconciliation Week
| Date and time | Monday, June 2 to Sunday, June 8, 2025 |
| Location | International Christian University |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Each event requires prior registration (registration open on Monday, May 26) https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/pri/lecture-symposium/icupeace-week-peace-reconciliation-week.html |
| Participation fee | Free |
| Contact point | ICU Peace Research Institute (PRI) icupri@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | The following events are open to the general public members (non-ICU faculty and students), and they are welcome to attend. Events not listed here are restricted to ICU affiliates only. 6/2 (Mon): Special Lecture by Professor Kei Nemoto (Professor Emeritus at Sophia University / ICU Part-time Lecturer) – "Reconciliation between Myanmar and Japan" 3:25 pm - 5:40 pm at Seabury Memorial Chapel 6/3 (Tue): Student Event by Nagasaki Echoes Project 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm at the International Conference room 6/3 (Tue): Special Lecture by Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa (Former UN Special Representative) – "Peace and Reconciliation from the UN Perspective: Practices in East Timor and Rwanda" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm at the International Conference room 6/5 (Thu): Film Screening “Flee” 10:10 am - 11:25 am at the International Conference room 6/6 (Fri): Activity report of the UK visit by ICU POW Reconciliation Project 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the International Conference room 6/6 (Fri): Special Lecture by Professor Naoyuki Umemori (Professor at Waseda University / Institute for International Reconciliation Studies) – "Reconciliation from an Academic Perspective" 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the International Conference room 6/7 (Sat): Documentary Film Screening “History of Tenryumura” 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at the International Conference room 6/7 (Sat): Documentary Film Screening “Removed by Force” 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm at the International Conference room 6/7 (Sat): Reception ＆Mini Concert 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at the University Cafeteria [Exhibition] “Echoing the Voice of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition – Connecting Nagasaki’s Voices to the Future –” 6/3 (Tue) -6/8 (Sun) 1:00 pm to 6:30 pm (On 6/5 (Thu) only, the exhibition will be open from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm) at the International Conference Room ＊Please use public transportation when visiting the venue. ------------------------------------------ Organized by: ICU × Peace and Reconciliation Club, ICU POW Reconciliation Project, ICU Service- Learning Center, ICU Time Travelers (Historical Translation Student Group), ICU Reconciliation Forum, IRIS (ICU Refugee and Migrant Support Circle), Volunteer students from LearnUs Global Semester Program 2024, Middlebury College School in Japan, Nagasaki Echoes Project, and others Supported by: ERIFF East Asia Reconciliation International Film Festival, Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF), Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace, Nagasaki University Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) Endorsed by: ICU International Office Co-hosted by: ICU Peace Research Institute (PRI) ---------------------------- Exhibition: “Echoing the Voice of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition– Connecting Nagasaki’s Voice to the Future” At the Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House International Conference Room June 3 – June 8, 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm (June 5 only, 10:00 am – 6:30 pm) The exhibition features photographs of the atomic bombing, testimonies of survivors, data and case studies related to nuclear weapons, as well as columns written by six members of the Nagasaki Echoes Project. For more details, please visit the ICU Peace Research Institute website. ＊Information is updated regularly. |
May17Saturday 124th Open Lecture "Design of Japanese Wooden Cake Molds"
| Date and time | May 17 (Sat), 2025, 14:00–15:30 |
| Location | Online via ZOOM Webinar |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Registration Form |
| Participation fee | Free, but registration is required. |
| Organizers | ICU Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum |
| Contact point | E-mail: |
| Comments | Lecturer: Ms. Keiko Nakayama, Expert Director, TORAYA Confectionery, Co. Ltd. Moderator: Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University ＊This event will be in Japanese. |
May15Thursday [5/15 SSRI Open Lecture] Reconceptualising Nationalism: Why Does it Matter?
| Date and time | Thursday, May 15, 2025 15:25-18:05 (JST) |
| Location | H-275 (ICU University Hall) |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Please apply from this Link. (except for IRL 215 students) |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) ssri＠icu.ac.jp https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/ssri/en/ |
| Comments | Speaker： Dr. Atsuko Ichijo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Department of Criminology, Politics and Sociology, School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Kingston University London Abstract： Drawing from my forthcoming Nationalism and Subjectivity (Oxford University Press), the paper makes a case for reconceptualising nationalism as a way of mitigating deeply entrenched western centricity in conventional theories of nationalism. It outlines what is problematic of the established paradigm of the study of nationalism and proposes a subjectivity-focused definition of nationalism. The paper then looks into what such a reconceptualisation of nationalism can achieve using the case of Song China (960-1126). According to the established, modernist view of nationalism, nationalism could not have emerged in Song China because it had not gone through processes of modernisation be it industrialisation, democratisation, the development of market-based capitalist economy or the establishment of a centralised, bureaucratic state. However, it has been pointed out Song China experienced various developments which some historians consider modernisation and the Song literati were, for the first time in the long history of China, deeply immersed in articulating who the (Han) Chinese were and how they should be governed. Acknowledging their collective self-reflection as an expression of nationalism would help overcoming a deeply embedded habit of mind in current scholarship that the West got there first and therefore their experiences is paradigm defining. This will then allow us to ask why nationalism that emerged in the West in the late eighteenth century became dominant while Song Chinese nationalism did not without normative considerations, which would result in a more accurate understanding of how our world has come about. Speaker’s Profile： Dr. Ichijo is a graduate of BA in Liberal Arts of ICU. She has subsequently completed her MA in Sociology from the University of Tokyo, and her PhD (Ethnicity and Nationalism) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interest and recent publications focus on the field of nationalism studies. Language：English |
May15Thursday [5/15 ICC Special Open Lecture] The Reception of Platonic Eros in Late Antiquity: The Case of the Erotic Epistolographer Aristaenetus
| Date and time | Thursday, May 15, 2025 13:45-15:15 |
| Location | University Hall (Honkan), H-155 |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Registration is not required |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Email: icc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | Lecturer：Dr. Vassilios P. Vertoudakis (Classics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) *The lecture will be held in English. For more details: https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/icc/en/ |
May13Tuesday [5/13 ICC Special Open Lecture] Constructing Otherness in the Epigrams of Greek Anthology: Who is a Barbarian?
| Date and time | Tuesday, May 13, 2025 18:15-19:30 |
| Location | University Hall (Honkan), H-102 |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Registration is not required |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Email: icc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | Lecturer：Dr. Vassilios P. Vertoudakis (Classics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) *The lecture will be held in English. For more details: https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/icc/en/ |
May10Saturday Organ Concert Maiko Kato
| Date and time | Saturday, May 10, 2025 3:00pm (2:30pm) |
| Location | ICU Chapel |
| Target audience | Open to public |
| Application process and deadline | Online tickets are available at Peatix. Reservations are not required, same-day tickets available at the door. (same price as reserved tickets on Peatix) Please check our website for details. |
| Participation fee | General Admission JPY2,000 |
| Organizers | ICU Sacred Music Center |
| Contact point | TEL: 0422-33-3330 e-mail: smc@icu.ac.jp |
| Comments | *This concert is not recommended for children under age 6. |