EVENTS

September 9Tuesday ICU HACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM SPECIAL EXHIBITION SUSTAINABLE: Thinking about the Life of Things

Date and timeSeptember 9 (Tue) -November 7 (Fri), 2025 13:00-17:00
LocationHACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Participation feeAdmission Free
OrganizersICU HACHIRO YUASA MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Contact pointTel: 0422-33-3340
CommentsFor more information, please visit the Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum webpage.
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September16Tuesday ICC Special Open Lecture: Towards a Divine Future: Christian Aspirations for "Puritan" Revival and Global Leadership in Urban China Today

Date and timeTuesday, September 16, 2025 14:00‐15:30
LocationERB1-257
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Application process and deadlineNo prior registration required
Participation feeFree of charge
OrganizersInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Contact pointInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
icc@icu.ac.jp
CommentsLecturer: Dr. Christy Wang (History)
*The lecture will be held in English.
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September25Thursday ICC Special Open Lecture: Trust in Homer

Date and timeThursday, September 25, 2025 14:00-15:30
LocationAlumni House 2F
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Application process and deadlineNo prior registration required
Participation feeFree of charge
OrganizersInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Contact pointInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
icc@icu.ac.jp
CommentsLecturer: Prof. Douglas Cairns (The University of Edinburgh)
*The lecture will be held in English.
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September25Thursday ICC Special Open Lecture: Takahashi Takako: Continuity and Change in Japanese Literary Discourse on Christianity

Date and timeThursday, September 25, 2025 16:30-18:00
LocationAlumni House 2F
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Application process and deadlineNo prior registration required
Participation feeFree of charge
OrganizersInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Contact pointInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
icc@icu.ac.jp
CommentsLecturer: Dr. Massimiliano Tomasi, Professor (Western Washington University)
*The lecture will be held in English.
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September27Saturday ICC Symposium: The Hitoyogiri Shakuhachi and the Sonic World of Medieval Japan

Date and timeSaturday, September 27, 2025 14:00‐17:00
LocationAuditorium, Diffendorfer Memorial Hall East Wing
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Application process and deadlineReservation needed (either via e-mail or tellephone)
ICU Sacred Music Center
icc@icu.ac.jp
Participation feeFree of charge
OrganizersInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Contact pointICU Sacred Music Center
icc@icu.ac.jp
Comments[The First Section: Lectures]
Lecture I: Sagara Yasuyuki (classical shakuhachi research, performer, meianshinpo-ryū-shakuhachi performer) "The world of hitoyogiri"
Lecture Ⅱ: Takakuwa Izumi (Honorary Fellow at Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) "The hitoyogiri performed by noh-actors"
Lecture Ⅲ: Matt Gillan (Prof. at ICU, musicology) "The meaning of hitoyogiri-shakuhachi chōshi: a consideration of Hayashi Razan’s Yoin shakuhachi-ki"

[The Second Section: Performance]
Izumi Takeo, Oyama Kizen, Kato Itsumi, Matt Gillan, Sagara Yasuyuki, Shimazu Yoshihide, Dan Shinku, Nick Bellando.

[The Third Section: Special perfomance]
Obama Akihito (hitoyogiri, shakuhachi)
Kawano Yuki (kyogen-shi, recital)

*co-sponsors:Hitoyogiri Shakuhachi Ōmori Sōkun 400 Year Memorial Festival Committee/ICU Sacred Music Center(SMC)/Tōyō Ongaku Gakkai
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October18Saturday ICC Special Open Lecture: One Aspect of New Testament Interpretation --A Controversy over Pistis Christou--

Date and timeSaturday, October 18, 2025, 2025
Locationnternational Conference Room, Dialogue House 2F, International Christian University
Target audienceICU faculty, staff and students, general public
Application process and deadlineNo prior registration required
Participation feeFree of charge
OrganizersInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Contact pointInstitute for the Study of Christianity and Culture
icc@icu.ac.jp
CommentsLecturer: Professor Emeritus Akira Ogawa (Rikkyo University, New Testament Studies)
**A lecture in Japanese
*Co-organized by Pedilavium Society
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November28Friday "28-30 November 2025|International Conference on Legal and Healthcare Interpreting"

Date and timeFriday, November 28 – Sunday, November 30, 2025
LocationInternational Christian University (ICU)
Application process and deadline
  • Conference registration will open on 15 July 2025.
  • Registration for Presenting Participants Closes on August 31.
  • Registration for Non-Presenting Participants Closes on September 30.
*Japan Standard Time
Participation feeConference fee: ¥20,000 (non-refundable)
Conference dinner: ¥5,000 (optional participation; payment method TBA)
OrganizersSocial Science Research Institute and Center for Gender Studies, International Christian University
Contact pointlegal.healthcare.interpreting.25@gmail.com
Official Website

CommentsKeynote 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)
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