We are pleased to announce that an open seminar will be held as follows:
■Date
16:30–18:00 Friday, 7 August 2026 (JST)
(until 18:30 at the latest)
■Theme
Navigating Intellectual Humility in Advanced Research Contexts: Doctoral Supervision, Hidden Curriculum and Researcher Independence
■Venue
Online: Zoom
■Language
English
■MC
Yusuke SAKURAI (Hiroshima University)
■Lecturers
Dely ELLIOT (University of Glasgow)
Ruth ALBERTYN (Stellenbosch University)
Jasvir Nachatar SINGH (La Trobe University)
Wenjuan, CHENG (Osaka University/ Hiroshima University)
Shizuki, SARUTA (Tohoku University/Hiroshima University)
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■Abstract
This open seminar draws on cases from three countries (UK & South Africa) including Japan, to discuss “intellectual humility” as a key concept for doctoral education in the context of supervising graduate research. Intellectual humility is framed not as mere modesty, but as an intellectual virtue that involves realistically evaluating one’s own strengths and limitations while remaining open to others’ perspectives and divergent views. Its significance is examined for both supervisors and doctoral students. More specifically, the seminar introduces a framework that understands intellectual humility as a balance between intellectual arrogance and intellectual servility, and offers implications for doctoral supervision from three angles: (1) approaches that treat uncertainty and impasses not as “failure” but as opportunities for learning, (2) ways of engaging that soften power asymmetries while fostering critical dialogue, and (3) feedback and supervisory practices that nurture graduate students’ agency and independence as researchers. Researchers in Australia and current doctoral students will share their views. We discuss how supervision practices mindful of intellectual humility can promote cognitive and personal growth for both students and supervisors.
Organised by the Center for Academic Practice and Resources, Future Creators Education Institute, Hiroshima University
Supported by the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
■Note
・Participation fee is free.
・Registration is open noon on Thursday, 6 August 2026 (JST).
・Internet access and a camera/microphone device required to participate online.
・Use your full name as your personal meeting ID when you enter the meeting room. If you do not, you may not be allowed to enter the meeting room.
・Recording/screenshots not allowed.
・The meeting URL will be emailed to you separately by the day before the meeting. If you do not receive the e-mail, please contact us at k-kokyo(at)office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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