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*The materials presented in Japanese language can be found on the Japanese web page.
| The 9th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
|---|---|
| DATE | 18 March 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Mathematical Models based Sociology Studies: Why do we need them? |
| LECTURER(S): | Hiroshi HAMADA(Tohoku University） |
| The 8th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 1 March 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Recent Transformation of US College Faculty Work and Careers |
| LECTURER(S): | Paul, UMBACH (North Carolina State University) |
| The 7th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 22 February 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Social space perspectives in exploring SDGs curricula localization: Case study at two Japanese national and private universities |
| LECTURER(S): | Ariunaa, ENKHTUR (Osaka University) Mahboubeh, RAKHSHANDEHROO(Kwansei Gakuin University) |
| The 6th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 7 February 2024 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Students’ development and identity transformation amid hard science laboratory communities |
| LECTURER(S): | Sachi OKAMOTO (Osaka University) Kasane KOIZUMI (Osaka University) Mako KAWANO (Kyoto University） |
| The 5th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 15 December 2023 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Why University Employees Are Not Acting on Their Own Initiative: From the Perspective of Proactive Behavior |
| LECTURER(S): | Yuya HORIKAWA (The University of Tokyo) |
| The 4th Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 20 November 2023 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | The Foundation of Université Paris-Saclay – Construction of a new organization and a new university campus |
| LECTURER(S): | Keitaro NAKATANI (Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay) |
| The 3rd Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 14 September 2023 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Education Affairs in the History of the International Exchange between China and Japan: The Social Experience of Japanese in Prewar Shanghai |
| LECTURER(S): | Zuen Chen (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences & Donghua University) |
| LANGUAGE | Japanese |
| The 2nd Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 5 July 2023 |
| VENUE | Online (Zoom) |
| TOPIC | The “Micro to Macro” Problem in Social Science Research: A Methodological Perspective |
| LECTURER(S): | KANG, Kaixiang (Hiroshima University) FAN, Yizhou (Hiroshima University) |
| LANGUAGE | Japanese |
| The 1st Open Seminar in 2023–2024 | |
| DATE | 20 June 2023 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Economic Security and University |
| LECTURER(S): | Yasunori YAMASHITA (Kyoto University) Takanori MIYAKE (Cabinet Office） Isao TAKAHASHI (Cabinet Office） |
| LANGUAGE | Japanese |