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*You can check out the videos and materials on the Japanese web page.
| The 16th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 9 March 2026 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Shifting Geopolitics and the Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia: Comparative Perspectives |
| LECTURER(S): | Ayu Rachman (Universitas Bina Mandiri Gorontalo) Xin Li（Hiroshima University）Futao Huang（Hiroshima University） |
| The 15th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 19 Febuary 2026 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online) |
| TOPIC | The Professional Role of University Faculty in the Practice of Citizen Science |
| LECTURER(S): | Yasunobu MORITA (Fukuoka University) Kazuaki MARUYAMA (Nagoya University) Yoshiko SAITOH (Nagoya University) |
| The 14th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 11 Febuary 2026 |
| VENUE | Online (Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Crisis of academic freedom in Cameroonian universities: analysis of a multifaceted threat |
| LECTURER(S): | Célestine Laure Djiraro Mangue（Chargé de cours à l’Université de Maroua） |
| The 13th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 26 January 2026 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Responses to security concerns posed by international education: The Australian experience |
| LECTURER(S): | Chris Ziguras (The University of Melbourne) |
| The 12th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 6 January 2026 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | The purpose and significance of mid-career recruitment of university staff from the perspective of the person in charge of human resources recruitment |
| LECTURER(S): | Yuri USAMI（The University of Tokyo / Shibaura Institute of Technology) |
| The 11th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 18 December 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online) |
| TOPIC | University -Community Collaboration: Becoming a Trusted and Community-Rooted University |
| LECTURER(S): | Motoki FUJII (Shizuoka University) Masato MIYAKE (Ritsumeikan University） |
| The 10th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 21 October 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online) |
| TOPIC | The Educational System of Prewar Shanghai |
| LECTURER(S): | Zuen CHEN (National Dong Hwa University/ Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences) |
| The 9th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 26 September 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person:GINZA Uni-ku (5cho-me) G401 & Online) |
| TOPIC | University-community partnership－Workshop for University IR (Volume 3) |
| LECTURER(S): | Masaki KOIZUMI (NEC) Tomiaki TAMURA（NEC） |
| The 8th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 26 September 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | International Student Mobility: New Trends, New Challenges. Focus on the Case of France |
| LECTURER(S): | Yamina Bettahar (University of Lorraine) |
| The 7th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 25 July 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Engagement－Workshop for University IR (Volume 2) |
| LECTURER(S): | Masaki KOIZUMI (NEC) Aya OBAYASHI (WBC Labo) Ryosuke IKEDA(hootfolio) |
| The 6th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 24 July 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Political and Economic Dynamics of International Mobility in Higher Education: Exploring Theoretical Understanding on International |
| LECTURER(S): | Jung Cheol SHIN (Seoul National University) |
| The 5th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 3 July 2025 |
| VENUE | Online (Zoom) |
| TOPIC | Higher Education Research Discovery Series 3 The Scope and Potential of the Science of Science: New Indicators and Perspectives Insighted by Big Data |
| LECTURER(S): | Takahiro MIURA (MEXT) |
| The 4th Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 27 June 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: Kiteminsai Lab & Online) |
| TOPIC | Higher Education Research Discovery Series 2 Rethinking the Internationalization of Higher Education: Insights from Historical Research |
| LECTURER(S): | Mengyao Guo (Kanagawa University) Yizhou FAN (Hiroshima University) |
| The 3rd Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 11 June 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Theme: Academic Freedom in the United States: Theory, History, and Contemporary Issues |
| LECTURER(S): | David M. Rabban (The University of Texas School of Law) |
| The 2nd Open Seminar in 2025–2026 | |
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| DATE | 8 June 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person: VILLENT Hiroshima & Online) |
| TOPIC | Higher Education Research Discovery Series 1 Thinking via Prior Research: Can We Clone Society on AI? |
| LECTURER(S): | Daichi ISHI（NEDO NEP） |
| The 1st Open Seminar in 2024–2025 | |
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| DATE | 17 April 2025 |
| VENUE | Hybrid (In-Person & Online) |
| TOPIC | Who decides what counts? Employers, universities, and the negotiation of graduate employability through a sociology of conventions approach |
| LECTURER(S): | Lena Nuechter (University of Giessen / Visiting Researcher at Doshisha University） |