Lecturer:Graham PARKES Former Professor, University of Hawai‛i at Mānoa(currently: Professorial Research Fellow at University of Vienna) Title & Date:2024 May 17th (Friday) 16:30 – 18:00 (JPN time) “Managing Humanity’s Insanity: Rethinking our Place in Nature through Classical Chinese Philosophy” Venue:Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of TokyoConference room on the 3rd Floor (* On-site only) Language: English Facilitator: Prof. Takahiro Nakajima (Director, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia) Abstract:  Why the extreme term ‘insanity’? Well, because the way that we in the developed countries are currently living is beginning, through its impact on the climate and the biosphere, to render the planet uninhabitable. And only a very few among the ultra-rich […]

We cordially invite you to GAS Lecture on May 20th (Mon), 2024. This event will be held in-person only. To join this event, please fill in the registration form below.  　    Date and time: May 20 (Mon), 2024, 13:00-15:00 PM (JST) Venue: Main Conference Room (3F), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Title: Translation and the Right to Speak: The Global Turn in Contemporary Chinese Humanities Speaker: Prof. Marc Matten, Institute for Languages and Cultures of the Middle East and East Asia, Friedrich Alexander University　　　　 https://www.sinologie.phil.fau.de/mitarbeiter/professuren/prof-dr-marc-matten/ Moderator: Shigeto Sonoda, Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Registration: https://forms.gle/bRpBbL4jMpricaCs7 Language: English Outline: Following the economic growth and geopolitical rise of China in the past decades we observe […]