Announcement: International Symposium “New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities”2018/02/01
Announcement: International Symposium”New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities”
Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies (EToS) which was established on 17th January 2018 will hold a symposium “New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities” on 25th February 2018.
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International Symposium: “New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities”
[Date]
Sunday, 25th February 2018
[Time]
10:00-19:00 (Open: 9:00)
[Venue]
Satta Hall, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus (http://www.hosei.ac.jp/english/about/map/access/ichigaya/)
[Programme]
*First Part (10:00-12:00)
(1)Opening Remarks
Hidenobu Jinnai (President, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies)
(2)Keynote Speeches
Fumihiko Maki (architect) / Tokyo：An Atomized City and Their Spaces
*Title of the speech is changed on 16th February 2018.
Junzo Kawada (anthrolopoligist) / Impressions on the “Further Side of the River”
*Second Part: Dialogues and Debates (13:00-19:00)
(3)Session I / Figures of Modernite of Edo-Tokyo: Nature, Body, and Culture (Starting at 13:00)
Speakers: Thierry Hoquet (Paris Nanterre University) and Rosa Caroli (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Moderator: Shin Abiko (Hosei University)
(4)Session II / Macroscopic Concept of Edo-Tokyo: Post-Western / Non-Western (Starting at 15:00)
Speakers: Paolo Ceccarelli (The University of Ferrara), Lorena Alessio (The Polytechnic University of Turin), and Jorge Almazán (Keio University)
Moderator: Koh Kitayama (Hosei Univesity)
(5)Session III / Philosophy and Strategy Enabling to Revaluate and Regenerate City of Water
Speakers: Richard Bender (The University of California, Berkeley), Antonello Boatti (The Polytechnic University of Milan), and Masahiko Takamura (Hosei University)
Moderator: Hidenobu Jinnai (Hosei University)
[Language]
Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation is available)
[Admission Fee]
Free
[Registration]
Please send the message to the following email address for registration with your name and affiliation.
edotokyo-jimu@ml.hosei.ac.jp
[Detailed Information]
Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
https://edotokyo.hosei.ac.jp/news/news-20180120204336
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