Ritsumeikan University Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) will hold its first symposium in January 2 024. RARA professors have a thorough discussion on “How should we tackle this era of global crisis?” with Professor Kazuto Hongo from the

Ritsumeikan University
Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) will hold its first symposium in January 2024. RARA professors have a thorough discussion on “How should we tackle this era of global crisis?” with Professor Kazuto Hongo from the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo as a guest.
Date and time: January 25, 2024 (Thursday) 14:00-16:00 (online delivery available)
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Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) is a research
organization responsible for leading and advanced research at Ritsumeikan University (Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, President: Yoshio Nakatani). The first sponsored event will be held on Thursday, January 25, 2024. The symposium will be open to the public via Zoom broadcast. We are currently accepting applications for participation.
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Background to the establishment of Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) Ritsumeikan University is moving toward becoming a next-generation research university based on Ritsumeikan’s school vision for 2030, R2030, “More freedom to take on challenges.” In order to make this ambition a reality and bring new value to future society, we established RARA in 2021 as a mechanism to drive the further advancement of Ritsumeikan University’s research.
RARA is characterized by focused and tailored support tailored to each career stage, from doctoral courses to core researchers at our university, and we have appointed a faculty of “RARA Fellows” who will be the frontrunners. , we are working to create a focused research environment.
To date, 16 RARA fellows have become advanced researchers who are opening up the future. Based on the four behavioral guidelines of “aspirations,” “co-creation,” “transformation,” and “trust,” Nodes (Nodes), which connects diverse researchers inside and outside the university, We are promoting research activities and disseminating results in order to become a connecting point.
RARA’s first symposium: Opening up the future with “integrated knowledge” The first symposium will be held on January 25, 2024 (Thursday) as part of the dissemination of research results obtained through RARA activities.
In this symposium, we will invite Professor Kazuto Hongo of the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, a well-known historian, as a guest, and together with RARA fellows, he will transcend time, space, and territory to provide insight into the “crises” that surround us.
As a new challenge for “integrated knowledge” that RARA is tackling, RARA will become a “node of knowledge,” working with Professor Hongo to connect the past and the future, from climate change to domestic and international issues, to the state of people’s minds. We confront “crises” with profound ideas.
Symposium overview
Theme: How should we take on challenges in an era of global crisis? Aiming for “integrated knowledge” that connects different fields Date and time: January 25, 2024 (Thursday) 14:00-16:00 (online connection starts from 13:45)
Target audience: researchers, students, and the general public Application: Please apply from the website below. [Deadline: January 22nd (Monday)]
https://rararits01.peatix.com
*The URL for connecting on the day will be sent to the email address you applied for at a later date.
*For archive distribution, a URL for viewing the archive will be sent to the email address you applied for at a later date.
Program (planned)
◆General moderator: Shima Okada Fellow
◆Opening
President Yoshio Nakatani “Background of the establishment of RARA, past activities, and future vision”
◆Part 1 (40 minutes)
Fellow Sayaka Ogawa and Professor Kazuto Hongo Open Discussion “What is the essence of the “difficulty of living” for modern people?” A time when there are no correct answers. Modern people face an unprecedented pandemic. An information explosion and a fast-moving society. Japan is lagging behind the rest of the world… In this conversation, we will unravel the essence of our “difficulty in living.” Japanese wisdom gained from past historical pandemics, adaptation to diversity, and search for identity in the “age of individuals.” What can we learn from other regions, ethnic groups, and histories about how to maintain our minds? We will talk about the wisdom that modern people can use to cope with the difficulties of life.
◆Second part (40 minutes)
Fellow Sayaka Ogawa x Fellow Takeshi Nakagawa x Professor Kazuto Hongo, Moderator: Shima Okada Fellow
Panel discussion: “Learning from history: How should humanity deal with this global crisis?”
Professor Hongo and RARA fellows will serve as panelists in a wide-ranging discussion about how to view the current “global crisis” and how to respond to it. From climate change to matters of the heart, he develops grand and concrete ideas about “crises” while moving back and forth between the past and the future and various regions. I conclude with a message for the unpredictable future of humanity and the earth. This is the beginning of an interdisciplinary and exciting journey.
◆Part 3 (20 minutes)
Q&A with visitors
Speaker profile
Kazuto Hongo / Professor, Historiographical Institute, University of Tokyo [Image 2