1958 Committee on Asian Cultural Studies established (July). Director Takeda Cho Kiyoko, Dr. Yuasa Hachiro, Roy Miller and Takeda, M. Troyer, Ishiwara Ken, Ebisawa Arimichi, Yamamoto Sumiko were among the founding members. From the beginning, the focus of reseach was on points of affinity and conflict between traditional Asian and rival Christian concepts of man, history, and society. Grant received from Harvard Yenching Institute (Director, E.O. Reischauer) for 5 years (until 6/1963) to collect books on Christianity and traditional thought both in China and Japan. (The collection is now kept in the ICU Library).

Compilation of bibliography of Christianity in Japan and Asia begun with the cooperation of Prof. Ebisawa Arimichi (Rikkyo Univ., Lecturer at ICU) and others. Journal Asian Cultural Studies No.1 published (Oct.).

1959 Lecture Series "Study on the Methodology of the History of Thought in Asia" from September, nine times. Lecturers include Otsuka Hisao, Ienaga Saburo, Kosaka Masaaki, Nakamura Hajime, Takeuchi Yoshimi, Tsurumi Shunsuke, Nishitani Keiji, Maruyama Masao, Edwin O. Reischauer.

1960 Christianity in Japan-- a Bibliography of Japanese and Chinese Sources (1543-1859) (Catholic and Protestant Sources) published. Asian Cultural Studies No.2 published (Sept.).

1961 Lecture Series, "Methodology of the History of Thought in Asia." Lecturers include Maurice B. Jansen, Robert N. Bellah, Ronald P. Dore, George M. Beckmann, Robert J. Lifton, Maurice E. Troyer. The proceedings of 1960 Lecture Series published as Shisoshi no Hoho to Taisho (Methods and Objectives of the History of Thought) (Sobunsha, 1961, Dec.). Compilation begun on Comparative Chronology of Christianity in Japan, Asia and Europe under the guidance of Prof. Ishiwara Ken.

1962 Asian Cultural Studies No.3 published. It includes the proceedings of the 1961 Lecture Series: "Studies on Modernization of Japan by Western Scholars" (Oct.).

1963 Second 5 year grant from Harvard Yenching Institute to collect books on Christianity and traditional thought in Japan, China, Korea and other parts of Asia. (The collection is now kept in the ICU Library).

1965 A Bibliography of Christianity in Japan -- Meiji Era (Japanese) published (May).

1966 A Bibliography of Christianity in Japan-- Protestantism in English Sources (1859-1959) edited by Prof. J.McGovern, Prof. Ikado F. (March). Asian Cultural Studies No.5 "Approaches to the "History of Thought" -- Transformation of Modern Japan--" published (Oct.).

1967 Asian Cultural Studies No.4 "Modernization of Asia" published (Sept.).

1970 Proceedings of the 1961 Lecture Series published in Japanese translation: Hikaku kindaika ron (Studies in Comparative Modernization) (Miraisha) (March).

1971 Committee on Asian Cultural Studies changed to Institute of Asian Cultural Studies. Takeda Cho Kiyoko continues as Director (April ). Joint Project on the Comparative Study of Japan and Korea: "Man and Modern Transformation of Asia" held with support from UBCHEA (United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia), Harvard Yenching Institute and Japan Association for the Promotion of Sciences.

1972 Open Lecture Series "China and Japanese in Historical Perspective" (from Jan.14 to March 3, for 7 times). Asian Cultural Studies No.6 published (Dec. ).

1973 Asian Cultural Studies No.7 "Interim Reports on Korean-Japanese Comparative Studies" published (May ).

1974 In order to complete the Joint Project on the Comparative Study of Japan and Korea, study groups (Study Team on History and History of Thought, and on Urbanization) visited Korea, and held meetings with the Korean scholars to exchange views and discuss the "Modern Transformation of Japan and Korea" (March). Work Continued on the Comparative Chronological Table of Christianity in Asia with Prof. Ishiwara Ken as consultant and Prof. Cho as Chief Editor. A new project on the "Comparative Study of Concepts of World History as a Basic Study for International Understanding" begun under the guidance of Prof. Yamamoto Tatsuro with a grant from the Mitsubishi Foundation. Basic materials are collected such as text books and serialized books on world history of various parts of the world (Oct. ).

1975 A new project on the study of Vietnam led by Prof. Yamamoto Tatsuro with support from UBCHEA and Harvard-Yenching Institute. Centering on historical studies, the project will collect basic documents, microfilms, and re-examine Vietnamese studies in Japan. Asian Cultural Studies No.8 "China and Japanese in Historical Perspective" (Sept.).

1977 Lecture Series on Basic Chinese Political Theories by Prof. Yi-pao Mei (Luce Foundation Visiting Professor from Tunghai Univ., Taiwan, philosophy) (Feb. 1, 8, 15). Study of the Concept of World History No. 1 published (March). Study of the Concept of World History No. 2 published (Sept.). International Symposium "Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Modern Asia" held with a special grant from UBCHEA (Oct. 27-28th). Asian Cultural Studies No.9 "Tradition of Korea and the Formation of Modern Society" published. It is the outcome of the Joint Project on the Comparative Study of Japan and Korea on "Man and Modern Transformation of Asia" (Dec.).

1978 Special Lecture by Dr. J. Robinson "Can We Trust the Bible?" (former Bishop of Woolwich, present Lecturer at Cambridge University) (Feb. 7) . Institute Members decide to ask Prof. Otsuka Hisao to serve as Advisor to the Institute (April 18). Special Lunch held to celebrate the 70th Birthday of Prof. Otsuka Hisao at ICU Dining Hall (May 3). Asian Cultural Studies No.10 published (Nov.).

1979 Asian Cultural Studies No.11 "Religion, Culture and Society-- "Koki" Memorial of Professor Otuska Hisao" published (May).

1981 Asian Cultural Studies No.12 "Religion and Socio-cultural Transformation in Asia" published. It includes the proceedings of the international symposium "Religion and Socio-cultural Transformation in Asia" (March). Prof. Yamamoto Tatsuro and Prof. Ebisawa Arimichi retire and became Advisors to the Institute (April). Study of the Concept of World History No. 3 published (May). Asian Cultural Studies No.13 "Mutual Impact of Differing Cultures -- Essays in Honour of the Seventieth Birthdays of Dr. Yamamoto Tatsuro and Dr. Ebisawa Arimichi" published (Nov.).

1982 Symposium "Rethinking the Modernization of Asian Societies" held (ICU, April 24). Special Lecture series "Archetypes in Japanese Culture." Speakers include: Kato Shuichi, Maruyama Masao, Kinoshita Junji (June 4, 15, 25). During Prof. Cho's research leave, Prof. Uozumi Masayoshi serves as the Acting Director (April).

1983 Ajia ni okeru Kirisutokyo hikaku nenpyo (Comparative Chronology of Christianity in Asia) (Sobunsha) published (March). Prof. Uozumi elected as the Director (April).

1984 Asian Cultural Studies No.14 "Rethinking the Modernization of Asian Societies" published. It includes the proceedings of the Symposium "Rethinking the Modernization of Asian Societies" (Feb.). Comparative Chronology of Protenstantism in Asia 1792--1945 (English version of the Ajia ni okeru Kirisutokyo hikaku nenpyo) published (Sobunsha) with grant from Japan Foundation (March). Study of the Concept of World History No. 4 published (June). Nihon bunkano kakureta katachi (The Hidden Structure of Japanese Culture) edited by Prof. Cho (Iwanami Shoten). It is based on the special lecture series "Archetypes in Japanese Culture" with an Introduction by Prof. Cho (July ).

1985 Symposium "Urban Space and the Citizen in the Middle Ages -- Comparing Japan and Germany" held at Goethe-Institute Tokyo, OAG-Halle, co-sponsored with the Mittelalter-Symposium II and Tokyo Study Group in Comparative Urban History (Oct. 1 to 3). Special Research Project meetings begun funded by a grant from the Ministry of Education (Oct.). Asian Cultural Studies No.15 published (Nov.).

1986 First Symposium on "Ambivalence in Asiatic Traditions and Its Creative Possibilities" held at the Tokyo Garden Palace- Yushima Kaikan, and the Gakushi Kaikan Hongo Bunkan. (Sept. 26-27); funded by a grant from the Ministry of Education.

1987 As part of the research project "Ambivalence in Asiatic Traditions and Its Creative Possibilities," Dr. Than Tun (former Professor at Mandalay University, Visiting Professor at ICU) lectured on "Burma's Change from a Kingdom to a Socialist Republic and the Results so far" (May 12). Second Symposium on "Ambivalence in Asiatic Traditions and Its Creative Possibilities" held at the Tokyo Garden Palace- Yushima Kaikan, and the Gakushi Kaikan Hongo Bunkan (Sept. 18-19). Symposium "A Comparison of Feudalism in Asia" held at ICU (Oct.30). Asian Cultural Studies No.16 published (Nov.). As part of the research project "Ambivalence in Asiatic Traditions and Its Creative Possibilities," Prof. J.P.McDermott (ICU) lectured on "Pacts and their Ming Traditions" (Dec.15).

1988 Final Lecture and Farewell Gathering held for Prof. Cho Takeda Kiyoko on her retirement from ICU. (Co-sponsored by Graduate School Division of Comparative Cultures) (Feb.22). Prof. Cho Kiyoko Takeda is asked to serve as an to the Institute (April). Symposium "Popular Uprisings in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times -- A Comparison of Japan and Germany" held ( ICU, Oct. 3).

1989 Asian Cultural Studies No.17 "Art and Power in Japan and China" published (March). Symposium "Center and Periphery in Modern Japanese Political Development" held. Co-sponsored by ICU Japan Studies Program and Social Sciences Research Institute, with grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (ICU, June 8-10).

1990 Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No.1 "Feudalism in Asia-- An Approach to Comparative History" published. It includes the proceedings of the two symposia, "A Comparison of Feudalism in Asia" and "Popular Uprisings in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times -- A Comparison of Japan and Germany" (March). During the research leave of Prof. Uozumi Masayoshi, Prof. Kasai Minoru serves as Director (April). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No. 2 "Tradition and Modernization-- Essays in Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Kiyoko Takeda Cho" published (Nov.). Celebration Party for the Publication of Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No. 2 held at ICU with Prof. Cho Takeda Kiyoko (Nov. 30).

1991 Study of the Concept of World History No.5 published (March). Prof. Kasai Minoru resigns as Director of IACS upon the return of Prof. Uozumi Masayoshi (April). International Symposium "Towards a New Order-- Bilingualism and Ethnic Diversity in Japan" held with help from Japan Foundation (ICU, April 27). Proceedings published in 1994 from Kokusai Shoin.

1992 Prof. Ebisawa Arimichi passed away (Jan.). Asian Cultural Studies No.18 published (Feb.). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No.3 "Modernization and Values-- Essays in Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Ryoen Minamoto" published (Feb.). Prof. Minamoto Ryoen retires from ICU and is asked to serve as Advisor to the Institute (April). Celebration Party for publication of the Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No.3 held with Prof. Minamoto Ryoen (April 23).

1993 Asian Cultural Studies No.19 published (March). Open Lecture Series "State and Religion" begins. First lecture by Prof. Sasagawa Norikatsu (ICU). (April 23) Symposium "Conf屍ence de Monsieur Augustin Berque et le Colloque sur l'espace de la ville japonaise et la question du d姿assement de la modernit・quot; held. Co-sponsored by ICU Graduate School Division of Comparative Culture (ICU, June 19). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No.4 "Religious Consciousness and Modern World" published (Sept.). Open Lecture Series "State and Religion" No.2 by Prof. Minamoto Ryoen (Sept.30). Open Lecture Series "State and Religion" No.3 by Prof. Igarashi Yasuhiko (Hirosaki University) (Oct. 19). To Celebrate the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, Symposium "The Ainu of Japan" is held (ICU, Nov. 6). Open Lecture Series "State and Religion" No. 4 by Prof. Hiraishi Naoaki (Tokyo University) (Dec. 15).

1994 Asian Cultural Studies No. 20 published (March). The Institute cooperated in holding the annual conference of the European Historical Association in Japan at ICU (May) Conference on "The Theory of Sociabilit・quot; held (ICU, May 15). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No. 5 "Urban Space and Language Space in Modernity" published. Outcome of the Symposium "Conf屍ence de Monsieur Augustin Berque et le Colloque sur l'espace de la ville japonaise et la question du d姿assement de la modernit・quot; (Sept.).

1995 Mini-Symposium "Creating Gender Roles: Women's Magazines in the Early Twentieth Century Japan" held (ICU, Feb. 21). Asian Cultural Studies No. 21 published (March). Prof. M.William Steele elected as Director (April). Open Lecture Series "Asian Forum" begins (April). Lectures are held at the East Room of the ICU Dining Hall once a month during each academic term. Symposium "Est-ce que la modernisation et la post-modernisation japonaises se diff屍ent de celles europ仔nnes ou s'y identifient?" held, co-sponsored by la Maison franco-japonaise and the Graduate School Division of Comparative Culture, ICU (ICU, June 19). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No.6 "La modernisation et la post-modernisation japonaises" published. Outcome of symposium "Est-ce que la modernisation et la post-modernisation japonaises se diff屍ent de celles europ仔nnes ou s'y identifient?" (Oct.).

1996 Asian Cultural Studies No.22 published (March). International Symposium "Post-Colonial Korea and Japan -- Images and Realities" held with a grant from the Embassy of Korea in Japan (ICU, Feb.17). Student Conference "Conference on Japanese Korean Student Exchange: Japan and Korea as Close Neighbors" held (ICU, June 8). Prof. Otsuka Hisao passed away (July). The 16th International Symposium "Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region -- Toward a Shared Understanding of the Past and Vision for the Future--" held, co-sponsored with ICU Social Sciences Research Institute and the Institute for the Study of Social Justice of Sophia University, co-sponsored by Mitaka City, supported by Iwanami Shoten and the Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation (Mitaka Citizens' Hall, Nov. 30).

1997 Symposium "Mutual Images in History: Japan and Korea" held (ICU, Feb.11). The proceedings are to be published from Perikansha in 1998. Asian Cultural Studies No. 23 published. It includes the proceedings of the of International Symposium "Post-Colonial Korea and Japan -- Images and Realities" (March). Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No. 7 "The Intellectual Genealogy of Modernization-- Essays in Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Takashi Koizumi" (March). Celebration Party for Publication of Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue No. 7 is held with Prof. Koizumi Takashi (March). As part of IACS 40th Anniversary Celebration Project, transcription of recorded lectures by Prof. Maruyama Masao is begun (April). Prof. Yamamoto Sumiko (Senior Research Associate) passed away (July). Memorial Service for Prof. Yamamoto Sumiko held (ICU Seabury Chapel, Oct. 25). Lecture Series on "Development Sociology" held, led by Professor Niitsu Koichi (ICU, from Sept. 12 to Nov. 8, nine lectures). Co-sponsored with Japan Foundation, MISHOP, and with the cooperation of the Himalaya Preservation Association. Symposium "Maintenance of the Natural Environment in the Himalayan Region" held as the last of the Lecture Series on "Development Sociology" (ICU, Nov. 8). First Asian Studies Conference Japan held, co-sponsored with the Department of Comparative Culture, Sophia University (Sophia University Ichigaya Campus, Oct. 18). Symposium "Material Culture in Asia: Metalworkers in Transition" held by Asian Artisan Culture and Modernization Research Group in IACS with cooperation of Musashino Arts University Museum and Library (ICU, Dec.23).