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NEWThe 196rd Asian Forum, "The Great Kanto Earthquake and Wang Yiting"

The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies will hold the 196th Asian Forum, "The Great Kanto Earthquake... more

Opening Hours in July and August, 2023

The IACS office at T-kan 418 will be temporarily closed from 24 July to 27 August, 2023.If you have ... more

Call for Papers

The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume 50 of its journal, Asian Cult... more

IACS Workshop, ‘Musashino’ as a Departure Point: Rethinking Here and Now of ICU in the Context of Nogawa Culture

We are pleased to announce that IACS will hold the symposium, “ ‘Musashino’ as a Departure Point: R... more

Office closure during the summer break (Jul. 21– Aug. 26)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from July 21 (Thu.) to August 26 (Fri.), 2022.The... more

Call for Papers

The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume 49 of its journal, Asian Cult... more

NEWIACS Office CLOSE due to Winter Holiday (2021/12/18-2022/1/5)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from December 18(Sat.),2021 to January 5 (Wed.), ... more

IACS Office CLOSE due to Summer Holiday (2021/7/21-8/26)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from July 21(Wed) to August 26 (Sun), 2021 due to... more

Call for Papers

The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume 48 of its journal, Asian Cult... more

EndedLecture

June 8, 2021 (Tue) 10:00 Start11:00 Finish Lecturer: Miwa Yonashiro Language: Japanese and Myaakuf... more

EndedLecture "Amerasians in Okinawa:The Past, Present, and Future of AmerAsian School"

Amerasians in Okinawa:The Past, Present, and Future of AmerAsian School May 20, 2021 (Thu 8:40 Sta... more

Call for Papers

Call for papers The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume 47 of its jou... more

EndedAsian Forum No.183 "Traces of Ki no Tsurayuki in Japanese Literature"

DATE : 2020/2/10 (Mon)TIME : 12:50-13:50PLACE : H-252 Lecturer: ONO, Robert (Japan College of Social... more

EndedAsian Forum No.182 Part1: Film Screening "The Future of Myaakufutsu: Vanishing Voices, Emerging Voices", Part2: Lecture "Shooting with iPhone, making 'a documentary,' their similarities and differences"

DATE : 2020/1/27 (Mon)TIME : Part1: 12:45-13:40 Part2: 13:50-14:50 PLACE : Othmer Library, GF Multim... more

NEWIACS Office CLOSE due to Winter Holiday (2019/12/21-2020/1/5)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from December 21(Sat),2019 to January 5 (Sun), 20... more

EndedAsian Forum No.181 “'One Belt, One Road' initiative as 'The Post-Westphalian World Order System': A Perspective from New Islamic- Confucian with Quantum Social Science”

DATE : 2020/1/9 (Thu)TIME : 12:50-13:50PLACE : H-251 Lecturer: SUZUKI, Norio (Professor, Aichi Unive... more

Asian Forum No.180 “Trace, Incident, and Testimony: The Story of Amano Kozo, Lieutenant of the 33rd Regiment of the 16th Division of Japan’s China Expeditionary Army”

DATE : 2019/12/13 (Fri)TIME : 13:50-14:50 (tentative)PLACE : ERB-257 Lecturer: SUN, Jiang (Visiting... more

EndedCorrection: Urban conflict and modernity in Japan as seen in the Rice Riots Scroll

There are some minor changes regarding the topics of the above event.See the Japanese page for detai... more

Call for Papers

Call for papers The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume 46 of its jou... more

EndedW. M. Vories in the 1950s: The Architecture of ICU

Time: June 15th, 2019.Place: Diffendorfer Memorial Hall East-wing Auditorium. 13:00-14:30 Lecture: F... more

EndedAsian Forum No.179 “Japanese Long Vowels and Diphthongs”

DATE : 2019/5/27 (Mon.)TIME : 10:10-11:20 PLACE : Honkan 316 Lecturer: Timothy J. Vance (Professor, ... more

Asian Forum No.177 “ICU in Asian-Pacific War, Night precision bombing in April 1945”

DATE : 2019/2/14 (Thrsday.)TIME : 12:50-13:50 PLACE : Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House 203 L... more

Asian Forum No.176 “Drinking Games in The Story of The Stone”

DATE : 2019/1/15 (Thu.)TIME : 12:50-13:50 PLACE : Honkan 106 Lecturer: ZHAN, HAIYAN (Researcher, IAC... more

IACS Office CLOSE due to Winter Holiday (2018/12/22-2019/1/6)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from December 22(Sat),2018 to January 6 (Sun), 20... more

EndedChristian meets Asia: the Past and Future -- Remembering Takeda (Cho) Kiyoko

The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is delighted to announce the workshop: “Christian meets Asia... more

IACS Office CLOSE due to Summer Holiday (2018/7/16-8/26)

Please be informed that IACS office will be closed from July 17(Tue) to August 26 (Sun), 2018 due to... more

“Nagoya at a modern crossroads: exploring the city and culture of Nagoya through the Kome sōdō emaki”

Title: “Nagoya at a modern crossroads: exploring the city and culture of Nagoya through the Kome sōd... more

Asian Forum No.174 “A Trajectory of China’s Commercial Institutions: A Brief Survey”

DATE : 2018/1/18 (Thu.) TIME : 11:30-12:40 (tentative) PLACE : Diffendorfer Memorial Hall East-Wing ... more

AsianForum 173th "My encounter with Professor Hachiro Yuasa"

Asian Forum No.173 (Asian Forum 2017 Series 4 ‘Learning at ICU and Peace in Asia’) Date：2017/12/ 19(... more

Learning from the lessons history teaches us Learning from the lessons history teaches us: Historical Research on how 21st Century Japan can aim for co-existence with Asia.

Symposium sponsored by IACS・JFE 21st century Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) ... more

Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue, Vol.20(March 2015)

Asian Cultural Studies Special Issue, Vol.20(March 2015) Articles 斯波義信 (Shiba Yoshinobu) 日本... more

Statuts et marges dans les sociétés d’ordres France et Japon, 16e-19e siècles

JSPS-CNRS Statuts et marges dans les sociétés d’ordres France et Japon, 16e-19e siècles Date : vend... more

Asian Forum 172th "Learning at ICU and Peace in Asia"

The 2017 Asian Forum open lecture Series will feature ICU graduates concerned with Asia and Japan St... more

Journal

Call for papers June 1, 2016 The Institute of Asian Cultural Studies is preparing to publish Volume ... more

AsianForum 171th "A Challenge of Traditional Asian Medicine The World of “Kotei Daikei(The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine)”"

Asian Forum No.171 (Asian Forum 2017 Series 2 ‘Learning at ICU and Peace in Asia’) Date：2017/6/16 (... more

(2017-04-27)Researchers list updated

AsianForum 170th "EBINA Danjo and the Issue of Yasukuni Shrine"

Asian Forum No.170 (Asian Forum 2017 Series 1 ‘Learning at ICU and Peace in Asia’ ) Tuesday, May 9, ... more

[Open Lecture] STEELE, M. William – Politics and Protest 1840s-1880s – Creating the People’s Voice (民声の構築) –

Thursday, April 20, 2017 13:15-15:00 Honkan 170 Politics and Protest 1840s-1880s Creating the People... more