Title : Remembering December 8:
Commemorating the History of ICU's University Hall and
70 Years of U.S.-Japanese Relations
(12月8日をわすれないでー本館誕生70周年と日米関係を振り返って)
Date : Saturday, December 10, 2011
13:00-17:00
Place : University Hall (Honkan) 116, ICU
December 8, 1941 (December 7 in the United States) is an important date in world history. Seventy years ago saw the outbreak of the Pacific War with military action taken at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand. It remains a day to remember in the fervent hope that such a terrible war that ended with the dropping of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will never be repeated. This date also marked the beginning of the construction of the Nakajima Aircraft Mitaka Research Center, the building that is now ICU’s University Hall. This too is an event to remember. The building, originally designed to carry out research and development of new weapons of war, was reborn in 1952 as the core of a new university dedicated to liberal education, internationalism and Christian humanism—to the glory of god and the service of humanity. We chose December 10, Human Rights Day 2011, to remember the seventieth anniversary of these two events so intertwined with each other.
A re-dedication ceremony and installation of a memorial plaque at the entrance of University Hall will follow the academic presentations. Everyone interested in the history of ICU and the history of the US-Japanese relations is invited. The lectures will be in Japanese.
Program:
| 13:00-13:10 | 挨拶 / Greetings M. William Steele, Director, IACS |
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| 13:10-13:50 |
大学本館以前：中島飛行機三鷹研究所の小史 A Short History of the Nakajima Aircraft Mitaka Research Center 髙栁昌久 （国際基督教大学高校 教諭） Takayanagi Masahisa, ICU High School |
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| 13:55-14:35 | 日米関係の可能性について -
戦後から災後へ A Possible Shift in US- Japan Relation: From Post War to Post 3.11 三浦陽一 （中部大学 教授） Miura Yoichi, Professor, Chubu University |
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| 14:35-14:45 | 休憩 / Break | |
| 14:45-15:30 |
振り返って思うこと：日米戦争と戦後日本 Recollections of War with the United States and Postwar Japan 武田（長）清子 （国際基督教大学 名誉教授） Takeda (Cho) Kiyoko, Professor Emeritus, International Christian University |
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| 15:45-16:00 | 再献館式 / Rededication Ceremony (本館中央入口にて / Honkan Front Entrance) | |
| 記念板除幕 / Unveiling the Memorial Plaque | ||
| お祈り / Prayer 北中晶子牧師（ICU教会）Rev. Shoko Kitanaka (ICU Church) | ||
| 16:00-17:00 | 懇親会 / Reception (本館170 / Honkan Room 170) |
The lectures
will be in Japanese.