Remembering December 8: Commemorating the History of ICU’s University Hall and

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:

The lectures will be in Japanese.

Poster (PDF) Program (PDF)