[6/2~6/8] What？No Peace Week at ICU!? (Peace & Reconciliation Week)

What？No Peace Week at ICU!?

That’s why we created it.

『Peace ＆ Reconciliation Week』

Bringing together organizations at ICU working toward peace.

• Dates: June 2 (Mon) – June 8 (Sun), 2025
• Location: International Christian University, Mitaka Campus
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  The events with light blue color are open to the public. Please register in advance for each event using this form.
  
  
  PEACE & RECONCILIATION WEEK DETAILS

  Special Lectures
  6/2 (Mon) afternoon: Special Lecture by Takashi Nemoto (Professor Emeritus at Sophia University / ICU Part-time Lecturer) – "Reconciliation between Myanmar and Japan"
  
  Are you able to talk about your painful memories to others? Would you even want to talk about them in the first place? In this lecture, I will introduce three ‹negative memories> told by the people of Burma who suffered under Japanese occupation during the Asia-Pacific War of 80 years ago. Each of them was told to me personally. How should we, living in the 21st century Japan, listen and share them? I would like to consider this question in relation to the theme of Reconciliation. 
  
  6/3 (Tue) afternoon: Special Lecture by Yuhiro Hasegawa (Former UN Special Representative) – "Peace and Reconciliation from the UN Perspective: Practices in East Timor and Rwanda"
  
  6/6 (Fri) afternoon: Special Lecture by Naoyuki Umemori (Professor at Waseda University / Institute for International Reconciliation Studies) – "Reconciliation from an Academic Perspective"
  
  

  Documentary Film Screenings
  6/4 (Wed) afternoon: "Lilac in Mist" (In cooperation with ERIFF International Reconciliation Film Festival)
  
  6/5 (Thu) afternoon: "So Long Asleep: Waking the Ghosts of a War" (Public lecture "Reconciliation after Conflict" / Periods 5-6)
  
  This film follows a project to return the remains of Korean people left in Japan even after the end of World War II back to their homeland. Has the war truly ended? Has the past been fully reconciled? Is genuine reconciliation possible? Based on this film, which raises many such important questions, we will reflect and discuss these issues together with the participants. 
  
  

  Presentation of Student Deliverables
  ICU POW Reconciliation Project: Report on activities in the UK
  
  ICU Course "GEL003 Special Lecture (B): Reconciliation" (Winter Term 2024) – Student Presentations
  
  Projects for Peace Nagasaki: Roundtable discussion
  
  LearnUs Global Semester Program 2024 Student Volunteers: Student event
  
  
  Exhibitions
  
  Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition (In cooperation with Nagasaki Peace Promotion Association, Nagasaki University RECNA)
  Community Service Learning (Introduction to Nagasaki and Tenryumura activities)
  
  PEACE & SPECIAL EVENT

  6/7 (Sat) 13:00 ～　International Conference Room, Dialogue House 2F
  
  Documentary Film Screening and Talk Event

  『History of Tenryumura』
  
  During World War II, in the village of Tenryū, Nagano Prefecture, many foreign prisoners of war and people forcibly brought from China and Korea were made to work on dam construction—many lost their lives. To honor their memory—This documentary was created by students at Middlebury College, inspired by the wishes of the villagers who seek to remember and share this painful history.
  
  『Removed by Force』
  
  This documentary tells the story of the persecution and human rights violations suffered by Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Japanese subtitles were created as part of a collaborative project between students at International Christian University and Middlebury College. We invite you to engage with this history—carried forward by the hands of a new generation.
  

  Reception ＆Mini Concert
  
  
  
  We look forward to seeing you there!
  
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  Organized by:
  ICU × Peace and Reconciliation Club, ICU POW Reconciliation Project, ICU Service Learning Center, ICU Time Travelers (History Translation and Student Group), ICU Reconciliation Forum, IRIS (ICU Refugee and Immigration Support Circle), LearnUs Global Semester Program 2024 Student Volunteers, Middlebury College Japan, Nagasaki Echoes Project, and more.

  In Cooperation with:
  ERIFF International Reconciliation Film Festival, Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF), Nagasaki Peace Promotion Association, Nagasaki University Center for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (RECNA)

  Supported by:
  ICU International Exchange Office
  
  Co-hosted by:
  ICU Peace Research Institute (PRI)