新・江戸東京研究
International Symposium
New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities
Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies (EToS) which was established on 17th January 2018 will hold a symposium “New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities” on 25th February 2018.
It is a memorial symposium for the stablishment of the EToS, an interdiciprinary institute of humanities and sciences, and we will examine uniquness of Edo-Tokyo and advance a figure of a "near-future city" from Japan.
Date
Sunday, 25th February 2018
Time
10:00-19:00 (Open: 9:00)
Venue
Satta Hall, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus
Programme
First Part (10:00-12:00)
(1)Opening Remarks
Hidenobu Jinnai (President, Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies)
(2)Keynote Speeches
Fumihiko Maki (architect) / Going toward Architecture of Humanism
Junzo Kawada (anthrolopoligist) / Impressions on the “Further Side of the River”
Second Part: Dialogues and Debates (13:00-19:00)
(3)Session I / Figures of Modernite of Edo-Tokyo: Nature, Body, and Culture (Starting at 13:00)
Speakers: Thierry Hoquet (Paris Nanterre University) and Rosa Caroli (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Moderator: Shin Abiko (Hosei University)
(4)Session II / Macroscopic Concept of Edo-Tokyo: Post-Western / Non-Western (Starting at 15:00)
Speakers: Paolo Ceccarelli (The University of Ferrara), Lorena Alessio (The Polytechnic University of Turin), and Jorge Almazán (Keio University)
Moderator: Koh Kitayama (Hosei Univesity)
(5)Session III / Philosophy and Strategy Enabling to Revaluate and Regenerate City of Water
Speakers: Richard Bender (The University of California, Berkeley), Antonello Boatti (The Polytechnic University of Milan), and Masahiko Takamura (Hosei University)
Moderator: Hidenobu Jinnai (Hosei University)
Language
Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation is available)
Admission Fee
Free
Registration
Please send the message to the following email address for registration with your name and affiliation.
edotokyo-jimu@ml.hosei.ac.jp
