The 2nd JIEPP Japan-India Exchange Seminar “The Role of Universities for Promoting India-Japan Relations: From the History of Intellectual Exchange between the Two Nations”

“Japan-India Exchange Seminar” will be held as a forum for information sharing and exchange among the various parties involved in Japan-India exchange. The seminar is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about India.

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The 2nd JIEPP Japan-India Exchange Seminar “The Role of Universities for Promoting India-Japan Relations: From the History of Intellectual Exchange between the Two Nations”

Date: 16 July 2021 (Friday)
Time: JST 17:00-18:30 / IST 13:30-15:00
Platform: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Language: Japanese
Registration: Required　 https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qT3W4FwhRgiYrDuWAp3uVw

Organizer: Inter-University Exchange Project Platform Building Program “Japan-India Exchange Platform Program (JIEPP)” (International Strategy Group, Operations Planning Department, The University of Tokyo)
Co-organizer: Center for South Asian Studies(TINDAS), Institute for Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Keynote: Akio Tanabe (Professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / the Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Tokyo)
Comment: Norie Kobayashi Krishnapillai (IITM-NUT Office Coordinator at Nagaoka University of Technology)
Chair: Takahiro Kato (Associate Professor in the Department of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo)

Abstract:
This seminar will look back on the history of intellectual exchange between Japan and India and consider the role of universities in promoting relations between the two nations. Universities are places of inquiry into universal truths that transcend the specific interests of nations and corporations. The history of intellectual exchange between Japan and India has developed around the idea of universality and the affirmation of its diverse manifestations. What is required of intellectual exchange led by universities is to develop the ideals for a new era and a roadmap for their realization, and to work practically together with corporates, governments and civil society to create an environment in which diverse humans and other-than-humans can enjoy each other’s existence.

Information: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/adm/jiepp/en/jiepp/relationship/program20210716.html
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