Report: The 25th ICR Seminar

The 25th ICR Seminar was held on April 1, 2016 at University of Tsukuba. The theme of this seminar was “Fukushima and the Internet: Characterizing the Catastrophe from an International Point of View.  We welcomed associate professor Thomas Brisson at the Paris 8 University as a guest speaker.  He picked up independent governmental agency called ASN which bears nuclear safety regulation and protective measure in France as an example and discussed the problems that occurred when ANS distributed in...
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The 24th ICR Seminar (Date: April 5)

The 24th ICR seminar will be held on Tuesday April 5.  Problems of language education in Japan and Slovenia will be the topic of this seminar. Neither participation fee nor advanced registration is required, so please feel free to join!   Problems of Language Education in Japan and Slovenia   Date: Tuesday, April 5   14:00-16:00 Place: University of Tsukuba Humanities and Social Sciences Building 1C Conference Room 303 Lecturers: ・Prof. Dr. Branka Kalenić-Ramšak, provost of Faculty of ...
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Report: The 2nd Humanities and Social Sciences Research Development & Promotion Forum

On March 17, the 2nd Field of Humanities and social sciences Research Development & Promotion Forum held at Tsukuba International Congress Center and it turned out to be a great success! Sponsor: Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR) Cosponsor: University of Tsukuba URA, Kyoto University URA (KURA), Osaka University URA, Waseda University URA   This forum intended for researchers related to Humanities and social sciences researches, URA and admi...
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“Proteomics Analysis of Collagen in the Unearthed Human Bones and Protein Agglutination Materials Used in Cultural Heritage Paintings” (Date: March 29)

On Tuesday March 29, “Proteomics Analysis of Collagen in the Unearthed Human Bones and Protein Agglutination Materials Used in Cultural Heritage Paintings” by Research Center for West Asian Civilization will be held at University of Tsukuba.  It is a workshop held by planned research group 13 (representative: Yoko Taniguchi),which is researching on protein and cultural heritage paintings.  Participation fee is not needed but advanced registration is required.  Please feel free to join!  Date: Ma...
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Call for papers: TIPA No. 32, 2016

Dr. Tsuyoshi Kida, associate professor at the ICR Language and Communication Science Laboratory (LCSL), is now editing a special edition of a French academic journal called  TIPA (Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage) as one of the two guest editors from Tsukuba University. The thematic concept for volume 32 of TIPA proposes to focus on the relations between discourse and conflict. Please see the following webpages for details including submission guidelines. English: https://...
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