【May 31】The 1st Winning Grant Proposal Seminar 2017

The 1st Winning Grant Proposal Seminar will be held on May 31 mainly for the researchers in the field of humanities and social sciences. We are looking forward for your participation! Adventitious listeners are welcome.     Date:May 312017 (Wed.), 18:00~19:30 Place:Room 101, Humanity and Social Science Building A Admission:Free; Please click here to register   Experiences of Lecturers <Lecturers> Prof. Makoto Yazawa Prof. Yoshihiko Takenaka ...
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【Jun. 9】 The 33rd ICR Seminar

The 33rd ICR seminar will be held at the University of Tsukuba on Friday June 9. Admission is free so please join us.   Speaker:Prof. Ko Maeda   University of North Texas (Graduated from College of International Studies, University of Tsukuba) http://politicalscience.unt.edu/~maeda/ Title:Factors of Communist Party Leap Forward in the 2014 General Election “Explaining the Surges and Declines of the Japanese Communist Party” Date:9th June 2017 (Fri.) 13:30 - 15:00 ...
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Book Review:A New book was Published by Prof. Tsujinaka and Prof. Dadabaev

Title: Social Capital Construction and Governance in Central Asia, Communities and NGOs in post-Soviet Uzbekistan Editors: Dadabaev, Timur; Ismailov, Murod; Tsujinaka, Yutaka   About this book: This cutting edge collection focuses on the nature of civil society and its role in facilitating governance in Central Asia, considering local implications related to the concept of social capital and civil society in the Uzbek context. It discusses the complexity of the notion of social ...
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【Apr. 3】An International Symposium: Refiguring Ernest Hemingway in the 21 Century

As we are about to approach the 120th Anniversary of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest writers of 20th century, The American Literature Society at the University of Tsukuba and Institute for Comparative Research in Humanities and Social Research at the University of Tsukuba (ICR) will together host an international symposium to refigure Ernest Hemingway’s image and his art from the 21st century perspective. Through criticisms of the 1920s to the contemporary era, this symposium seeks to pres...
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【May 22-23】Workshop “Sedentism, Subsistence and Societies in the Neolithic Anatolia: New Insights from Hasankeyf Höyük”

On March 22 and 23, a workshop titled, “Sedentism, Subsistence and Societies in the Neolithic Anatolia: New Insights from Hasankeyf Höyük” will be held. We are looking forward to your participation!   The University of Tsukuba Anatolia Research Team has been doing archaeological research on Hasankeyf Höyük ruins of the Neolithic Age at Tigris river basin in the southeastern part of Turkey.  For the current workshop, we have invited Prof. Mehmet ÖZDOĞAN and Prof. Zeynep ERES from Istan...
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