On March 3 and 4 we are going to hold an open symposium titled “Creation of Studies of West Asian Civilizations 2: What Ancient Western Asian Civilizations Conveyed to the Present Age”. We are looking forward for your participations! Though the image of confusion and danger has settled in Middle East and Western Asia World, it used to be the most advanced area that led the world civilization, such as starting agriculture, developing city civilization, inventing letters, disseminating world ...

We will be holding a kick off forum titled “Inheritance of Memory and Language” on Friday February 17.  We are looking forward for your participations!  “Inheritance of Memory and Language” Kick Off ForumHolding Memories Common – Going Through Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Experiences- Date: Friday February 17 10:00-17:30Place: Humanities and Social Sciences Building A101Lecturers:1) Hajime Sato (University of Tsukuba)  “English Literatures in the Nuclear Age –Centered on Rin...

On Wednesday February 15 from 18:10, International and Advanced Japanese Studies Relay Session will be held.  Joining fee is free and no application is required so please feel free to join! <Program> Professor Masami Okaue“Citizen Judge System and Death Penalty” Professor Chieko Kano“Japanese Language Education to Foreigners and Change in Hosting Societies” General DiscussionDate: Wednesday February 15    18:10-19:30Place: Humanities and Social Sciences Building A422&nb...

On Monday February 6 from 13:00, lecture on “Geology of Iran” by Research Center for West Asian Civilization will be held. We are looking forward for your participation! Planned Research Group 4, titled “Geology on Stone Supply during the Prehistoric Times in West Asia” (head researcher: Ken-ichiro Hisada) will invite Ms. Monireh Poshtkoohi and hold a lecture as stated below.   Date: Monday February 6    13:30－15:00Place: University of Tsukuba Project Research Building 306 &a...

We will be holding a workshop titled “Inheritance and Integration of Multiple “Ancient Times” in the Medieval Islamic World” (research leader: Dr. Manabu Kameya) .  Joining fee is free and no application is required so please feel free to join!   Date: January 29 (Sunday)  　13:00-17:00  Place: University of Tsukuba Tokyo Campus Room 122 For more information click here  

First LAM-ARENA Seminar Different Persepectives on Africa in Globalization 9th-10th January 2016  Alliance for Research on North Africa, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, Japan   Project rationale and objectives The crossed analysis of the fields of intervention of both structures (ARENA and LAM) leads to think that a fruitful collaboration can be led by taking advantage of specificities of each center. Indeed, the approach of LAM concerns the whole continent but does not understand ...

Digital・Humanities Lecture & Workshop　will be held on December 15 and 16. Looking forward for your participation!   <Lecture> Date: December 15 (Thu) 13:00-14:30 Place: 3B312 Presentation room Donald Sturgeon: Classical Chinese Literature in a Digital Age   <Workshop> Norihiko Uda : Outline of Archives of Library and Information Science Toshihito Waki: Introducing Annotation Grant Type Image Database Platform WDB Yona Takahashi: “Blank” Marked Up Cuneiform Clay Tablet K...