FY 2020
Training
Overseas Training
No training due to COVID-19
Domestic Training
No training due to COVID-19
Lectures
Special consecutive public lectures for freshmen
Due to the influence of the new Corona virus, which has spread on a global scale since the beginning of 2020, we are holding a series of lectures for new students of University of Tsukuba who have been prevented from living in universities that have been run as a matter of course. Since admission, freshmen were struggling to attend online lectures. This lecture series is aimed at cheering up struggling freshmen by providing opportunities that might increase their vitality and intellectual curiosity of campus life in the future.
- 1st Lecture “Developing Human Resources to Work Beyond the Borders of the Global Age: To Live a Strong at Post-Corona Era”
Lecturer: Prof. Tosaku Yasuhiko (University of California, San Diego)
Date: Monday, July 20, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 2nd Lecture “Reading, Thinking, and Defying Tomorrow’s World”
Lecturer: Associate Professor Ochiai Yoichi (Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, also Director of Digital Nature Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba)
Date: Friday, November 6, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here
Lecture Series “The Future of Central Eurasia and Japan”
The NipCA Project has been holding public lectures by experts since the first year on themes related to social and global issues facing the Central Eurasian region and Japan, with the aim of contributing to local communities in a broad sense and encouraging awareness of problems not only for NipCA fellows, but also for faculty members, researchers, and students in and out of the university. This lecture series is part of the Super Global University (SGU) project of University of Tsukuba.
(FY 2020, held from the 11th lecture)
- 11th Lecture “The Project for Protecting Mongolian Children from Burn Accidents by Improving Their Living Conditions”
Lecturer: Professor Ichikawa Masao (Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba)
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 12th Lecture “’Balalaika’, The Musical Instrument of Russia as a Cultural Identity”.
Lecturer: Dr. Klykov Maxim (Ph.D. in Music, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Date: Monday, August 24, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 13th Lecture “Human Resource Development in Asia ― the System for Accepting Foreign Caregivers in Japan”
Lecturer: Dr. Kage Rie (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Okinawa International University)
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 14th Lecture “SDGs Future City Tsukuba’s Efforts – A City Where the World’s Tomorrow Can Be Seen”
Lecturer: Mr. Mori Yusuke (Director of Tsukuba City Policy Innovation Center)
Date: Monday, November 16, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 15th Lecture “Learning gained through international education support to 4 continents, 6 working countries, and 36 countries”
Lecturer: Mr. Okamoto Keiji (UNICEF North Pacific Education Specialist)
Date: Friday, November 20, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 16th Lecture “Support for Japanese Language Education for Foreign Students in Tsukuba City: Looking Ahead to the Present Situation, Issues, and Post-Corona”
Lecturer: Dr. Sawada Hiroko (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Date: Monday, November 30, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 17th Lecture “Ethnic Instrument Production in Tuba, South Siberia”
Lecturer: Dr. Yamashita Masami (part-time lecturer at the Open University of Japan and Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Cooperative researcher at Sophia University)
Date: Monday, December 14, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 18th Lecture “Water and Environmental Issues – Pakistan as an Example”
Lecturer: Prof. Kondo Takafumi (International Students Education Center, Tokyo University of Welfare)
Date: Friday, December 18, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 19th Lecture “Multiculturalism and Immigration Issues in Belgium”
Lecturer: Dr. Vanbaelen Ruth (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Date: Monday, February 22, 2021
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 20th Lecture “Exploring the Potential of International Agroforestry Cooperation in the Himalayas: Experiences in Community Development through Afforestation and Fruit Tree Cultivation in Nepal”
Lecturer: Dr. Soma Takuya (Associate Professor, Hakubi Center (Wildlife Research Center), Kyoto University)
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 21th Lecture “Re-contexting Oral Traditions: Contemporary Education of Traditional Kazakh Music”
Lecturer: Ms. Toda Noriko (Doctoral Program in in Music Culture, Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Date: Friday, March 5, 2021
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 22th Lecture “For Whom is the ‘Easy Language’?” -Thinking from Germany’s ‘leichte Sprache’”
Lecturer: Dr. Kimura Goro Christoph (Professor, Department of German Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor, Sophia University)
Date: Friday, March 12, 2021
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here - 23rd Lecture “Language, Culture, and Society in Transforming Modern Ukraine”
Lecturer: Dr. Ogawa Akimichi, part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here
International Conferences
- Digital Poster Session “Culture and Identity in Central Asia”
Presentation Titles – Presenter：
・“Modern Kyrgyz Film Studies” – Dr. Kajiyama Yuji (Coordinator and UIA, University of Tsukuba)
・”This research explored the articulation of Kazakh national identity through Kazakh popular music” – Dr. Insebayeva Sabina (Researcher, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
・“Wakhi people and their settlement area” – Dr. Gulomariev Shirali (Researcher, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Conference Name: Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW) 2020
Date: Friday, October 30, 2020
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event is here
Other events, etc.
Roundtable “Online Study Abroad – New Educational Possibilities Found from The Difficulties of the Corona Disaster”
Since April 17 2020, all undergraduate and graduate schools of University of Tsukuba has launched a university-wide online classes system, and various challenges emerged. This roundtable symposium is planned in five series to organize the significance and possibilities of online education in preparation for the post-corona era. The aim of this symposium was to invite six students who were studying abroad in Russia as of February 2020, have them report on the outline and experience of continuing classes online after coming back, and to deepen discussions about the future of online education and study abroad.
→ report of the event on the day is here (Japanese language site)
[Presenters]
Mr. Nishikawa Shotaro (School of Social and International Studies, College of International Studies): University of Warsaw
Ms. Ishikawa Oriha (School of Humanities and Culture, College of Humanities): M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Ms. Nishi Misato (School of Social and International Studies, College of International Studies): University of St. Petersburg
Mr. Koyama Shogo (School of Humanities and Culture, College of Humanities/Far Eastern Federal University)
Ms. Yasui Rino (School of Social and International Studies, College of International Studies): Novosibirsk State University
Mr. Yoneyama Takafumi (Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics /Moscow City Teachers’ Training University)
and others
General discussion: Prof. Usuyama Toshinobu, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Prof. Kato Yuri, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Prof. Ono Masaki, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Associate Prof. Yamamoto Yukiko, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Assistant Professor Sasayama Satoshi, Office of Global Initiatives, etc.
Moderator: Dr. Kajiyama Yuji, Coordinator and UIA, University of Tsukuba
Location: Zoom Meeting
- 1st Lecture “Classes and Solutions by Online Form (Teams, Skype, etc.)
Date: Thursday, June 19, 2020 - 2nd Lecture “Methods and challenges of reports, small tests, and homework”
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2020 - 3rd Lecture “Mental, bodily, and material burdens of attending online classes”
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 4th Lecture “Online Education from a Teacher’s Viewpoint”
Guest presenter: Hiroto Doi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 5th Lecture “Possibility of Online Classes After Corona”
Date: Friday, July 17, 2020
EMI Training, University of Oxford, UK
During the period of Sept. 11, 2020 (Fri.) – Sept. 18 (Fri.), Dr. Yamamoto Yukiko, an associate professor in charge of this project, attended the training of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). EMI is one of the instruction methods that gain attention in recent years, claiming “to teach students who are not native speakers of English, major subjects classes, only in English.”
→ report of the event is here
SDGs Library and Meeting Room
On October 28, 2020 (Wed.), we opened the SDGs Library and Meeting Room. Currently this room is used by the NipCA Fellows for research (thesis writing, materials research and interviews by the researcher).
→ Detailed article is here
Uzbekistan’s Ambassador to Japan Visits University of Tsukuba
On November 26, 2020 (Thu.), H.E. Mr. Fazilov Ganievich Gayrat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan, visited University of Tsukuba and discussed with President Dr. Nagata Kyosuke of University of Tsukuba, Vice President Dr. Benton Caroline, Mr. Suzuki Hiroyuki, Head of Office of Global Initiatives, Associate Professor Dr. Yamamoto Yukiko, and Coordinator and UIA Dr. Kajiyama Yuji.
→ Detailed article is here
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University’s University of Tsukuba Office Opening Ceremony Held
On December 22, 2020 (Tue.), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KNU)’s University of Tsukuba (UT) Office opening ceremony was held. KNU is one of the eleven Campus-in-Campus (CiC) partner universities with which the UT is working to realize trans-border educational and research exchanges that transcend national borders and institutional boundaries.
→ report of the event is here
The 1st Online Screening of Russian & Central Asian Films
Date: February 5, 2021 (Fri.)
Location: Zoom Meeting, Vimeo
18:10-18:30: Commentary: “Representations of Central Asian Migrant Workers in Contemporary Russian Films” (Dr. Kajiyama Yuji, Coordinator and UIA, University of Tsukuba)
18:30-20:00: Screen Presentation of “She” by Director Larisa Sadilova (88 min., 2013)
→ report of the event is here
Courtesy Visit to President Sasakawa Yohei of the Nippon Foundation by NipCA Fellow
On Tuesday March 16, 2021, five first-term NipCA fellows who completed the Master’s Programs Special Program in Japan and Eurasian Studies (SPJES), Master’s Program in International Area Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, and one who are scheduled to complete in September, made a courtesy visit to the Nippon Foundation. Each fellow was awarded the certification of the 1st Sasakawa NipCA Fellow.
→ Detailed article is here
