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Takao Ito, Director
Shinichi Ushida, Stephanie Mitsuko Kukita, Staff
Shinichi Ushida, Stephanie Mitsuko Kukita, Staff
The Signing Ceremony of Agreement for Academic Cooperation
(in Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University)
(in Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University)
Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education (IRISE) made an agreement for academic cooperation with Center for Dewey Studies in Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois, USA) to promote cooperation in teaching, scholarship, and research in February 2007. Furthermore, we have come to hold standing research materials and publications in Center for Dewey Studies in USA. We established the Japan branch of "The Center for Dewey Studies" in April 2007, as one of the "Center for Dewey Studies" in the world (USA, Italy, German, and China).
History of The Center for Dewey Studies at IRISE
※ Speakers’ job titles are at the time of holding.
| Date | Contents |
|---|---|
| November 8, 2005 | David T. Hansen, Past President of the John Dewey Society and Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, visits Soka Education Research Center |
| November 25, 2005 | Nel Noddings, Past President of the John Dewey Society and Professor Emerita at Stanford University visits Soka Education Research Center |
| June 6, 2006 | Walter Wendler, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University, and Larry A. Hickman, Director of Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, visit Soka Education Research Institute. |
| October 14, 2006 | Research presentation by institute staff at the 2nd Symposium on Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideals on Peace and Education held at Central China Normal University, China Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and John Dewey Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| February 20,2007 | Academic exchange agreement signed with the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.). |
| April 2, 2007 | Japan branch of the Center for Dewey Studies established. |
| June 14, 2007 | Soka Education Research Institute Seminar John Dewey and Soka Education Larry A. Hickman, Director of Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| October 25, 2008 | Research presentation by institute staff at the 4th Symposium on Daisaku Ikeda’s Ideals on Peace and Education held at Beijing Normal University, China Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and John Dewey—Focusing on Geography Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| December 15, 2009 | Presentation by institute staff at The Institute of Oriental Philosophy Conference Issues Concerning the History of the Reception of Dewey’s Idea’s in China Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| March 26, 2011 | Presentation by institute staff at the DePaul University School of Education and Francis W. Parker School Symposium, "Education for Community and Citizenship Across Language and Culture." Geography of Global Citizens—Dewey, Makiguchi, and Parker Takao Ito, Soka Education Research Institute staff |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Soka Education Research Institute Lecture John Dewey and Soka Education Jason P. Goulah, Associate Professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education, DePaul University; Director of the Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education, DePaul University |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Soka Education Research Institute Lecture Dewey's Theory of Growth and Active Learning - Impulse, Trial and Error, Communication. Shigeru Yukiyasu, Professor Emeritus of Okayama University, Trustee of the John Dewey Society of Japan |
| December 20, 2020 | Symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Letters from China and Japan" by John Dewey Takao Ito, Professor in the Faculty of Letters, Soka University; Vice-Director, IRISE Liu Xing, Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University Naoyuki Yamada. Assistant professor, Kobe Women's University Masaki Onuma, Ph.D., Beijing Normal University |
| December 23, 2020 | The 3rd Seminar of IRISE Rethinking John Dewey’s Chinese Experience: Based upon the Items of Dewey Center in Southern Illinois University Liu Xing, Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University |
| December 13, 2021 | Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education (Lecture) Title: John Dewey - The Idea of Living Meliorism Lecturer: Chiharu Fujii (Professor, School of Education and Integrated Science, Waseda University; Director, The Dewey Society of Japan) |
| October 10, 2022 | 1st International Symposium on Global Citizenship Education Theme: Restoring Learning to Daily Living: Global Citizenship and John Dewey Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jim Garrison (Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech University), (Embodying Global Citizenship) Dr. Chiharu Fujii (President, John Dewey Society of Japan), (John Dewey’s Meliorism) Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi (Director, UNESCO Bangkok) (SDGs and Global Citizenship Education) Dr. Masumi H. Odari (Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi) (Nurturing Global Citizens Through Teaching Literature) Session: Thought formation of John Dewey: Japanese Perspectives Shigeru Yukiyasu (Okayama University) The Formation of the Thought of J. Dewey and the Process of the Growth of Experience Yoshinobu Nishizono (Naruto University of Education) The Characteristics of Dewey's Theory of Art and Religion and their Commonality as Experience. Takashi Yamamoto (Okayama Prefectural University) How Emerson attracted Dewey from the perspective of “Self-culture” as the Cornerstone of “Inquiry”: Chapter 2 in “The Formation of the Thought of J. Dewey and the Process of the Growth of Experience Session: On John Dewey's "letters from China and Japan" Ito Takao（Soka University, Japan）Experience and philosophy - Dewey's observations on Japan Naoyuki Yamada（Kansai University）John Dewey's view of Japan's budding democracy in 1919 Liu Xing（Hiroshima University）John Dewey and the 1920s of China Masaki Onuma（Beijing Normal University）Exploration of Dewey’s impression on China with his letters |
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