We will reopen from April 2022. [FOR DETAILS]
EVENT INFORMATION (OPEN LECTURES)
Open lectures are usually held three times a year in the entrance hall. Speakers are university professors and specialists who deal with subjects related to the museum's exhibitions and its activities. Admission is free, all are welcome to attend. However, due to the spread of COVID-19, we are currently holding our public programs online.
Upcoming Events
Yuasa Museum Lunchtime Talk
This will be the Museum's fourth Lunchtime Talk.
We will be inviting professors to share their stories on ICU.
- Title
- "ICU—My Story"
- Guest Speaker
- Dr. Yuji Shimizu, Professor, International Christian University
- Host
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time
- September 20 (Tue), 2022, 12:30–13:30
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Meeting
- Lecture will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.
9/20 Lunchtime Talk Registration Form
116th Open Lecture- Title
- "The Amazing World of Plants"
- Lecturer
- Dr. Taeko Tada, Plant Ecologist/Part‐time Lecturer at ICU
- Moderator
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time
- October 1 (Sat), 2022, 14:00–15:30
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Webinar
- This event will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.
PAST EVENTS
115th Open Lecture- Title
- "Museum Conservation for Sustainable Museum Activities"
- Lecturer
- Dr. Chie Sano, Honorary Researcher, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
- Moderator
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time
- May 21 (Sat), 2022, 14:00–15:30
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Webinar
- This event will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.5/21 Registration Form
Yuasa Museum Lunchtime TalkThis will be the Museum's third Lunchtime Talk.
We will be inviting professors to share their stories on ICU.- Title
- "ICU—My Story"
- Guest Speaker
- Dr. Mari Tsujita, Associate Professor, International Christian University
- Host
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time
- April 26 (Tue), 2022, 12:30–13:30
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Meeting
- Lecture will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.
4/26 Registration Form
114th Open Lecture- Title
- "Touring Strange Worlds: the Sugoroku Games Created in Bakumatsu Japan"
- Lecturer
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Guest Moderator
- >Dr. Chie Sano, Honorary Researcher, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
- Date/Time
- January 29 (Sat), 2022, 14:00–15:30
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Webinar
- This event will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.1/29 Registration Form
Taizansō Online Event- Date/Time
- November 6 (Sat), 2021, 14:00–16:00
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Webinar
- Program
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- 14:00–14:30
- Virtual Taizansō Tour by Taizansō Project (student group at ICU)
- 14:40–16:00
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- Keynote Lecture
- Lecturer: Dr. Akira Matsuda (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo)
- Moderator: Dr. Robert Eskildsen (Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University)
- This event will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.11/6 Registration Form
ICU Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum Fall Online Program “Getting to Know Our Campus”- Date/Time
- [Part 1] October 16 (Sat), 2021, 14:00–15:00
[Part 2] October 16 (Sat), 2021, 15:15–17:30 - Place
- Online via ZOOM Webinar
- This event will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required.10/16 Registration Form
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- [Announcement by the university on the selection of 5 buildings on the ICU campus as "Architecture of the Modern Movement in Japan 2020" by DOCOMOMO Japan (in Japanese)]
- Might be of your interest: 96th Special Exhibition, History of ICU through Its Buildings (ICU's 60th Anniversary Exhibition in Cooperation with the ICU Archives Special Collections)
- [POSTER]
DETAILS- [Part 1]
- ICU Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum 113th Open Lecture
- Date/Time
- October 16 (Sat), 2021, 14:00–15:00
- Title
- “History of ICU as seen from Its Campus and Buildings”
- Lecturer
- Dr. Yu Kishi (Research Fellow, Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, ICU/
Visiting Researcher, Institute of Human Sciences, Toyo University) - Moderator
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen (Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University)
- [Part2]
- Lectures Commemorating the Registration of Campus Buildings at ICU as Architecture of the Modern Movement in Japan
- Date/Time
- October 16 (Sat), 2021, 15:15–17:30
- Program
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- 15:15–15:20
- Address by Dr. Shoichiro Iwakiri, President of ICU
- 15:20–16:40
- Lectures by:
Dr. Taisuke Yamazaki (Professor, Deputy Director of Tokyo Tech Museum and Archives, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Prof. Masahisa Kato (Chair of Habitation Research Studio, Director of DOCOMOMO Japan) - 16:50–17:20
- Virtual tour of the buildings by Prof. Eiichiro Kabashima (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University) and Dr. Yu Kishi
- [Part 2] was organized by the ICU Hachiro Yuasa Memorial Museum, in cooperation with the ICU Administrative Affairs Group.
- Title
- "ICU—My Story"
- Guest Speaker
- Dr. Naoki Onishi, Professor Emeritus, International Christian University
- Host
- Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time
- September 28 (Tue), 2021, 12:15–13:00
- Place
- Online via ZOOM Meeting
- Lecture will be in Japanese. Free, but registration is required. [POSTER]
- 112th Open Lecture
- Title: "Archaeology at the International Christian University"
- Lecturer: Prof. Toru Hayashi, Part-time Lecturer, International Christian University
- Moderator: Dr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time: May 29 (Sat), 2021, 14:00–15:30
- Place: Online via ZOOM Webinar
- [POSTER]
- Lecture will be in Japanese.
- Free, but registration is required.
- [Our webinar recording now available on ICU OpenCourseWare!]
- 111th Open Lecture
- Title: "Depictions of Disease in the Late Edo Period"
- Lecturer: Dr. M. William Steele, Professor Emeritus, International Christian University
- Date/Time: January 30 (Sat), 2021, 14:00–15:30
- Place: Online via ZOOM Webinar
- Lecture will be in Japanese.
- Free, but registration is required.
- [Our webinar recording now available on ICU OpenCourseWare!]
- 110th Open Lecture
- Title: "Collecting Japanese Art in the US—Its Development in the 20th Century"
- Lecturer: Dr. Yukiko Shirahara, Visiting Professor, International Christian University
- Date/Time: October 31 (Sat), 2020, 14:00 – 15:30
- Place: Online via ZOOM Webinar
- Lecture will be in Japanese.
- Free, but registration is required.
- Related to the 115th Special Exhibition, "Exploring Hidden ICU Collections" [Gallery Tour Video in English]
- 109th Open Lecture
- Title: "Memories of Ritual Prayer on Miyako Island” Live Talk Session"
- Panelists:Dr. Sachiyo Fujita-Round, Visiting Associate Professor, International Christian UniversityDr. Robert Eskildsen, Director of the Yuasa Museum, Professor, International Christian University
- Date:June 13 (Sat), 2020 14:00–14:45
- Location: Online via ZOOM Webinar
- Talk will be in Japanese.
- Admission Free, but registration is required.
- [Our webinar recording now available on YouTube]
PAST OPEN LECTURES ARCHIVES