Dear all,

I would like to draw your attention to an international symposium "New
Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future
of Cities" is held by Hosei University Research Cenger for Edo-Tokyo
Studies (EToS).

It is a memorial symposium for the establishment of the EToS. Detailed
information of the symposium is as follows and available on the
official website of the EToS
(https://edotokyo.hosei.ac.jp/news/news-20180120204336)

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Symposium "New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for
Redefining the Future of Cities"

[Date]
Sunday, 25th February 2018

[Time]
10:00-19:00 (Open: 9:00)

[Venue]
Satta Hall, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus
(http://www.hosei.ac.jp/english/about/map/access/ichigaya/)

[Programme]
*First Part (10:00-12:00)
(1)Opening Remarks
Hidenobu Jinnai (President, Hosei University Research Center for
Edo-Tokyo Studies)

(2)Keynote Speeches
Fumihiko Maki (architect) / Going toward Architecture of Humanism
Junzo Kawada (anthrolopoligist) / Impressions on the "Further Side of the River"
*Second Part: Dialogues and Debates (13:00-19:00)

(3)Session I / Figures of Modernite of Edo-Tokyo: Nature, Body, and
Culture (Starting at 13:00)
Speakers: Thierry Hoquet (Paris Nanterre University) and Rosa Caroli
(Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Moderator: Shin Abiko (Hosei University)

(4)Session II / Macroscopic Concept of Edo-Tokyo: Post-Western /
Non-Western (Starting at 15:00)
Speakers: Paolo Ceccarelli (The University of Ferrara), Lorena Alessio
(The Polytechnic University of Turin), and Jorge Almazán (Keio
University)
Moderator: Koh Kitayama (Hosei Univesity)

(5)Session III / Philosophy and Strategy Enabling to Revaluate and
Regenerate City of Water
Speakers: Richard Bender (The University of California, Berkeley),
Antonello Boatti (The Polytechnic University of Milan), and Masahiko
Takamura (Hosei University)
Moderator: Hidenobu Jinnai (Hosei University)

[Admission Fee]
Free

[Detailed Information]
Hosei University Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies
https://edotokyo.hosei.ac.jp/news/news-20180120204336
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Best wishes,
Yusuke Suzumura

Researcher for Hosei University Research Center for International
Japanese Studies (HIJAS) and Hosei University Research Center for
Edo-Tokyo Studies (EToS)