Big History Thought, Research, and Education:
The First Global Big-History Webinar from Japan

Host: International Big History Association (IBHA)

Co-Host: Oberlin Big History Movement (OBHM)

* This event is part of the IBHA's series of webinars and part of the OBHM's Big History Collegium based in J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo.


Date: Sunday August 7th 2022
Time: 21:00–24:00 in Tokyo / 7–10 AM in Quito / 8–11 AM in NY / 9 AM–12 PM in Brasilia, Buenos Aires / 1–4PM in Yaoundé / 2–5 PM in Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam / 3–6 PM in Moscow, Helsinki, Ankara / 5:30–8:30 PM in New Delhi / 7–10 PM in Ho Chi Minh City / 8–11 PM in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore / 9 PM–12 AM in Seoul / 10 PM–1 AM in Sydney
            Meeting ID: 885 8962 2743
Passcode: 887899

Moderator: Yuri MATSUZAKI 松崎由理 (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

 Opening Addresses (10 mins)
From the Host (3 mins) - Daniel BARREIROS ダニエル・バヘイロス (IBHA)
From the Co-Host (3 mins) - Hirofumi KATAYAMA 片山博文 (OBHM)

 Part 1: Big History Thought (40 mins)
Talk 1 (15 mins) - Hirofumi KATAYAMA 片山博文 (J.F. Oberlin University) "Cosmic Humanism: Beyond Julian Huxley's evolutionary humanism"
Talk 2 (15 mins) - Hideki IWAKI 岩木秀樹 (Soka University) "Islam and Big History: Islamic Wisdom for Peace and Coexistence"
Qs & As (10 mins)

◯ Part 2: Big History Research (40 mins)
Talk 3 (15 mins) - Nobuo TSUJIMURA 辻村伸雄 (Institute for Global and Cosmic Peace) "A Forgotten Big Historian: Saburo Kitagawa and his vision of Synthetic Natural History"
Talk 4 (15 mins) - Kenji ICHIKAWA 市川賢司 (Aletheia Shonan High School) "A Little Big History of Silicon"
Qs & As (10 mins)

― Break (10 mins) ―

◯ Part 3: Big History Education (60 mins)
Talk 5 (15 mins) - Martin ROBERT ロベール・マルタン(Kyoto University) "The first Big History course for STEM freshmen in Japan: Why and how?"
Film + Talk 6 (35 mins) - Satoko LEE リー智子 (Society for Chimukui) "Walk 46 Kilometers along Tamagawa Aqueduct with Learning 4.6 Billion-Year Earth History"
Qs & As (10 mins)

 

International-Big History-Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Big-History Webinar from Japan
Time: Aug 7, 2022 08:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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