This lecture presents Haruki Murakami's trajectory often characterized as "from detachment to commitment," namely, from the "cool and urbane individualism" to the "engagement with communal questions." In terms of style,…
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), the only four-year American university in Japan, is committed to providing a platform for open-discussion in various arenas. This series, organized by adjunct professor Jordanco…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/7stJB10G8r0 Event Description Professor Reid Raud analyzes the importance of the category of difference in the works of Giles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger in relation to the category…
You are invited to a lecture on July 2 by Masahiro Morioka, professor of philosophy and ethics at Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan). This lecture looks into the possibility of conveying…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6F_kEwa8poA Event Description This lecture focuses on the Buddhist view of the nature of reality. In explaining the most basic concepts, Yuho Kirchner offers an analysis of the formula known…
"What Is Japanese Kami? An Inquiry into the Psychosomatic Aspect of Japanese Religiosity" You are invited to a lecture on March 12 by Tomoko Iwasawa, Professor of Comparative Religions at…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/F9G4s2KnH38 Event Description In this session, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach analyzes structures currently prevalent in academic philosophy. A critical examination of these structures indicates that cross-cultural philosophy finds itself in a relationship…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/5fR--1vYzcM Event Description Professor of philosophy and religion at American University Washington D.C., Jin Y. Park brings together the Buddhist ideas of dependent co-arising, emptiness, suffering and compassion, and Jacques…
How can a hodological discussion on the religious avoid turning itself into a perrenis philosophia? Intellectual Heritage at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is co-organizing a conference titled “Between the…
You are invited to a lecture on April 17 by Jin Y. Park, professor of philosophy and religion at American University Washington D.C. This lecture will bring together the Buddhist…
This lecture investigates the unsaid in Immanuel Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” as well as the possibility of a certain philosophy of language, history, and logic. Join the author and…
