The Second International Symposium “Kokoro and Limit Situations” Launched in April 2015, the Kyoto Kokoro Initiative aims to explore our kokoro－ our mind, spirit or heart in Japanese－, which has been …
The Symposium on Moonshot Goals, “Mental States in Extreme Situations,” was held online on May 22nd, 2021. Approximately 350 viewers participated in the event in total. This symposium was held as part…
The Fifth Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium, “Kokoro and the Corona Crisis,” was held online on February 21st, 2021. The Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which is sponsored by the Inamori Foundation, had prev…
The fourth workshop of the 2020 Kyoto Kokoro Initiative was held at the Inamori Center on October 28th, 2020. The theme for this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative is “Kokoro in Critical Situations”. Prof…
On July 30, 2020, KRC Director and Professor Toshio Kawai gave a lecture on “Perception of the Coronavirus Crisis: From the Viewpoint of Culture, Organization and Individuals” at a workshop held at th…
The first workshop for the 2020 Kyoto Kokoro Initiative was held at the Inamori Center on January 8th, 2020. The theme for this year’s Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which will take place on October 25th 20…
The Fourth Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium, “Kokoro and Artificial Mind” was held at the Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall on October 14th, 2019. The Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which was l…
The department of Bhutanese Studies (Uehiro Research Division) at Kokoro research Center has regularly organized Seminar on Bhutan. In the 23rd Seminar, the honorable guest speaker Sir (Dasho) Karma U…
In the 2019 fall semester Kokoro Seminar Series on Thoughts, we were thinking about Japanese thought and culture as well as the last year. Western thought and Western science have been influential in …
Date: Fri. 17 January 2020
Time: 15:00-19:00 (*Open 14:30)
This international symposium will feature the final lecture by Professor Sakiko Yoshikawa, who served as the first director of Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University. The symposium will also include…
Dzongkha Language Seminar for Beginners Hosted by the Kokoro Research Center, The Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education’s Bhutanese Studies Research Laboratory Lecturer: Yoshiro Imaeda (Specia…
The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro Research Center has regularly organized Seminars on Himalayan Religion. In the 21st Seminar, the honorable guest speaker Dr. Pas…
Date: Thurs. 19 December 2019
Time: 17:00-19:00
Place: Medium Seminar Room (3rd floor) at Kyoto University Inamori Center
(46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)
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Professor Toshio Kawai speaks at the fifth lecture of Kyoto University’s Lecture Series 1: Reading the Works of Haruki Murakami. [Introduction] Excerpt from the website of Kyoto University Orig…
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Title of Research (symposium based on the research of Kaoru Sekiyama) Lifestyle and brain activity – Psychological science for longevity in a super-aged society – Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scien…
The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro Research Center has regularly organized Seminars on Himalayan Religion. In the 19th Seminar, the honorable guest speaker Dr. Dav…
Date and Times: October 14, 2019 (Monday, national holiday) 13:30 – 17:40 (Registration begins at 13:00.)
Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall
Applications closed on August 15th, 2019. The 2019 Special Lecture Series on “Concepts of Kokoro for Medical, Welfare and Educational Specialists: A Learning Space for Caregiving Professionals”…
Date: Thurs. 12 September 2019
Time: 14:00-17:00
【Lecturer】Kenji Ogawa (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University) 【Topic】The neural basis of thinking from the standpoint of others 【Date】Friday, Augus…
On May 12th (Sun), 2019, Prof. Toshio Kawai, Director of the Center, gave a lecture at the Benesse Community Seminar called, “An introduction to the study of kokoro for elderly people: How to li…
Associate Professor Nobuhito Abe gave a lecture entitled, “Brain mechanisms for honesty and dishonesty” on May 11th (Sat), 2019 at the Kyoto University Museum. The museum holds a series of…
Kyoto University’s Kokoro Research Center Cognitive Science Seminar Lecturer Stephane De Brito (Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham) Topic Neurocognitive profile of y…
Kokoro Research Center’s Cognitive Science Seminar Lecturer Philip Tseng （Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, Taipei Medical University） Topic What can bra…
Prof. Toshio Kawai will give a lecture at the special exhibit “Myoe’s Dreams and Kosanji Temple” at the Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art (Kita-ku, Osaka) on April 18th, 2019. This exhibit is being he…
Prof. Toshio Kawai will be on NHK Culture Radio “The World of Literature” (Series of 12). Prof. Kawai expounds Haruki Murakami’s literature which includes “1Q84”, investigating our kokoro through the …
The Third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium, “Kokoro and Ways of Life: What is the Self?” was held at the Kyoto University International Science Innovation Building on November 18, 2018. The Kyoto Ko…
Erkki Huhtamo (Professor at Design Media Arts, UCLA) “Media, Motion and Transportation: An Archaeological Investigation” Media communications an…
Kyoto University Marunouchi Seminar has been held monthly since June 2010. This month’s seminar will be the 100th seminar since its launch. To commemorate the 100th seminar, special lectures wil…
21 st Seminar on Bhutan (Bhutan’s Modern Society) The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro Research Center has regularly organized “Seminars on Bhutan”…
20th Seminar on Bhutan/17th Seminar on Himalayan Religion (Overview of History of Bhutanese Buddhism) The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro Research Center has regula…
The Third Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium “Kokoro and Ways of Life: What is the Self?” The Kyoto Kokoro Initiative, which was launched in April 2015 aims to explore the concept of kokoro…
The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro Research Center has regularly organized seminars on Himalayan Religion. In the 16th seminar, Dr. Seiji Kumagai will give a lectu…
13th Lecture on Bhutanese Culture (The Clash between Modernization and Tradition in Bhutan) *with a Partial Preview of the Documentary Film “The Next Guardian” The department of Bhutanese …
Free space research project WRO screening & lecture “Agnieszka Kubicke-Dzieduszycka There’s no good title yet… Site-specificity vs MA: art between technology, nature and the whi…
12th Lecture on Bhutanese Culture (Bhutan and GNH (Gross National Happiness)) Bhutan and Gross National Happiness The department of Bhutanese Studies (Uehiro Research Division) at Kokoro Research Cent…
Future Mind 2: International Symposium on Art and Science The “Future Mind 2” symposium will be held at Kyoto University on February 18, 2018. Distinguished media artists and researchers h…
The 2017 Science of Kokoro Intensive Lectures: The Mystery of Kokoro– Relationships between brain, body, and mind Science of Kokoro Intensive Lectures are annually held for students and research…
Kyoto University Kokoro Research Center Cognitive Science Seminar Speaker: Dr. Shinsuke Suzuki (Tohoku University Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences) Topic: Computational and n…
15th Seminar on Himayalan Religion : “Towards a normative theory in the Tibetan nītśastras: the case of Bodong Panchen’s An Examination of Fools” The department of Bhutanese Studies,…
Kyoto University Kokoro Research Center Uehiro Research Division 2017 Research Report Meeting: “The Wisdom to Live Well” With the sponsorship of The Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Educati…
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi will participate in the first talk of the “Thinking About the Now” Talk Series: “Creative Living in the Aging Society” at the ROHM Theater, Saturday, …
Symposium-Exhibition “Pharmakon: Artistic Inspiration from Medical-Ecology” – An Artistic Reconsideration of Pharmakon A multilateral municipal research project that utilizes “…
KRC Cognitive Behavior/Neuroscience Intensive Lecture 2017 “Sociobiology” Lecturers are invited to present at various intensive lecture events at the Kokoro Research Center on topics such …
The 11th Bhutanese Culture Lecture International Workshop: Preservation and Restoration of Bhutanese Buddhist Art The “Bhutanese Culture Lecture” is held regularly as an outreach program a…
The first Kyoto Kokoro Initiative International Symposium, entitled “Kokoro and Symbiosis”, was held at the Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall on September 18, 2017. The Kyoto Ko…
Japanese Buddhism for Beginners: Hasshu Koyo (Compendium of the Buddhist Teachings) Full – not accepting applications as of 9/11/17 Japanese spirituality, morality, and ethics have evolved aroun…
Japan is a mystery even to the Japanese people. To investigate what is at the core of a Japanese psyche, we will discuss Japanese thoughts and views on life and death. Lecturer: Prof. Keishi Saeki Are…
Date and Time: September 18, 2017 13:00 – 18:00
Location: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall
Fee: Free of charge
Registration required (see below for details)
Language: Japanese and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be given for lectures and discussions.
Date: Sunday July 30, 2017 13:00~17:10
Location: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto Univ. Yoshida Campus
Fee: Free of charge
Language: All talks will be conducted in Japanese
The First Kyoto Kokoro Initiative International Symposium: “Kokoro and Symbiosis” In April 2015, the “Kyoto Kokoro Initiative” launched a project to investigate the complex iss…
Kyoto University Kokoro Research Center’s 10th Anniversary Symposium “The Science of Kokoro and the Future of Society” The Kokoro Research Center at Kyoto University will celebrate t…
18th Seminar on Bhutan/13th Seminar on Himayalan Religion (Conservation Project of Phajoding and Dungtse monasteries in Bhutan) The department of Bhutanese Studies, Uehiro Research Division at Kokoro …
10th Lecuture of Bhutanese Culture (Light Waves That Built the Nation: Some Milestones in Bhutan’s Education System) The department of Bhutanese Studies at Kokoro research Center has regularly o…
The Second Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium entitled “In and Out of Kokoro” was held in Kyoto University Shiran Kaikan, Inamori Hall, on October 10, 2016, where more than 200 participants…
Traditional Wisdom & Body-Mind Practices in the Himalayas and Their Potential Applications to Modern Society For centuries, Himalayan meditation practitioners have directly experienced the benefi…
International Workshop of Area Studies on Himalaya and Bhutan / Thurs 4 Aug. 2016 [Date] Thurs. 4 August 2016 [Time] 13:00-16:30 [Place] Medium Seminar Room (3rd floor) at Kyoto University Inamori Cen…
17th Seminar on Bhutan “Monarchy And Democracy in Bhutan” / Thurs. 21 July 2016 [Date] Thurs. 21 July 2016[Time] 17:00-18:30[Place] Small Seminar Room 1 (3rd floor) at Kyoto University Ina…
10th Seminar of Himalayan Religion “Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Scholars on Dharma, Law and Politics: philosophical discussions in Boudhanath (Nepal)” [Date] Fri. 15 July 2016 [Time] 14:0…
The First Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium “Kokoro and History” was held at Kyoto Hotel Okura on September 13, 2015. As the first symposium of the Kyoto Kokoro Initiative that was launche…
The First Kyoto Kokoro Initiative Symposium ”Kokoro and History” * The maximum number of applications has been received, and therefore we are no longer accepting applications. (2015/7/30) …
The 36th Kokoro Seminar / Mon 17 Nov.2014 “Death and Dying East and West” A lecture by Tony Walter, PhD., Professor and Director of the Centre for Death and Society, The University of Bath…
Special Lecture by Prof. Xiao-Jing Wang will be held on Mar 28, 2014 in Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto university. Date: Friday, March 28th . 4:00 p.m.- Place: Large Conference Room at Kyoto University…
Dr. Shimon Edelman, who is the visiting researcher of Kokoro Research Center, spoke about his research at Inamori Center, Kyoto University on Jan 7, 2014. Date: Jan 7, 2014, 15:00-17:00 Place: Middle …
Dr. Masuda gives a lecture at the 6th Seminar of Anthropology of Education and Learning: Culture, Childhood, and Cognition Venue on 5th July, 2013 (Friday). 6th Seminar of Anthropology of Education an…
3rd Lecture on Bhutanese Culture: 56 years of Bhutan with Kyoto University – Host organization: Bhutanese Studies, Kokoro Reseach Center, Kyoto University- Date：Apr.16, 2013 17：00-19：0…
Kick-off Symposium for MRI Laboratory, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University Opening a new avenue for brain science – novel knowledge linked to kokoro and society – Date: Feb. 16, 2013,…
Lecture by Dr. Arthur Zajonc (President, Mind and Life Institute, USA) was held at Kokoro research center on Jan.25. Title: The Mind and Life Institute: Twenty-five years of Interdisciplinary Dialogue…
Kokoro Research Center 2012 Annual Report Symposium – Studying Kokoro, Considering its Future: Emotion and Body – Date: December 15, 2012 Place: Middle Conference Hall and Large Conference…
Date: November 29 – 30, 2012 Place: Large Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Organizer Shintaro Funahashi (Kyoto University, Japan) Satoru Otani (Université Pierre et M…
Date: November 1, 2012 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Place: Large Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Moderator: Dr. Yukiko Uchida (Associate Professor, Kokoro Research center,K…
Date: October 18, 2012 17:00～18:30 Place: Large Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University (Access Map） Lecturer: Tshering Tashi (Royal Society for the Protection of Nature: RSPN) In…
The 11th “Kokoro Square” on “The Evolution of ‘kokoro’: Past, present, and future of the human mind” Date： August 18, 2012 13:00-16:30 Place： Kokoro Reserch Center,…
Date: July 30, 2012 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Place: Lecture Room 1102 Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University Contact: Prof. Shintaro Funahashi (kyoto University Kokoro Research cente…
Date: November 29 – 30, 2012 Place: Large Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University Organizer Shintaro Funahashi (Kyoto University, Japan) Satoru Otani (Université Pierre et M…
Date: April 21, 2012 3:00pm-5:00pm Place: Lecture Room2 Shirankaikan-Bekkan, Kyoto University Chairman: Prof. Carol Ryff, University of Wisconsin Prof. Hazel Markus, Stanford University Title: “…
Place: Large Meeting Room (3rd Floor), Inamori Center, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University Date: June 28, 2011 3:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. Program is here. (PDF file)
Symposium “Cultural Strategies for Overcoming Negative Emotions – A cross cultural approach from the perspectives of psychology, religious studies and anthropology” Date： February 21…
The 9th “Kokoro Square” on “‘Satoyama’ life forms and human kokoro” Date： January 29, 2011 12:00~16:00 Place： Kokoro Reserch Center, Kyoto University Inamori Hall L…
