Cultural-Kokoro Network :: Events


Past Events

Aug. 2, 2013 Lecture by Toshie Imada (Brunel University)
Photo1, Photo2, Link
Jun. 27, 2013 Seminar with University of Alberta Culture & Cognition Lab.
Presentation by Sawa Senzaki (University of Alberta), Matthew Russell (University of Alberta) & Kristina Nand (University of Alberta) Link
Jun. 19, 2013 Lecture by Steven Cole (University of California, Los Angeles)
Jun. 12, 2013 Lecture by Takahiko Masuda (University of Alberta)
Apr. 26, 2013 Seminar with the UBC Culture and Self Lab.
Presentation by Benjamin Cheung (The University of British Columbia), Dan Randles (The University of British Columbia) & Yuji Ogihara (Kyoto University) Photo
Apr. 22, 2013 Lecture by Kosuke Sato (Hokkaido University)
Apr. 3, 2013 Lecture by Takeshi Hamamura (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Dec. 20, 2012 Joint Seminar with Cultural Psychology lab & Evolutionaly Psychology lab at Kobe University
Nov. 26, 2012 Lecture by Krishna Savani (National University of Singapore) Photo1 | Photo2
Nov. 1, 2012 Lecture by Jennifer Crocker (Ohio State University) PDF
Jun. 13, 2012 Lecture by Yuri Miyamoto (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Jun. 6, 2012 Lecture by Carola Hommerich (German Institute for Japanese Studies)
May 28, 2012 Workshop "Happiness and Sustainability" by Toru Morotomi (Graduate school of Economics, Kyoto University), Yukiko Uchida, and Masahiro Sato (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
May 17, 2012 Lecture by Rebecca McKenzie (Plymouth University)
May 2, 2012 Lecture by Benjamin Y. Cheung (University of British Columbia)
Dec. 16, 2011 Lecture by Satoshi Akutsu (Hitotsubashi University)
Dec. 5-6, 2011 Asia-Pacific Conference on Measuring Well-being and Fostering the Progress of Societies
Yukiko Uchida: Presentation
  Sustainability and future challenges (part 2 in parallel) on Dec 5
  2c: Vulnerability to natural/man-made disasters and environmental risks
Nov. 26, 2011 (3:00pm-5:00pm) The 384th Monthly Meeting of KSP (Kansai Social Psychology)
Speaker: Kosuke Takemura
Title: Socio-Ecological Approach to Cultural Differences in Psychological Processes
Program (PDF/178KB)
Nov. 21-22, 2011 Symposium "Happiness - Does culture matter?" (at the Japanese-German Center, Berlin)
Organized by German Institute for Japanese Studies
Yukiko Uchida "Meanings of happiness in cross-cultural comparison"
Program (PDF/12KB)
Nov. 16, 2011 (9:50pm-11:20pm) Lecture "Social psychological research on extension officers: Agricultural extension and social networks in local communities" (at the Annual Conference on Agricultural Extension)
Speakers: Yukiko Uchida & Kosuke Takemura
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Oct. 31, 2011 (2:00pm-6:00pm) Workshop "France-Japan Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori)"
Organizers: Yukiko Uchida, Tajan Nicolas
Speakers:
  Figuereido Cristina & Fansten Maia
  Pionnie-Dax Nancy & Vellut Natacha
  Tajan Nicolas
  Uchida Yukiko
  Yuri Yano
Other participants:
  Tsuiki Kosuke, Delille Emmanuel, Yuji Ogihara, Michael Boiger, Chiho Kyono, Sakiko Yoshikawa
Program (PDF/48KB) Photo (JPG/884KB)
Oct. 27, 2011 (3:00pm-5:30pm) Workshop "Culture, Language, and Cognition"
Organizer: Yukiko Uchida
Speakers:
  Anne Maass (University of Padova)
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Jun. 28, 2011
(3pm - 6pm)		 Workshop on Culture, Self, and Social Relationships
Speakers:
  Steven J. Heine (University of British Columbia)
  Beth Morling
  Vinai Norasakkunkit
  Satoshi Hoshino (Kyoto University)
Discussants:
  Yukiko Uchida
Program (PDF/78KB)
Sep. 17, 2011 (12:30pm-2:30pm) Workshop "Social Capital within Communities: Forming and Maintaining Social Bonds" (at the 75th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association)
Chair: Yukiko Uchida, Co-chair: Kosuke Takemura
Speakers:
  Kosuke Takemura
  Satoshi Hoshino (Kyoto University)
  Yukiko Muramoto (Yokohama National University)
  Yumi Endo (Kansai University)
Discussants:
  Yukiko Uchida
  Yasufumi Shibanai (Doshisha University)
  Satoshi Hoshino (Kyoto University)
Jun. 28, 2011
(3pm - 6pm)		 Workshop on Culture, Self, and Social Relationships
Speakers:
  Steven J. Heine (University of British Columbia)
  Beth Morling
  Vinai Norasakkunkit
  Satoshi Hoshino (Kyoto University)
Discussants:
  Yukiko Uchida
Program (PDF/78KB)
May 31, 2011 Screening of a movie "Left Handed" and panel discussion about Hikikomori in Japan
  (Hosted by the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University)
Discussants:
  Laurence Thrush (Director/Writer)
  Vinai Norasakkunkit (Cultural Psychology)
  Tuukka Toivonen (University of Oxford, Sociology)
  Motohiro Sakai (University of Tokushima, Clinical Psychology)
  Yukiko Uchida (Cultural Psychology)
Mar. 18, 2011 Lecture by Motohiro Sakai (University of Tokushima)
Mar. 3-5, 2011 Kokoro Science Special Lecture program "The Mystery of Kokoro: Culture, Society, Emotion and Brain"
  Shinobu Kitayama (University of Michigan)
  Shinsuke Shimojo (California Institute of Technology)
  Atsushi Iriki (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Dec. 28, 2010 Lecture by Israel Liberzon (University of Michigan) "Novel Insights into PTSD Pathophysiology from Functional Neuroimaging Studies"
Dec. 22, 2010 Lecture by Takeshi Hamamura (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) "Cultural Psychology of Social Class"
Dec. 20, 2010 Lecture by John Jost (New York University) "Left & Right: The Psychological Basis of a Political Distinction"
Jun. 12, 2010 Workshop on Psychological and Sociological Perspectives on Japanese Youth Issues: Views from Foreign Researchers in Japan
Program (PDF/9KB) Transcription of the talk by Vinai Norasakkunkit (PDF/35KB)
Feb. 20-21, 2010 Kyoto University Kokoro Research Center research conference
Dec. 18-20, 2009 Kokoro Science Special Lecture program "The Mystery of Kokoro: Culture, Society, Emotion and Brain"
  Shinobu Kitayama (University of Michigan)
  Tatsuya Kameda (Hokkaido University)
  Katsumi Watanabe (University of Tokyo)
Jun. 25, 2009 Cultural Psychology Workshop
Program (PDF/78KB)
May 19, 2009 Kokoro Research Lecture: Steven J. Heine (University of British Columbia）"The Weirdest People in the World: The Inductive Problem for Psychology"
May 13, 2008 Kokoro Research Lecture: Steven J. Heine (University of British Columbia) "Empirical Approach for Meaning Maintenance Model"
Mar. 1-3, 2008 Workshop "Socio Cultural Aspects of Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-being"
Program (PDF/47KB)



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