Colloquium on Peacebuilding
Hiroshima University Peacebuilding Project ＝ “Colloquium on Peacebuilding”
Campaign Details
The primary focus for the “colloquium on peacebuilding” is policy recommendation that emphasizes peacebuilding perspectives from East Asia. Policy recommendations on topics such as economics, politics, defense, culture, and science and technology, are filtered through a multifaceted analysis of current events to provide effective policy solutions from differing points of view for progressive peacebuilding.
Order, Themes, and Content of Lectures
<FY2023>
| Order | theme | Speaker/Content |
|---|---|---|
| First | The Influence of Economic Bipolarization | Yasuyuki Sawada Professor in the Graduate School of Economics at the University of Tokyo Lecture materials（PDF issue）（in Japanese） |
| Second | History | Makoto Iokibe President of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute Lecture materials（Resume）（PDF issue）（in Japanese） |
| Third | Noboru Noguchi Former Director of the UNESCO Beijing Office Lecture materials（Resume）（in Japanese） Lecture materials（PDF issue）（in Japanese） Source：National Federation of UNESCO Association in Japan「WORLD HERITAGE 2015」 | |
| Fourth | Chinese Perspectives on East Asia | Yuji Miyamoto Miyamoto Asian Institute Representative Chairman of the Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research Lecture materials（Resume）（PDF issue）（in Japanese） |
| Fifth | Culture and Peace | Masanori Aoyagi Chairman of Board of Directors of Tama Art University |
| Sixth | Advancement of Science and Technology and National Security | Hirotaka Yamashita Visiting Professor of Chiba Institute of Science |
<FY2024>
| Order | Theme | Speaker/Content |
|---|---|---|
| First | On the Direction of the Proposal | ― |
| Second | Education | Miki Sugimura Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Education, Sophia University Lecture materials（PDF issue）（in Japanese） |
| Third | Rie Hirakawa Former Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education Superintendent | |
| Fourth | Culture and Peace | Akihiko Tanaka President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Lecture materials（PDF issue）（in Japanese） |
| Fifth | Regarding the proposal | ― |
| Deliberation by email | Regarding the proposal | ― |
Proposal
<FY2025>
-Public forum on proposals
Date & Time
Saturday, December 6, 2025 13:00-14:45
Venue
Hiroshima University Higashi – Senda Campus, Higashi-Senda Innovative Research Center, 4th Floor, Rooms M401
Program
| Time | Contents |
|---|---|
| 13:00～13:10 | Opening remarks Mitsuo Ochi (President of Hiroshima University) Koichiro Matsuura（Former Director-General of UNESCO） |
| 13:10～13:30 | Presentation of Proposals from the colloquium on Peacebuilding Kazuhiro Yoshida（Professor at the IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University） |
| 13:40～14:40 | Panel Discussion with Q&A and Open Discussion 【Moderator】 Kazuhiro Yoshida（Professor at the IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University） 【Speakers】 Takehiro Kagawa（Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation） Chiemi Kurokawa（JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University） Yuto Kitamura（Professor at the Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo） Isao Kiso（Professor (Special Designation) at the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University） |
| 14:40～14:45 | Closing remarks Isao Kiso（Professor (Special Designation) at the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University） |