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International Symposium on “Diversity and Systematization of Peace Education”

Eighty Years After the War: International Dialogue to Discuss the Past and Future of Peace Education

 

<Date> Sunday, September 21st, 2025 10:00–16:30 [JST, UTC+9]

<Venue> Hiroshima University Higashi-Senda Campus, Senda Lab & Delivery by Hybrid

<Languages> Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation)

<Admission> Free for students, faculty, and the general public.

<Registration> In person at the venue or to participate online.

https://forms.gle/CJRk3rBGpugGGCZs7

Eighty years have passed since the end of the war, and yet, international tensions and armed conflicts persist, affecting the peace situation both inside and outside Japan.

Amid this, we are once again asking ourselves what we have learned from peace education thus far and how we should proceed in the future.

This symposium invites researchers from five countries who are committed to peace education research and practice, including Professor Toshifumi Murakami from Japan, to share diverse approaches to peace education and engage in international dialogue aimed at its future systematization.

We look forward to the participation of many people who are interested in peace education. Further details about the symposium are listed below.

<Program> [Registration 9:30 JST (UTC+9)〜 ]

[ 10:00〜 ]Opening remarks Yumiko Suzuki

(Vice President, Hiroshima University)

[ 10:10–11:10 ]Keynote speech

“Efforts to Establish Peace Pedagogy and the Future“

Speaker: Prof. Toshifumi Murakami

(Peace Pedagogy Research Group; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University of Education), Birthplace: Hiroshima, Japan. Published works: Sociological Research on Peace Education in Postwar Japan, Encyclopedia of Peace Pedagogy

[ 11:10–12:00 ]Q&A session

Chairperson: Takumi Watanabe (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University)

[ 13:10–16:25 ]Panel discussion (with a break: 14:40–14:55)

Theme: “Diversification and systematization of peace education”

<Panelists>

Prof. Werner Wintersteiner

(Former Director of the Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, Klagenfurt University, Austria)

 

Prof. Tony Jenkins

(Managing Director of the International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE)

Prof. Loreta Navarro-Castro

(Founding Director, Miriam College Center for Peace Education)

Prof. Kevin Kester

(Director of Education, Conflict and Peace Lab, Seoul National University)

Daisuke Nojima,

(Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Ritsumeikan University)

Kazuya Asakawa

(Researcher, Institute for International Peace Studies, Meiji Gakuin University)

<Chairperson> Jongsung Kim

(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University)

<Discussant> Ayami Nakaya

(Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University)

[ 16:25 ]Closing Remarks: Matsumi Norio

(Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science)

<Organizer> Hiroshima University Peace Education Working Group

<Co-organizer> Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Promotion Committee Peace Task

<Sponsor> Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, Peace Education Research Group

<Inquiries> Ayami Nakaya ; anakaya[@]hiroshima-u.ac.jp

(Hiroshima University Faculty of Education, 1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture)