Business Overview
Each of the approximately 50 universities and organizations that are members of the University Consortium Kyoto offers its own unique lifelong learning courses. The “University Relay Course” is a relay course held by each university at Campus Plaza Kyoto in a relay format in order to let citizens know about various unique courses that take advantage of the characteristics of each university, in addition to the courses that have been provided to Kyoto College in the past.
◆ Capacity: About 250 people each time
◆Lecture time: 13:00~14:30 *6th session only 13:30~17:00
◆Venue: Campus Plaza Kyoto 4th Floor, Lecture Room 2
◆ Registration: Not required (first-come, first-served basis)
◆ Fee: Free
In the 2016 academic year, the program will be offered by the following eight universities. Take any course you like.
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Session 1: Saturday, May 28, 2016 Ryukoku University
“Creatures conversing with ‘Kaori'”
Instructor: Kaori Shiojiri (Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture)
Based on the results of his own research, he introduces that the “smell” (smell) emitted by plants becomes words, and that the plants that emit the smell communicate with various other creatures.
Session 2: Saturday, June 18, 2016, Kyoto Institute of Technology
“Kyoto’s Traditional Fermented Foods and the Healthy Longevity Society”
Instructor: Shingo Izawa (Associate Professor, Department of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
With the advent of a super-aging society, the increase in medical and nursing care costs is a serious problem. In order to reduce these expenditures and aim for a “pin-pink-colori-type” healthy longevity society in which people live longer and more actively, we will explain the role and potential of Kyoto’s traditional fermented foods.
Session 3: Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Otani University
“Differences between Religion and Psychology – Focusing on the Buddhist Perspective”
Instructor: Tomomichi Nitta (Lecturer, Department of Buddhism, Faculty of Letters)
In recent years, there has been a remarkable movement of religion and psychology to cooperate to respond to the various mental concerns of modern people, but can religion and psychology really be regarded as equivalent? I would like to approach this question from a Buddhist perspective.
Session 4: Saturday, September 17, 2016 Kyoto Saga University of the Arts
“Enjoy the Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property “Saga-Dainen Buddha Kyogen””
Instructor: Akira Yoshino (Professor, Faculty of Arts)
The “Saga-Dainen Buddha Kyogen” handed down to the ancient Seiryo-ji Temple in Sagano is counted as one of the three major nenbutsu Kyogen in Kyoto, along with Mibu Kyogen and Senbon Enmado Kyogen. In this course, we will explain the points of appreciation while talking about its origin and surfaces.
Session 5: Saturday, October 15, 2016, Kyoto Seika University
“The World of Humanities: What Do People Live For?”
Instructor: Oussouby Sako (Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
The humanities are an academic discipline that looks at the literature of the past and turns its attention to the society in which it lives. It is an academic discipline that seeks to find the problems of the society in which we live and to seek solutions to them. I would like to think about how to live and go in today’s chaotic society with Ousby Sako, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
Session 6: Saturday, November 5, 2016, Kyoto Tachibana University
“I’m going to send you a message from the capital of Kyoto, how to get rid of the calamities of the city of Kyoto, what will you do then? -」
Yasuhisa Nishimoto (Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences) and others
In Kyoto, an international tourist city, there is a lot of danger of man-made disasters as well as natural disasters. In this course, we will invite an expert in disaster countermeasures as a lecturer to introduce problems that have occurred in life-saving activities and the basic concept of disaster countermeasures, using past disasters as examples. In addition, through this course, I would like to think about what we should do as citizens in the event of a disaster and what we should do to avoid encountering it.
7th Meeting: Saturday, December 17, 2016 Ikebo Junior College
“The beauty of Japan seen in ikebana – The sense of beauty of Japan not seen in other countries-“
Ikugo Tsuchiya (Professor, Department of Culture and Arts)
Ikebana, which never leaves a lasting impression, has been passed down to the present day, from person to flower, and from flower to person, always reflecting the trends of the times in its form. Titled “The Beauty of Japan as Seen in Ikebana,” the exhibition will reaffirm the aesthetic sense of Japan that is not found in other countries through ikebana with demonstrations.
8th Meeting: Saturday, February 18, 2017, Kyoto Sangyo University
“Astronomy looking at ‘weight'”
Atsunori Yonehara (Professor, Faculty of Science)
We will explain the rich phenomena caused by the most important force in the universe, “the weight of things = gravity”, and how to derive the “weight” of celestial bodies that cannot be directly measured by looking at them, along with the diverse knowledge of modern astronomy.
Inquiries
University Consortium Kyoto Kyoto College
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji Campus Plaza Kyoto 1st floor
TEL．075-353-9140 FAX．075-353-9121
MAIL: miyakare-ml■consortium.or.jp (Please change ■ to @ and send)
* Inquiries reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)
