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Symposium “Sports and Conscience ― Aiming at the Harmony of Knowledge, Virtue, and the Body”

Date：
May.13(Fri),2016    16:40 ー 18:30
Venue：
Doshisha Chapel, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University

Speakers

Prof. Yukiji Okita (Faculty of Social Studies, President of Varsity Rugby Football Club, Chair of Doshiha Varsity Sports, Doshisha University)

Associate Prof. Noriko Mizoguchi (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Olympic Silver Medalist in Judo, the Women’s Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain)

 

 

Chair

Prof. Katsuhiro Kohara (School of Theology, Director of the Center for the Study of Conscience, Doshisha University)

 

Commentators

Prof. Masaya Shimogusu (Faculty of Letters, President of Doshisha Varsity Judo Club, Doshisha University)

Prof. Tadao Ishikura (Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Doshisha University)

Summary

To achieve the harmony of knowledge, virtue and the body is a crucial task for Conscience Education as well as for Liberal Arts Education, which aims to cultivate independent, free-spirited individuals. In this symposium, we focus on “the Body,” or sports, and explore the modern-day issues in the field. We will be inviting an Olympic medalist in Judo as a speaker, taking up from the front lines of the sport a variety of topics in which conscience may have a role to play, including prevention of accidents, elimination of violence, and instructor training. 

Admission free; no reservations required.

Center for the Study of Conscience aims to examine “conscience” in contemporary society and to establish the “study of conscience” as an interdisciplinary academic field through the exploration of its possibilities for application and practice. We also aim to disseminate the research findings in Japan and abroad and to establish a new academic community in the field.