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Symposium “Parenting and Conscience” (Co-organized with Doshisha University Center for Baby Science)

Date：
Nov.29(Thu),2018    14:00-16:00
Venue：
Doshisha Chapel, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University

Speakers

Prof. Rieko Tomo (Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, Department of Childhood Studies,  Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts)

Prof. Masaki Tomonaga (Language and Intelligence Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)

 

Opening Address

Prof. Yukuo Konishi (the Director of Doshisha University Center for Baby Science)

Chair

Dr. Yoshitaka Matsuda (Associate Professor, Doshisha University Center for Baby Science)

Commentators

Prof. Ichiro Uchiyama (Faculty of Psychology, Doshisha University, Principal of Doshisha Elementary School)

Dr. Masaharu Kato (Associate Professor, Doshisha University Center for Baby Science)

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

Summary

Parenting is fraught with worries. In this symposium, we will try to describe from many angles a so-called “good boy/girl” that we expect to see in child development. We will also focus on the differences and similarities between the parenting of human beings and that of chimpanzees in order to identify the characteristics of the former. We hope to think together about the role of “conscience” in parenting, gaining a better understanding of parenting from broader perspectives.

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. Center for Baby Science aims to elucidate mechanisms underlying the development of “human being” into “person” by unraveling fundamental principles related to behavioral, cognitive and physical development through to infancy from the fetal period, in which a life of a human being originates. We hope you will enjoy the symposium co-organized by the two centers.