#The Pinnacle of Intellect: Masterclasses by Nobel Laureates

Peace, literature, and science—immerse yourself in the insights of the extraordinary minds who have earned the world’s most prestigious honor. This special collection features powerful, inspiring lectures exclusively from Nobel Prize laureates in Peace, Literature, and Physics. From profound reflections on global issues and the power of literary imagination to the future of science education, these masterclasses offer timeless wisdom. Expand your horizons and elevate your mind with the ultimate intellectual experience in its original English.

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AY 2019
Special Lecture by Dr. Denis Mukwege：Realization of Peace and Justice and Women's Human Rights
#2 Realization of Peace and Justice and Women's Human Rights [Subtitled JP]
The ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo starting from 1996 have led to a total of six million victims. Especially in the eastern region of the country, over 100 armed groups financed through abundant mineral resources are in operation, committing human rights violations against the residents. Sexual violence has been committed in an organized way as part of such human rights…
AY 2018
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Charms of Poetry [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures. What are the charms of poetry from a novelist’s perspective? Mr. Le Clézio talks about the charms of various poems he chose by himself, and recites the French ve…
AY 2017
Global Faculty Development Symposium
#2 Getting to the Heart of Learning: Evidence-based Science Education [EN]
A symposium was held, inviting Dr.Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science and engineering have advanced rapidly in the past 500 years. Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, the learning and teaching of these subjects meanwhile has remained largely medieval. Research on how people learn is now revealing much more effective…
AY 2009
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
A Quest Named Fiction [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures. In this lecture which was carried out in the title of “A Quest Named Fiction”, various literary discussions on Mr. Le Clézio's literatures were exchanged while int…
AY 2013
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Memory and Imagination in Creation of Literature [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures. Why does Mr.Le Clézio rewrite his ancestor's experience? What will it bring to him that he builds fiction while he divides into the memories of his ancestors and exe…
AY 2015
Special Lecture by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Writing Youth, Writing Old Age [Subtitled JP]
It is a special lecture with French writer J.M.G.Le Clézio, a 2008 Nobel Prize for literature award recipient. This lecture take a dialogue form with Prof. Yoshikazu Nakaji who is also a translator of Mr. Le Clézio’s literatures. While introducing examples of various works, interesting topics regarding the meaning of “youth” and “old age” in Mr. Le Clézio’s literature are provided in the lec…
AY 2016
Special Lecture by Dr. Denis Mukwege
Sexual Violence and Conflict Mineral in the Eastern Congo [Subtitled JP]
In the Eastern Congo, some of rich rare metal resources are under control of armed groups. They are exercising brute force to the people living around the mines. It is especially blameful that they use sexual violence as a means to shock and control the residents. In this symposium, Dr. Denis Mukwege, the gynecologist engaging in medical treatment of the victims of sexual violence in the Eastern …
AY 2013
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Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Special Lecture
Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled EN]
On April 17, 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the 1991 Noble Peace Prize recipient gave a lecture at UTokyo Hongo Campus, and approximately 400 audience filled the hall. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by a warm and big round of applause following which she ga…
AY 2013
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Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Special Lecture
Democracy and Expectations on Young Leaders of the World [Subtitled JP]
On April 17, 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the 1991 Noble Peace Prize recipient gave a lecture at UTokyo Hongo Campus, and approximately 400 audience filled the hall. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed by a warm and big round of applause following which she ga…
AY 2011
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Special Lecture by Mr. Mario Vargas Llosa
#1 Enthusiasm for Literature and Creation of an Alternative Reality
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature, was invited to this lecture meeting. He chose to speak on the theme “Enthusiasm for Literature and Creation of an Alternative Reality.” Mr. Llosa’s address can only be viewed in the original Spanish.