Komaba Festival Open Lecture 2013
Content List
#1 D'Annunzio, Beloved by Natsume, Mori, and Mishima
Gabriele D'Annunzio was one of distinguished Italian writer in the early 20th century. His works were read and translated internationally, and many Japanese writers such as Soseki Natsume, Ogai Mori, Yukio Mishima loved them. This lecture traces D'Annunzio’s life and his beloved works worldwide. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#2 Producing Lifelike Materials
It is still impossible to produce materials as if they were alive even though using frontier technologies. What kind of law of nature gives things vitality? This lecture delivers knowledge of science between natural and artificial cell introducing recent researches on artificial cell production. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#3 In Pursuit of Ultimate Theory of Elementary Particles
This lecture introduces the theory of elementary particles including Higgs boson, one of latest discoveries of physics. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
#4 How Do We Survive in the Global Era?
Globalization made us to communicate and compete with diverse people/organizations on a same stage, and it has been posing a question: How can we cope with both world standards and own identity, values, and culture? In this session, two professors specializing in sociology and international relations discuss that theme comparing Japan and foreign countries at times adding a borderless perspective…