Philosophy ‘WE-issues and its Social Implications’

17th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium

Hosted by: Universität Hamburg, Kyoto University, JSPS Bonn Office
Date: February 12-14, 2024
Venue: University Museum (2nd floor / 1. OG) – Universität Hamburg(Hamburg)
 

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PROGRAM (144 KB)
 

February 12th

19:00

Scientific networking meeting/get together among PIs
 

February 13th

08:30

Registration

Session I (Chair: Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel)

09:00

Welcome and opening remarks

  • Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel (University of Hamburg)

  • Prof. Dr. Chie Onishi (Chief Consul of Japan in Hamburg)

 

09:30

WE-turn and Its Implications
Prof. Dr. Yasuo Deguchi(Philosophy, Kyoto University)

10:30

Coffee break

10:50

Can we share a we-feeling with digital machines?
Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Engelen (Philosophy, Universität Konstanz)

11:50

 «Black Lives Muttered»: The Changing Discourse of Blackness in Contemporary Japan
Prof. Dr. Chikako Mori (Sociology, Doshisha University)

12:50

Lunch break


Session II (Chair: Prof. Dr. Yasuo Deguchi)

14:00

The State as socio-economical “We.” Hegel’s Alternative Concept of Democracy
Prof. Dr. Taiju Okochi (Philosophy, Kyoto University)

15:00

The We in Democratic Experimentalism
Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Voß (Sociology, RWTH Aachen)

16:00

Coffee Break

16:20

Why should we start with We? On John Holloway's Critical Theory
Prof. Dr.Soichiro Sumida (Political Philosophy, Osaka University of Economics)

17:20

Introduction of JSPS Programs
Ms. Shiori Watanabe (JSPS Bonn Office)

17:35

Closing remarks day 1

19:00

Social event
 

February 14th

Session III (Chair: Prof. Dr. Taiju Okochi)

8:30

The “We” in Education: Learning to live together in schools
Prof. Dr. Kayo Fujii (Pedagogy, Yokohama National University)

9:30

Why should we care? An explanation from the concept of person and solidarity
Dr. Shingo Segawa (Bioethics, University Medical Center Göttingen)

10:30

Group Photo & Coffee break
 

Session IV (Chair: Prof. Dr. Taiju Okochi)

11:00

The “We” in the Anthropocene. A Critical Perspective
Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel (Sociology, Universität Hamburg)

12:00

Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)

Informal Dinner for Japanese Participants