Chairperson of the International Committee on Historical Studies visits our university

On Monday, February 26, 2024, Professor Catherine Horel of the French National Center for Scientific Research, President of the International Commission on Historical Sciences (ICHS), and Professor Edoardo Tortarolo of the University of Eastern Piedmont, Secretary General of the ICHS, visited ICU in the presence of Professor Hirotaka Watanabe of the Faculty of Law, who also serves as Executive Director of the ICHS Headquarters. Founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1926 and affiliated with the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the ICHS is a globally respected and established committee with a long history and tradition, including a six-day research conference to commemorate its 100th anniversary at the University of Jerusalem. Japan is a prominent Asian country, with Nitobe Inazo, then Deputy General Manager the League of Nations, attending the committee's inaugural conference. Four Japanese historians have been elected to the ICHS Headquarters Board of Directors and Vice-Presidents.

This visit was made possible by the decision to hold the committee's board meeting, general meeting, and research conference at our Hachioji Campus in October 2024. Our university's Chairman and President Yoshihito Okinaga expressed his respect for the visit of the two committee representatives, and posed insightful questions supported by his own theories on the essence of history and international academic exchange, leading to an enthusiastic discussion toward our university's Educational Philosophy of "internationalization." After the meeting, the chairpersons toured our Kasumigaseki Campus and Hachioji Campus in preparation for the autumn conference.

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