Announcing the Kyoto–Oxford Symposium on Self, Identity, and Value Plurality

The symposium will explore questions of self, identity, and value plurality through presentations and discussions by leading scholars from a range of institutions. In addition to Professor Yasuo Deguchi (Kyoto University), who serves as Co-chairperson of the Kyoto Institute of Philosophy, the symposium will feature Professor Alan Morrison (University of Oxford), Professor Joseph Schear (University of Oxford), Professor Sophie Archer (Cardiff University), Professor Herman Cappelen (The University of Hong Kong), Professor Wiebke Denecke (MIT), Professor Parimal G. Patil (Harvard University), Professor Ralph Wedgwood (University of Southern California), and Professor Noburu Notomi (The University of Tokyo).

Programme Update: We regret to announce that Professor Herman Cappelen has had to cancel his participation in the symposium. We are sorry that he will not be able to join us on this occasion, and the programme has been updated accordingly.

The programme will also feature a panel discussion, Network of Networks, with Rupert Younger, Director of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation, and Dr Dongwoo Kim, Director of the KAIST AI Philosophy Research Center.

On the afternoon of 14 April, the programme will also include cross-sectoral panel sessions designed to connect academic discussion with public and professional practice. In addition to Professor Denecke, expected panellists include Christine Edman, Outside Director of Seven & i Holdings; Leo Lewis, Tokyo Bureau Chief of the Financial Times; Keisuke Kumagai, Partner at Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC; Michael Blyth, British Consul-General in Osaka; and Soshin Kimura, tea master and head of the Hoshinkai tea ceremony association. These sessions are intended to create an opportunity for dialogue across academic, cultural, diplomatic, and professional fields.

If you would like to attend, please register using the form below.

Registration Form: https://forms.gle/KJcPZNWuZSGMGs1r7