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Ryukoku University initiated an MoU (General Memorandum of Understanding) with the University of Arizona in February 2018, and we welcomed a faculty-led short-term program of students in the 2018 academic year.
The novel coronavirus prevented us from welcoming more groups from the University of Arizona, until this year! A new group, composed of 16 American students and two accompanying Faculty Members, arrived in Japan on June 11th (Sunday) and will stay in Japan until July 8th, using Fukakusa Campus as their base for various adventures throughout the Kansai area. While at Ryukoku University their accompanying professors from Arizona will be giving lectures in Japanese Language and Asian Studies.

46 Ryukoku Student Buddies were recruited for intercultural exchange with the Arizona Students, and they met for the first time on June 13th (Tuesday) afternoon, in a one-hour session during which they were assigned to 16 different groups and switched groups halfway through the session to provide lively interaction and conversation between different participants.
The Ryukoku Student Buddies represent undergraduate students from the Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Policy Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Letters, and Faculty of International Studies.

At the First Meeting, the Japanese Buddies were stimulated by the Arizona students' perspectives and interest in Japanese culture.

The Faculty of Arizona Professors designed their program schedule so the Ryukoku Buddies could join the students on various field trips in the coming days, including the following:

* Night tour of Gion and Yasaka Shrine
* Chishakuin Temple
* Kiyomizu Temple
* Toei Movie Park
* Bowling at Round One
* Kifune and Kurama (Bamboo Cutting Ceremony)
* Ryoanji and Kinkakuji
* Nara (Deer Park, Todaiji, Kasuga Shrine)
* Arashiyama (Monkey Park, Bamboo Grove)
* Ginkakuji and Higashiyama
* Kyoto National Museum and Sanjusangendo

　
　経済学部教員の著書をご紹介いたします。

　松島 泰勝著『学知の帝国主義―琉球人遺骨問題から考える近代日本のアジア認識』
　明石書店、2023年


　これまで琉球にたいする日本の植民地支配の一環として骨の盗掘と「研究」がおこなわれた。日琉同祖論を言語学、形質人類学の観点から証明し、日本の植民地であることを隠蔽し、琉球を地政学的な拠点として利用してきた。
　「学知の帝国主義」とは、権力と科学とを融合させ、帝国主義、植民地主義を合理化するためのイデオロギーである。それは研究と政治との一体化による帝国主義強化のためのツールとして機能してきた。
　本書では、琉球人遺骨盗掘問題を無視し、みずからの「学知の帝国主義」を隠蔽し、当事者の人権、信仰、先祖への思慕の感情や記憶を無視して研究をつづけようとする学知（研究者、大学、博物館）がかかえる、いまだに清算されない帝国主義の問題を詳細に、学術的に検討した。


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