History of LAP

What is Liberal Arts Program
（Liberal Arts Program, LAP）?

Tokyo University established a major overseas branch at Nanjing University in 2004. With the start of EALAI（EAST Asia Liberal Arts Initiative）, in 2005 the interaction between the two universities saw a dramatic increase. Since 1999, Tokyo University has held a four-university forum (BESTOHA) with Beijing University, Seoul University and Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and the EALAI has been its implementing agency. And the intensive lecture series at Nanjing University began as a focal point of liberal arts education. We have been holding workshops on Noh play and lectures on Kabuki, as well as publishing 『教養学導読』 (Introductory Readings on Liberal Arts Education) and『表象文化論叢』(The Journal of Culture and Representation) in Chinese as educational materials.

LAP began in April 2009 as a program independent from the EALAI. While emphasizing the intensive lecture series with Nanjing University, the LAP has been conducting more active exchange projects such as building models for interacting with other countries, offering intensive courses on new fields that integrate sciences and humanities, action-oriented learning through student exchange, and E-learning that adopts new technologies. Since 2010, LAP has been in collaboration with the Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence of the College of Arts and Science, and is now working to promote liberal arts education internationally as well as facilitating educational exchange.

LAP is a program that belongs to the College of Arts and Sciences and is funded by grants from the outside. At the program's onset we received a donation from Mr. Xue Xiaotong, a graduate from UT who was working in Shanghai.

Liberal Arts Educational Exchanges in Nanjing

2001
Nanjing University founded the Center for Sino-Japanese Cultural Studies, with Shigehiko Hasumi, former president of Tokyo University, as its honorary founder.
2002
Representing universities across Asia, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, president of Tokyo University, gave a talk at the ceremony for the 100th anniversary of Nanjing University.
2004
University of Tokyo held Liberal Arts Education Forum at Nanjing University, establishing its overseas branch “Tokyo University Center for Liberal Arts Academic Exchange in Nanjing”(東京大学リベラルアーツ南京交流中心)
2005
EALAI Program began. Motoo Furuta, vice-president, and Yoichi Kibata, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, participated in Education Forum in Nanjing city.
2006
An intensive lecture series at Nanjing University. A Noh play workshop by Shoroku Sekine and Yoshito Sekine (Kanze School)
2007
Nanjing University decided to formally recognize credits earned from the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation.
2008
An experiment with broadcasting courses of the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation on the Internet. A talk by Norimichi Kojima, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
2009
LAP Program began. Introduction of a new on-line system to aid students in preparing for the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation. A talk by Tamasaburo Bando. A talk by Susumu Yamakage, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, at the new Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University.
2010
Established the model for educational exchange program with Nanjing University. The educational exchange takes a rotation format in which lectures are offered over the course of the academic year revolving around a theme in Komaba and Nanjing. The rotation format means that every year in March, we host Intensive Lecture Series in Nanjing, in which three faculty members from the Humanities and another three from the Sciences offer lectures. Furthermore, building on the Intensive Lectures, every October at Komaba we have been hosting “Theme Lectures” (renamed as Academic Frontier Lectures in 2016), making the lectures held in Nanjing and Tokyo come in full circle for the year. For more about the previous Lectures, please go to “Nanjing University Intensive Lecture Series”
2013
With generous donations from Zensho Holdings, Inc., “Zensho University of Tokyo Nanjing University Liberal Arts Student Exchange Program” began. It consists of “Nanjing University Fieldwork,” “U TOKYO-NU Fieldwork in Tokyo,” “Summer School in Chinese,” as well as “Advanced Training in Chinese.”
2017
「”Exhibition on the History of Nanjing University--University of Tokyo Exchange and Collaboration”（南京大学─东京大学合作交流回顾展） was held at Nanjing University.
2002
Representing universities across Asia, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, president of Tokyo University, gave a talk at the ceremony for the 100th anniversary of Nanjing University.
2005
EALAI Program began. Motoo Furuta, vice-president, and Yoichi Kibata, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, participated in Education Forum in Nanjing city.
2007
Nanjing University decided to formally recognize credits earned from the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation.
2009
LAP Program began. Introduction of a new on-line system to aid students in preparing for the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation. A talk by Tamasaburo Bando. A talk by Susumu Yamakage, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, at the new Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University.
2013
With generous donations from Zensho Holdings, Inc., “Zensho University of Tokyo Nanjing University Liberal Arts Student Exchange Program” began. It consists of “Nanjing University Fieldwork,” “U TOKYO-NU Fieldwork in Tokyo,” “Summer School in Chinese,” as well as “Advanced Training in Chinese.”
2001
Nanjing University founded the Center for Sino-Japanese Cultural Studies, with Shigehiko Hasumi, former president of Tokyo University, as its honorary founder.
2004
University of Tokyo held Liberal Arts Education Forum at Nanjing University, establishing its overseas branch "Tokyo University Center for Liberal Arts Academic Exchange in Nanjing"(東京大学リベラルアーツ南京交流中心)
2006
An intensive lecture series at Nanjing University. A Noh play workshop by Shoroku Sekine and Yoshito Sekine (Kanze School)
2008
An experiment with broadcasting courses of the intensive lecture series on Culture and Representation on the Internet. A talk by Norimichi Kojima, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
2010
Established the model for educational exchange program with Nanjing University. The educational exchange takes a rotation format in which lectures are offered over the course of the academic year revolving around a theme in Komaba and Nanjing. The rotation format means that every year in March, we host Intensive Lecture Series in Nanjing, in which three faculty members from the Humanities and another three from the Sciences offer lectures. Furthermore, building on the Intensive Lectures, every October at Komaba we have been hosting “Theme Lectures” (renamed as Academic Frontier Lectures in 2016), making the lectures held in Nanjing and Tokyo come in full circle for the year. For more about the previous Lectures, please go to “Nanjing University Intensive Lecture Series”
2017
「”Exhibition on the History of Nanjing University--University of Tokyo Exchange and Collaboration”（南京大学─东京大学合作交流回顾展） was held at Nanjing University.

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