UPCOMING EVENTS

Learning Circle 

July-November 2023 Learning Circle Series:

Worth debating! – Intercultural Assumptions We Disagree On

In a recent survey of intercultural professionals, there was significant disagreement about basic questions such as: 1) What is the cause of ethnocentrism? 2) Is the right attitude enough to overcome intercultural misunderstanding? 3) Should social justice be a primary goal of intercultural education? In this Learning Circle series, we will use a structured discussion format to uncover the differing assumptions that lead to these divergent views. This is not a debate and participants will not need to “take sides” about which answer is “correct”. The goal is to deepen our understanding of different ways to look at these foundational questions, and to reach shared understandings with our intercultural colleagues.

Thur. Jul 27, 2023 (19:30-21:00 JST) – Ethnocentrism! Where does it come from and what can we do about it? More than half of intercultural professionals surveyed felt that ethnocentrism is learned, and thus can be overcome by education. The other half felt that ethnocentrism is a natural part of how our mind works, so it can never be fully overcome. This raises a fundamental question for interculturalists: What is ethnocentrism and what can we do to overcome it? In this session we will discussion the differing assumptions that lead to these divergent views. This is not a debate and participants will not need to “take sides” about which answer is “correct”. The goal is to deepen our understanding of different ways to look at these foundational questions. 

Thur. Sep 28, 2023 (19:30-21:00 JST) – Attitude! Is the right attitude enough to avoid cultural misunderstanding? 60% of intercultural professionals surveyed felt that with the right attitude, cultural misunderstanding can be largely avoided. Is attitude enough? If so, then what is the “right” attitude. If not, then what stands in the way of intercultural understanding? In this session we will discussion the differing assumptions that lead to these divergent views. This is not a debate and participants will not need to “take sides” about which answer is “correct”. The goal is to deepen our understanding of different ways to look at these foundational questions. 

Thur. Nov 23, 2023 (19:30-21:00) – Diversity & Inclusion vs. Intercultural Education! Is social justice the goal of intercultural education? About half of intercultural professionals surveyed fee that greater awareness of issues of social justice is the primary goal of intercultural education. The other half felt that social justice issues are largely a separate domain from intercultural education. How can we make sense of this? In this session we will discussion the differing assumptions that lead to these divergent views. This is not a debate and participants will not need to “take sides” about which answer is “correct”. The goal is to deepen our understanding of different ways to look at these foundational questions. 

Oct 20 – Dec 15, 2023  Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass *REGISTRATION IS OPEN

2023 PAST EVENTS

Jan-May 2023 Learning Circle Series: What are “the basics”?

Learning Circle: Globalization and Deep Culture Learning

Thur. May 25, 2023 (19:30-21:00 JST) Discussion: Cultural Learning Processes 

Thur. Mar 23, 2023 (19:30-21:00 JST) Discussion: The Goals of Cultural Learning 

Thur. Jan 26, 2023 (19:30-21:00 JST) Discussion: Talking about cultural difference 

2022 PAST EVENTS

Oct 22- Dec 16 2022 BMC5

Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass

Jul-Nov 2022 Learning Circle Series: What’s wrong with intercultural theory?

Learning Circle: Globalization and Deep Culture Learning

Thur. Nov 24, 2022 Discussion: The future of intercultural education theory. 

Thur. Sep 22, 2022 Panel discussion: Beyond WEIRD intercultural theory. 

Thur. Jul 28, 2022 Discussion: Intercultural concepts – What’s useful?

Feb 11 – Apr 8, 2022 BMC4

Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass

Jan-May 2022 Learning Circle Series – Bias and intercultural understanding

Learning Circle: Globalization and Deep Culture Learning

Thur. May 26, 2022 :How to talk about bias?

Thu Mar 24, 2022 :What types of bias are there? 

Thu Jan 27, 2022 :What is bias?

2021 PAST EVENTS

November 2021 Learning Circle

Thur. Nov 25, 2021 (19:30-21:00 JST):The C Factor: The Overlooked Dynamic of the Social Brain

September 2021 Learning Circle

Thur. Sept 30, 2021 (19:30-21:00 JST):Transformative learning: Investigating perspective changes during a virtual exchange project

July 2021 Learning Circle

Thur. July 29, 2021 (19:30-21:00 JST)

Translating Deep Culture – Expanding Intercultural Education  in Turkey

June 2021 Learning Circle

Thur. June 10, 2021 (19:30-21:00 JST):Hanako’s Story – A Deep Culture Difference Activity 

2020 PAST EVENTS

May 2–July 2, 2021
Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass 

January 27-March 10, 2021
Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass  

October 21-December 2, 2020
Brain, Mind & Culture Masterclass  

July-October, 2020 (*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Learning Circle is currently transitioning to a virtual format.)
Learning Circle: Globalization and Deep Culture Learning

January-June, 2020 (virtual meetings)
Learning Circle:Academic Study Group – Language, Culture, and the Embodied Mind

February 21(THU)-22 (FRI), 2020
Deep Culture Seminars: Foundations Seminar

2019 PAST EVENTS

September 20 (FRI), 2019
Learning Circle: Creating a Cross-Cultural Understanding Course—Insights and Challenges

June 29 (SAT), 2019
June Learning Circle: Half-day workshop—Engaging students with the Linguaculture Motivation Profiler

May 30 (THU), 2019
Intercultural Session V—Deep Culture Learning

May 24 (FRI), 2019
JII Learning Circle: Language and Culture in the Lower-level Classroom—Best Practices

April 19 (FRI), 2019
JII Learning Circle: Culture, Cognition and Intercultural Learning for a Global Age

February 8 (FRI), 2019
JII Learning Circle: ‘Caught in the loop’: The engagement-resistance cycle in intercultural encounters

January 31 (THU), 2019
Intercultural Session IV-Workshop: Deep culture learning IV 

January 12 (SAT), 2019
JII Learning Circle: Welcome to the Pelican family! Simulating an intercultural encounter in your classroom

 

2018 PAST EVENTS

December 8, 2018
CEGLOC Conference-21st Century Classroom

November 2, 2018
JII Learning Circle: Culture in Language Teaching—Ideas and Activity Sharing

September 7, 2018
JII Learning Circle: Javier Salazar, Ph.D.

August 8, 2018
Workshop, SIETAR World Congress

July 14, 2018
Joseph Shaules Lecture: Yume-nabi Live

July 6, 2018
JII Learning Circle: Harumi Ogawa Ph.D

July 1-5, 2018
Joseph Shaules Presentation at International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology Congress

June 1, 2018
JII Learning Circle: Hanna Chouchane

February 23-24, 2018
Train the Trainer Workshop (Germany)
Title: Mind, Brain and Culture: New Paradigms in Intercultural Understanding

 

2017 PAST EVENTS

December 2, 2017
Resistance is Normal-Barriers to Motivation and the Psychology of Language Learning 
Sponsored by the Japan Intercultural Institute, with support from MEXT (Japanese  Ministry of Education)

September 29-30, 2017
JALT Shizuoka Chapter Conference

Constructive Communication Across Gender And Cultures

June 10, 2017
JII One-day Intensive Seminar Linguaculture Learning—Theory, research and classroom practice