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JUNE PROGRAM No.2

Monday, June 21, 2004 7:00-9:00p.m.

PROGRAM:
A Special Lecture in Memory of Dr. Mitsuko Saito
An Account of the Evolution of Intercultural Communication
Studies: Japanese Contribution (Tentative Tile)

PRESENTER:
John C. Condon, (PhD Univ. of New Mexico, Regent Professor)

PLACE:
Reitaku University Tokyo Kenkyu Center (Shinjuku i-Land Tower, 4th Floor)

LANGUAGE:
English

FEE:
Members 1000Yen; Non-members 2000Yen

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
In this lecture, Dr. Condon will reflect on the beginning stage of the evolution of intercultural communication as a field of study in Japan, and how it relates to the later development of intercultural communication studies in Japan and the United States, with special reference to the role played by the late Dr. Mitsuko Saito.

PRESENTER:
Dr. John Condon holds the title of Regents' Professor of Communication and Journalism, the highest award at the University of New Mexico. Of his forty years of teaching, half have been at schools outside the U.S., in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including 10 years of teaching at International Christian University in Japan, where he met and worked with the late Dr. Mitsuko Saito. He is the author of more than a dozen books in the field, including two seminal books on intercultural communication (ICC): one of the first ICC textbooks co-authored with Fathi Yousef, An Introduction to Intercultural Communication (1975); and the first book in Japanese (translation) which fully dealt with ICC, Ibunkakan Komyunikeshon (1980). He has since played a significant role in the development of ICC both in Japan and in the United States.

How to get there?:
i-Land Tower can be accessed directly from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi Line by following the underground path. From JR Shinjuku Station it is approximately a 10-minute walk. Once you get to the building, select an elevator that stops on the 4th floor. After you get off on the 4th floor, walk to the right until you get to the last door on your left.