This page shows the lectures I give in the academic year 2009 (April 2009 - March 2010).

I teach at Kyoto University, IAMAS (April through July), Konan University (summer intensive course), Doshisha University (September through January) and Kobe University (winter intensive course). All the lectures I give in Japan are conducted in Japanese.

About my classes in Kyoto University, check the website of Aesthetics and History of Arts, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University.

• No lecture: Between May 18 and June 3 I will be staying in Vienna to give lectures at Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, and participate in Coded Cultures: Exploring Creative Emergences

• Bigaku Bijutsushigaku Kougi (Lecture on Aesthetics and Art History), Kyoto University
  April-July, Wednesday 14:45-16:14, New building 2F lecture room 3, Faculty and Graduate School of Letters
  This is an introductory lecture on aesthetics for undergraduates. Porf. Hirakawa will take care of the art history part which starts in October 2009.
• Bigaku Bijutsushigaku Enshu II (Aesthetics and Art History Seminar II, Kyoto University) 　　

  Yearlong, Wednesday 16:30-18:00, New building 2F Seminar room 2

  Undergradute seminar of reading and interpreting English materials.

• Bigaku Bijutsushigaku Tokushu Kougi(Advanced Lecture on Aesthetics and Art History, Kyoto University) 　　

  Yearlong, Friday 13:00-14:30, New building 2F Lecture room 6

  Open both for graduates and undergraduates.

• Bigaku Bijutsushigaku Enshu III(undergraduate) 　　

  Yearlong, Attention to the date!, New building 2F Seminar room 2

  Presentations by the 3rd and the fourth year students. Check the schedule at the bulletin board in front of the Bigaku Kenkyuushitsu, or check Bigaku Kenkyuushitsu website.

• Bigaku Bijutsushigaku Enshu III(postgraduate) 　　

  Yearlong, Friday 14:45-, New building 2F Seminar room 2

  Presentations by post-graduate students

• Gendai Shisou Enshu(Seminar of Contemporary Theory, IAMAS) 　　

  April/September 13:50-16:55Note: irregular lecture dates

  This lecture will be on April 28, May 12, June 6, 16, 30, July 14 and 28. On June 6, it starts at 9:00 and ends at 15:20.

• Gendai Geijutsu ron II( Contemporary Art II, Konan University) 　　

  Intensive lecture on August 10-12.

• Gendai Geijutsu ron II( Contemporary Art II, Doshisha University) 　　

  October/March Mondays

• Gendai Bunka ron(Theory of Contemporary Culture, Kobe University) 　　

  Intensive on winter, dates undecided.