Professor Daisaku Higashi of Sophia University gave a speciallecture at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon.
Saint-Joseph University in Beirut (Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth) has the memory of understanding (MoU) with the SophiaUniversity. This seminar was conducted as one of the first events to strengthen the partnership between Sophia University andSaint-Joseph University in Beirut.
Professor Higashi emphasized the importance of inclusive political processes in the phase of peacebuilding, sharing his recentacademic research on South Sudan, East Timor, and Syria.
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About 150 audiences including the rector of Saint-Joseph University, professors, and students, and citizens in Beirut participatedin the seminar; there were very active exchanges of the opinions between Professor and participants.
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Professors of Saint-Joseph University and Professor Higashi had dinner after the seminar to discuss the further cooperationbetween Sophia University and the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut. The Sophia University and Saint-Joseph University iscurrently discussing the second collaboration by hosting events in Tokyo sometimes in October this year
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