Ikeda Research Institute for Soka Education
Issue 8/ November 18, 2022

Report onIkeda Studies in Education
Purposethe University of Nairobi.

The Report on Ikeda Studies in Education iscompiled and circulated by the Ikeda ResearchInstitute for Soka Education (IRISE) of Soka
University. The Report serves as an informationsharing tool for scholars and researchers of this fieldof study, with the aim of facilitating on a global basis,
further advances in the research of and activities
relevant to Ikeda studies in education.

UKAcademics in the UK discuss soka education
On September 7, a panel on “Global Citizenship asa Pedagogy of Hope” took place at the 2022 British
Education Research Association (BERA) Annual
Conference held from September 6 to 8 at theUniversity of Liverpool. The symposium waschaired by Dr. Namrata Sharma of the State
University of New York at Oswego. Presentations
on comparative and international education weregiven by Dr. Paul Sherman, Director of the Soka
Education Research Centre on Global Citizenship atNews Update
Japan
First International Symposium on Global
Citizenship Education held at Soka University inJapanOn October 22, the Ikeda Research Institute for Soka
Education (IRISE) at Soka University hosted theinaugural International Symposium on Global
Citizenship Education under the theme “Restoring
Learning to Daily Living: Global Citizenship andJohn Dewey.” President Ikeda sent a congratulatory
message to the event, which was held at theuniversity and attended by some 170 scholars andstudents from 25 countries. In his keynote speech,
Jim Garrison, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech
University and former president of the John Dewey
Society, spoke on four intellectual virtues—
confidence, open-mindedness, single-mindedness
and responsibility—that Dewey highlighted. Otherkeynote speakers included Shigeru Aoyagi, Directorof UNESCO Bangkok Asia and Pacific Regional
Bureau for Education; Chiharu Fujii, Professor at
Waseda University and President of the John Dewey
Society of Japan; and Masumi Hashimoto Odari,
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature at

the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto,Canada; Alexis Stones and Dr. Aamna Pasha ofUniversity College London (UCL); and Prof.
Douglas Bourn, Director of the UCL Development
Education Research Centre.
USA
SUA opens Soka Heritage Hall in Aliso Viejo,
California
On October 7, Soka University of America held theopening ceremony for the Soka Heritage Hall, withadministrators, faculty, staff and students inattendance. The hall was built in commemoration of
the 20th anniversary of SUA’s founding, introducing
the institution’s founding principles, development ofSoka education and the manifold achievements of its
alumni. The hall also features exhibits on university
founder Daisaku Ikeda’s speeches and activities forpeace worldwide, together with the lives andlegacies of Soka Gakkai presidents Tsunesaburo
Makiguchi and Josei Toda.

Daisaku Ikeda on Education
Makiguchi's Lifelong Pursuit of Justice and Humane
Values (1996)

This Issue’s Selected Writing
Inukai, N. & Okamura, M. (2021). Determining tobe hopeful in hopeless times. In I. Nuñez & J. Goulah(Eds.), Hope and joy in education: engaging
Daisaku Ikeda across curriculum and context (pp.
10-20). Teachers College Press.
https://www.tcpress.com/hope-and-joy-ineducation-9780807765104

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This Report is issued on a bimonthly basis,
with the next release tentatively scheduled forJanuary 18, 2023.