The Humanities Cafe Planning Working Group of the Graduate Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, will hold the 37th Hokkaido University Humanities Cafe, "The Birth of 'Please Be Quiet!' – On Silence and Dialogue in Museums."
The theme for the 37th Hokkaido University Humanities Cafe is "Appreciation and Viewing in Museums." The speaker will be Nobutaka Imamura from the Department of Art Studies.
For those who are unable to attend the event in person, we will also provide an opportunity to participate online after the event.
Date, time, place, etc.
- Date and time: Saturday, July 18, 2026 15:00-16:30
- Location: Kinokuniya Bookstore Sapporo Main Store, Sapporo 55 Building, Inner Garden 1st Floor (North 5 West 5)
*Online viewing available after the event ends. - Capacity: 70 people. Participation is free (registration required, first-come, first-served basis).
- Organized by: Hokkaido University Graduate Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Humanities Cafe Planning Working Group
speaker
- Nobutaka Imamura
Professor, Department of Art Studies, Graduate Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University
[Aesthetics, history of art criticism, museology]
listener
- Sae Okada
Hokkaido University, Graduate Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences Department of Arts and Sciences, Master's Program, 2nd year
For more details, please click here. *This will take you to the website of the Graduate Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University.
