We have summarized the results of this program so far, centering on academic societies and workshops, and the development of teaching materials.

Academic societies and workshops

• 2023.12.1-2
  The Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2023 was held at the University of Tsukuba under the theme of “Normalization of Internationality and Interdisciplinarity.” Five graduate students from the Chiba University WISE Program participated and gave poster presentations. Ms. Miwa Sasamoto of М1 Chiba University received the Excellent Presentation Award in the Normalization of Internationality session.
  https://gradschool-forum2023.projects.tsukuba.ac.jp/
  

  

• 2023.9.11-13
  The 2023 WISE Program Joint Colloquium was hosted by Kumamoto University in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture, as a three-day, two-night training camp. Participants gave nine poster presentations and 11 oral research presentations and actively discussed the themes.
  

  

• 2023.7.3-7
  Nine graduate students from Chiba University participated in the Digital Humanities Summer School held at the University of Oxford in the UK, with all receiving certificates of completion. They participated in the courses entitled Introduction to Digital Humanities, When Archives Become Digital, Humanities Data, Applied Data Analysis, From Text to Tech, and Digital Cultural Heritage. Each of them delved deeply into their research interests and challenges. About 250 participants gathered from all over the world and developed specific research and career strategies while interacting with each other.
  

  

• 2023.05.20
  On May 20, 2023, three students from Chiba University and one from Okayama University gave poster presentations at the 132nd IPSJ SIG C-H Presentation.
  http://www.jinmoncom.jp/?CH132
• 2023.03.16
  The 3rd WISE Academic Forum of the Japan-China Young Researchers was held both online and in person. One student in the WISE Program from Chiba University and two from Okayama University gave research presentations. Mr. Jiang Jing, Dean of the School of Oriental Languages and Philosophy at Zhejiang Gongshang University, also gave an on-demand keynote speech.
• 2022.12.11
  A special session, “Dialogue between Young Graduate Students and Jinmonkon,” was held at the IPSJ SIG-CH Symposium 2022 (Jinmonkon 2022).
  Three students in the WISE Program from Chiba University and one from Nagasaki University gave research presentations.
• May 21, 2022
  Students participating in the program presented their study results at the 129th Research Meeting for the IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan) SIG Computers and the Humanities. Details can be found on the official website. (Chiba University: 2 students)
• March 17, 2022
  2nd WISE Academic Forum of the Japan-China Young Researchers held online.
• March 8, 2022
  Students participating in the program presented their study results at the DH Startup Consultation Meeting of the 3rd SIGLITH Research Meeting of the JADH (Japanese Association for Digital Humanities). Details can be found on the official website. (Chiba University: 2 students)
• February 19, 2022
  At the 128th Research Meeting for the IPSJ SIG Computers and the Humanities, Assistant Professor Naoki Kokaze and Specially Appointed Researcher Soichi Nagano from Chiba University reported the deployment of the WISE Program to undergraduate education at Chiba University in a presentation titled “Curriculum for Digital Humanities education for the Faculty of Humanities.”
  Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
• Sep. 17, 2021
  Joint Colloquium 2021 held online. (Day 17, Part 2 (M2))
• Sep. 15, 2021
  Joint Colloquium 2021 held online. (Day 15, Part 1 (M1))
• Mar. 10, 2021
  Students participating in the program presented their study results at the Young Researchers Results Presentation Session of the 1st SIGLITH Research Meeting of the JADH (Japanese Association for Digital Humanities). Details can be found on the official website. (Chiba University: 1 student)
• Nov. 20, 2020
  Assistant Professor Naoki Kokaze of Chiba University explained the program's purpose and significance at the workshop, “What form should information literacy take in humanities graduate schools?” at the JADH 2020 annual conference.
  JADH2020 Workshop
• June 16, 2020
  Yuri Ishida, a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor of Okayama University, contributed an article, “WISE Program touting Digital Humanities Study,” to Digital Humanities Monthly (DHM) No. 107.
  Digital Humanities Monthly (DHM) No. 107
• Mar. 16, 2020
  Partner universities and institutions held a kick-off symposium.

Development of teaching materials

• Mar. 31, 2021
  A video explaining how to use Gale Primary Sources and Gale Digital Scholar Lab, which we purchased as teaching materials for this program, has been posted here.
  (Access is limited to graduate students participating in the WISE Program at Chiba University.)
• June 17, 2020
  Click here to watch the video “3D Data Conversion of Relics Using Three-Dimensional Digital Technology”, which describes the WISE Program for the Faculty of Humanities.
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Interview

• 2023.11.06
  This dialogue was held on November 6, 2023 at Chiba University.
  We interviewed Mutsumi Awaji, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (Group Chief Strategy Officer and Group Chief Digital Transformation Officer) of Chiba Bank, Ltd., and Rie Nishihara, Chief Japan equity strategist at JP Morgan Securities Co., Ltd., about their careers and their thoughts on diversity in Japanese society.
  For more details, please check here.
  Click here to see the first half of the full dialogue.
  Click here to see the second half of the full dialogue.
• Nov. 18, 2022
  This interview was held at Chiba University on 18 November 2022.
  Dr. Nunuk Endah Srimulyani (Head of the Japanese Studies Departmet, Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, Indonesia) commented on the program and gave us a message.
  For more information, please click here.