The UH Uehiro Academy hosts and participates in international exchanges among educators and researchers, with a dedicated focus to Japan-Hawai‘i connections. p4c Hawai‘i has hosted teachers, professors, and students from Austria to Kazakhstan and is currently hosting a visiting scholar from Hiroshima University. While the UH Uehiro Academy always welcomes visitors, we focus on three exchanges each year. Since 2008, the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education in Tokyo has generously hosted p4c Hawai‘i teachers in Japan each summer to conduct workshops, demonstrate p4c lessons, and meet with teachers, university faculty, administrators, and government officials. In turn the UH Uehiro Academy welcomes visiting elementary and junior high school teachers from Japan each August. These visiting teachers demonstrate moral education lessons and learn about p4c Hawai‘i from teachers and UH faculty. Additionally, each spring we welcome interested university faculty and graduate students from Japan to learn about p4c Hawai‘i theory and practices. Each of these exchanges is made possible through the effort and guidance of Dr. Mitsuyo Toyoda and the generous support of the Uehiro Foundation.

The UH Mānoa Uehiro Academy regularly invites scholars, researchers, and educators interested in philosophy Hawai‘i research and programs as visiting scholars. The Uehiro Academy works closely with the Faculty and Scholars Immigration Services (FSIS) unit on campus to officially host international visiting scholars.

Prospective International Visiting Scholars — Please contact Dr. Ben Lukey (lukey@hawaii.edu) or another faculty sponsor at the Academy with whom you would like to work (based on mutual research and/or professional interest). All visiting scholars must be hosted by a member of the Uehiro Academy and work with an Uehiro Academy faculty sponsor. It is best that interested scholars study our website and learn about the work that our faculty are doing and see where there may be mutual interest towards a fruitful collaboration.

It is the responsibility of the visiting scholar to meet all University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa policy requirements and procedure related to their visit. Here are more helpful links:

•  Office of Faculty and Scholar Immigration Services | FSIS Home

FSIS provides immigration assistance to University of Hawai‘i (UH ) departments and international scholars and employees across the UH System.

• International Faculty & Scholars | IFS Home

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa International website connects to all things International on the Mānoa campus.

• UH Mānoa Visitor’s Guide

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