The 42nd Keio Symposium on Bridging Humanities, Social Sciences and Medicine: The Psychology and Anthropology of Empathy

April 24, 2025

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 09:00-10:30

Venue: Room 441, South School Building, Keio University Mita Campus (Campus Map < https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/maps/mita.html > [4])

Language: Japanese

Registration: Please register via the link here < 5/7 慶應シンポジウム登録 (The 42nd Keio Symposium Registration) > by approximately 9:00 PM on May 6.

Overview: We will welcome Dr. Kaito Tohata, a clinical psychologist, who will give a lecture on empathy that also integrates an anthropological perspective. Dr. Yusuke Takahashi, a psychiatrist, will join as a commentator for a discussion.

Speaker:

Kaito Tohata

Born in 1983. He specializes in clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, and medical anthropology. He graduated from the Faculty of Education at Kyoto University and completed his doctoral program at the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University. He is a clinical psychologist, a certified public psychologist, and holds a Ph.D. in Education. After working at a psychiatric clinic and serving as an associate professor at Jumonji University, he now runs the Shirokane Takanawa Counseling Room. His publications include "The Field Doctor Laughs: What Is Psychotherapy?" (Seishin Shobo, 2015), "Ordinary Psychotherapy in Japan: Psychology and Medical Anthropology for Local Daily Clinical Practice" (Seishin Shobo, 2017), "It's Hard to Be Here: A Memorandum on Care and Therapy" (Igaku-Shoin, 2019), "Where Has the Mind Gone?" (Bungeishunju, 2021), "On a Night When Anything Can Be Found, Only the Heart Cannot" (Shinchosha, 2022), "The Art of Listening, The Art of Being Heard" (Chikuma Shinsho, 2022), "Ordinary Consultation" (Kongo Shuppan, 2023), and "Psychology on a Rainy Day: When Mental Care Begins" (KADOKAWA, 2024). In 2019, his book "It's Hard to Be Here" won the 19th Osaragi Jiro Prize for Non-Fiction and the Kinokuniya Humanities Grand Prize 2020.

Commentator:

Yusuke Takahashi

Psychiatrist. He is affiliated with the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. In addition to specializing in research on the neurobiological basis of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, he is also involved in providing mental support for individuals with physical illnesses and engages in research and education on diversity and inclusion in medicine.

Inquiries: Junko Kitanaka（ junko.kitanaka@keio.jp < mailto:junko.kitanaka@keio.jp > ）

Contact: Junko Kitanaka（ junko.kitanaka@keio.jp < mailto:junko.kitanaka@keio.jp > ）

This research is supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research JP21H05174.