<The main schedule for INU Student Seminar 2021>

5 August: Introduction and Welcome session, Keynote speech

6 August: Watching the Peace Memorial Ceremony (Live streaming), Workshop

9 August: Group work, Dialogue with an A-bomb survivor, Workshop

10 August: Group work, Introduction of Japanese culture, Workshop

11 August: Group work, Lecture (cross-cultural understanding), Workshop

12 August: Group work, Japanese language experience, Keynote speech

13 August: Group work, Reflection, Final presentation

The 15th INU Student Seminar in 2021 was held online from Thursday 5 August to Friday 13 August, as indicated in the above schedule.  Under the theme of "Understanding Global Inequalities: Bridging the Gaps," students and faculty from 10 universities in 9 countries that are members of INU participated in the seminar.  Prior to the seminar, students of Hiroshima University attended the personal account from an A-bomb survivor on Friday 23 July and prepared for the dialogue with an A-bomb survivor to be held during the seminar.  The seminar included keynote speeches by Dr. Vidya Diwakar of Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a British think tank, and Dr. Carmen Thiele of European University Viadrina, as well as workshops based on the seminar themes. In addition to participating in lectures and workshops, the students engaged in discussions in groups consisting of students from various universities to prepare for their final presentations. Hiroshima University students also took the role of introducing Japanese culture to overseas students, which helped to deepen exchanges among the participants.  On the last day of the 7-day seminar, Friday 13 August, each group made a final presentation on the current issues of disparity and inequality in various countries, proposed solutions, and had a discussion afterward.  The seminar successfully ended with the effective use of various online tools throughout the seminar and enabled participants to discover the benefits of online.