2025.03.21
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Chuo Institute of Cultural Sciences and Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre Co-Host Symposium
University of Cambridge photo by Cajeo Zhang on Unsplash
The Chuo Institute of Cultural Sciences and the Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre co-hosted the “Second Symposium on Research based on Experiments with Artificial Language (REAL)” on March 13th, 2025.
The symposium presented results from joint research with the Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre that leverages the use of artificial languages for the systemic exploration of second language learning. Approximately 50 language scientists and graduate students from both universities attended the symposium and engaged in lively discussions with the presenters.
Research Team Members from Chuo and Cambridge:
Junya Fukuta (Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University)
Shigenori Wakabayashi (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University)
John Matthews (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University)
Makiko Hirakawa (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University)
Takayuki Kimura (Associate Professor, Utsunomiya University)
John Williams (Professor, University of Cambridge)
Boping Yuan (Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge)
Yuyan Xue (Researcher, University of Cambridge)
Ianthi Maria Tsimpli (Professor, University of Cambridge)
In 2020, the Institute of Cultural Sciences of Chuo University became the first research institution in Japan to establish an inter-institutional agreement with the Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre.
■ Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre
The Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre, located in Cambridge (UK), was established in July 2011 as a Strategic Research Initiative (SRI) within the University of Cambridge. It has since promoted collaborative research across the University, traversing normal faculty boundaries. Having proven to be a successful vehicle for advancing research, the SRI was formally recognized as one of eleven Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IRCs) at the University of Cambridge and is currently undergoing further development.
The Centre, which operates as a university-wide institution, without its own dedicated faculty, department, or major, plays a vital role in fostering research and cultivating researchers, achieving its objectives through its associate researcher system and providing a structure for supporting postgraduate researchers. Currently, the Centre includes approximately 250 researchers and covers a wide range of disciplines including humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, medicine, computer science, and engineering and technology. To deal with many large-scale multidisciplinary research challenges facing language sciences, the Centre actively builds networks with leading research institutions around the world. This strategy is intended to strengthen research collaborations and promote information sharing across diverse research areas.
