GA Thesis Presentations 2026

The Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices program in the Graduate School of Global Arts (GA), which was launched in spring of 2016, focuses on three core areas of specialization – arts management, curation, and research – in order to study the relationship between the arts and society.

GA will organize its 2026 Master’s and Doctoral Thesis Presentations over three days with guest commentators at Senju campus. We welcome anyone to witness the achievements of the students.

Date & Time:
Friday, 13th February -Sunday, 15th February 2026
10am-7pm　*Close at 6pm on Sunday.

Venue:
Main Conference Room (2F), Senju Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts
1-25-1, Senju, Adachi Ward, Tokyo

Admission: Free
Organizer: Graduate School of Global Arts (GA), Tokyo University of the Arts

Guests:
Tomoaki Nakao (Associate Professor, Showa University of Music) / Yuichiro Nagatsu (Associate Professor, Kyushu University) / Hiroyuki Hattori (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts) / Sanghae Kwon (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) / Yasuhiro Sasaki (Representative, Lobsterr Publishing) / Takuro Mizuta (Project Assistant Professor, Center for Curatorial Studies Geidai, Tokyo University of the Arts) / Gunhild Borggreen (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen) *Online / Chikako Suzuki (Curator, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art) *Online / Chih-Yung Aaron Chiu (Professor and Director/Graduate Institute of Art and Technology, College of Arts, National Tsing Hua University) *Online / Nodoka Odawara (Sculptor, Critic, Faculty Member at Yokohama National University) / Jeremy Woolsey (Cultural Historian, Writer) / Takashi Sakai (Professor, Ritsumeikan University) / Charlotte McGowan-Griffin (Artist and PhD Researcher at University of the Arts London) / John Clark (Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney) / Mari Kobayashi (Professor, The University of Tokyo) / Lana Tran (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts) / Tomoko Wakabayashi (Project Coordinator / Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University)

*Please check here for the timetable.
* Due to limited seating capacity at the venue, entry may not be possible. We appreciate your understanding in advance.
* Presentations will be conducted in Japanese or English. There will be no interpretation.
* Graduation Exhibitions of Musical Creativity and the Environment Creation Department (Faculty of Music) and Research Field of Creativity of Music and Sound (Graduate School of Music) will also be held. For more details, please see here.

Contact: Graduate School of Global Arts (GA), Tokyo University of the Arts
MAIL: ga-tp2026@ml.geidai.ac.jp
TEL: 050-5525-2732