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October 10, 2012

[SSJ: 7791] Symposium: Collective Memory, Identity and International relations in East Asia, Lund, Sweden, 6-7 November, 2012

From: Karl Gustafsson
Date: 2012/10/10

Focus Asia Symposium: Collective Memory, Identity and International relations in East Asia, Lund, Sweden, 6-7 November, 2012

In 2012, international relations in East Asia have been disturbed by severe tensions over territory with the largest anti-Japanese protests in China since the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations 40 years ago.
Traditionally, the study of international relations in East Asia has been dominated by a focus on material factors and issues having to do with geopolitics and military security. However, since the end of the Cold War, international relations in East Asia have increasingly been disrupted by clashes over war memory and nationalistic outbursts have become more frequent in the 2000s. In this situation, approaches to the study of international relations in the region emphasizing the importance of ideas have challenged conventional theories. Scholars have explored the impact identity and narratives about the past have on international relations in East Asia.

6 November Sångsalen, AF-Building

9:30-9:45 Welcome and opening remarks

9:45-10:40 Professor Paul Midford, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) Historical Memory versus Democratic Reassurance in the Japan ROK
Relationship: New Evidence

10:40-11:10 Coffee/Tea

11:10-12:05 Dr. Karl Gustafsson, Lund University, Collective Memory as a Security Issue in Sino-Japanese Relations

12:05-13:35 Lunch

13:35-14:30 Assistant Professor Yih-Jye Hwang, Leiden University, The 2004 Hand-in-Hand Rally in Taiwan:
“Traumatic” Memory, Commemoration & Subjectivity Formation

14:35-15:30 Associate Professor Linus Hagström, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Japan and Identity:
A Review

15:30-16:00 Coffee/Tea

16:00-16:55 Professor Caroline Rose, University of Leeds, Re-Writing the Anti-Japanese War in Chinese High School History Textbooks

17:00-17:55 Dr. Taku Tamaki, Loughborough University, Asia as Reality: Contemporary Regional Imaginary in Japanese Foreign Policy

7 November Domkyrkoforum (The Cathedral Forum)

9:30-10:25 Associate Professor Shogo Suzuki, Copenhagen University, “Perception and Misperception in Sino-Japanese Relations”

10:30-11:25 Professor Kuniko Ashizawa, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, When Identity Matters: State Identity, Regional Institution-Building, and Japanese Foreign Policy

11:25-11:55 Coffee/Tea

11:55-12:50 Professor Yonson Ahn, Frankfurt University, “History Wars” between Korea and China: The Contested History and Heritage of Koguryo/Gaogouli

12:50-14:20 Lunch

14:20-15:15 Associate Professor Alexander Bukh, Victoria University, Wellington, Japan’s Soft Power Strategy and Cultural Identity

15:20-16:15 Associate Professor Wang Horng-luen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, “Frames of War” and Nationalism in Japan and China

16:15-16:45 Coffee/Tea

16:45-17:40 Dr. Amy Catalinac, Australian National University, The Limits of Identity: Electoral Underpinnings of Japan’s Security Policy

17:40-17:55 Concluding words

The Focus Asia symposium to be held in Lund 6-7 November 2012 brings together a number of leading scholars who share a deep interest in issues having to do with collective memory, identity and international relations in East Asia. Detailed information can be found at: http://www.ace.lu.se/o.o.i.s/31606

For inquiries please contact: Dr. Karl Gustafsson, karl.gustafsson[at]ace.lu.se

Karl Gustafsson, Ph.D. (Political Science) Post-Doc Research Fellow

Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies Lund University Scheelevägen 15
223 70 Lund
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0) 46 222 0360
http://www.ace.lu.se/research/researchers-at-the-centre
/karl-gustafsson

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