Dear Colleagues,

The British Association for Japanese Studies (Japan
Branch) warmly invites members and colleagues to its first event of 2014:

"Symposium on Risk, Society and Politics in Contemporary Japan" and Professional Development Workshop for PhD Students Jointly sponsored by the Shiga University Center for Risk Research

Dates: 24th and 25th May 2014
Location: Shiga University Faculty of Economics, Honbu 3rd Floor Large Meeting Room

24 May (Saturday), 1:30 - 5:30, "Symposium on Risk, Society and Politics in Contemporary Japan"

Panel: Positioning Risk and Making Social Policies in Contemporary Japan 1. Social Policies of Accountability in the Era of Neoliberal Risk, William Bradley, Ryukoku University 2. Risky Quest of Internationalizing Japan's Universities, Mayumi Ishikawa, Osaka University 3. Risks of Reforming Regular Employment in Japan, Scott North, Osaka University 4. Risk, the Fear of Risk, and the Risk of the Fear of
Risk: the bureaucratic response to radiation in contemporary Fukushima, Tom Gill, Meiji Gakuin University Keynote Speech: A Nation at Risk? Globalization, nationalism, and the future of Japan, Koichi Nakano, Sophia University For further details, including full abstracts of the papers, see the symposium website.
http://www.philipseaton.net/british-association-for-jap
anese-studies-japan-branch/bajs-symposium-24-5-may-2014
/

25 May (Sunday), 10:00 - 12:00, Professional
Development Workshop for PhD Students
Professional Development Workshop for PhD Students on
"Building a Career within the Japanese University
System" (coordinated by Philip Seaton and Robert
Aspinall)
Notes regarding the PhD workshop (maximum participants,
15):
1) Priority is given to PhD students who are members of
BAJS or who are conducting PhD research under the
supervision of BAJS members.
2) Travel bursaries (not necessarily the full cost of
participation) are available for BAJS student members
(being a student member is free. People who are not
members should join before 24 May in order to receive
the bursary).
3) Recipients of travel bursaries must attend both the
symposium (24th) and the workshop (25th). Attendance at
only the Workshop is possible, but bursaries cannot be
provided for workshop participation only.
4) While attendance at the symposium on the 24th is
open to the public, attendance at the Professional
Development Workshop is by invitation only. Please
contact Philip Seaton in advance if you want to attend.

If you have any questions or want to attend the event,
please contact the event organizers: Robert Aspinall
(Shiga University, symposium attendance, Robert
Aspinall ) and Philip
Seaton (BAJS Japan Branch inquiries and PhD workshop
inquiries).
For inquiries about BAJS membership, please visit first
the official BAJS website:
http://www.bajs.org.uk/membership/

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Dr Philip Seaton, MA (Cantab), MA (Sussex), DPhil
(Sussex)
Professor, Modern Japanese Studies Program.

Personal Website: www.philipseaton.net
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