Dear colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the following Comparative Politics research
seminar

sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Keio University. It is
free of

charge and no registration necessary.

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Date: December 5 (Saturday), 2015

Place: Keio University, Mita Campus

Classroom No. 475 (http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/mita.html,
Building No.6)

Time: 14:00 to 18:00 (NOMIKAI follows after the seminar)

(1) Jacques Hymans（University of Southern California /University of
Tokyo）14:00-15:10

The Limits of Japan’s Energy Angst: Japan's Failure to Exploit its
Geothermal Energy

Riches, from the 1970s to Today

(2) Kenneth Mori McElwain（University of Tokyo) 15:20-16:30

What Does Japan’s Constitution Tell Us About Global Constitutionalism?

(3) Kay Shimizu (Columbia University）16:40-17:50

Liberalization and the Distancing of Politics: the Case of Agricultural
Reforms in Japan

* The seminar is part of our graduate-level class, Comparative Politics/Area

Studies Workshop. Inquires: Yuko Kasuya (Keio University)
ykasuya@a7.keio.jp