Dear all/各位、

We cordially invite you to join the international workshop below (hybrid).

"When critical urban studies meet Asian studies: A dialogue on new directions of knowledge production in globalizing Asia"

Dialogue/session questions include;
-What is 'critical' urban studies? / What is critical Asian studies?
-What is the frontier and what are the key challenges for Asian Studies in globalizing and urbanizing era?
-Questioning means of publishing and knowledge production in 21st century

Date: July 1st (Saturday) 13:00-15:00
Venue: Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Main Conference Room, 3rd floor), University of Tokyo (https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/access/index.html)

Speaker and title: 

 "Critical urban studies, knowledge production and publishing: Perspective from IJURR's editor"
  Hyun Bang Shin (Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics, Board and editor of IJURR)
＊International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (https://www.ijurr.org/)

Discussants:
1. Masaaki Okamoto (Professor and Vice-director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
2. Shigeto Sonoda (Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)

Moderator: Tamaki Endo (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University)

This is a hybrid event, with an in-person (50 persons, on a first come, first served basis) and an online audience. Registration is required.
Registration for participation: https://forms.gle/aCGk9DiUi9Uuhqnc8

Organizer: KAKEN Research Project "Informalizing Asia: Dynamics and dilemma of global mega cities",(Grant-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Principle Investigator, Professor Tamaki Endo, Saitama University) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19H00553/

Co-organizer:
  Global Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia、University of Tokyo https://gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
  Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)

Contact: Tamaki Endo, endo[at]mail.saitama-u.ac.jp