Dear members of SSJ-Forum, 

We cordially invite you to "JF-GJS Initiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024" on November 8 (Fri), 2024. This event will be held in-person only. To join this event, please fill in the form below. Also, please feel free to share this information widely.  　

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JF-GJS Initiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024

• Date and Time: November 8(Fri) 2024, 10:00-18:00(JST)

• Venue: FIto International Research Center, The University of Tokyo

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• Program:

10:00- Registration (Foyer on the 2nd basement floor) 

 

Opening (Ito Hall)

10:15 Remarks KUROSAWA Shinya, President of the Japan Foundation 

 

Keynote Speech & Dialogue: Fostering Research Networks to Co-Create a Future with the Next Generation (Ito Hall) 

10:30 Keynote Speech "To Be and How to Be-Navigating Research Landscape in Japanese Studies Today"

LIM Beng Choo, Head the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore

10:45 Dialogue Session

Moderator: SONODA Shigeto, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo 

Speakers: LIM Beng Choo, National University of Singapore    

     VILLOTA Alleson II Decena, University of Shizuoka

     TANGSINMUNKONG Pattajit, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

11:30 Interactive Session

Networking Lunch (Event Space) 

12:00 Reflection of the morning session

 

Presentation & Discussion: Japanese Studies in the World Today: Learning from Others (Ito Hall) 

Chair: NAKAJIMA Takahiro, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

14:00 "Japan's Foreign and Security Policies: Human Security in an Evolving Strategic Posture" 

Presenter: TANA Maria Thaemar, JF-GJS Fellow, The University of Tokyo 

Commentator: SATO Jin, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

14:25 "From Sacred Trails to World Heritage: Global Impacts of Pilgro-tourism in Japan"

Presenter: DECKER Joseph Lyndon, JF Fellow, Indiana University

Commentator: KURAMOTO Ryosuke, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

14:50 "Image of Early Modern Japanese Women in the Eyes of Foreign Women Visitors to Japan" 

Presenter: AHUJA Nishtha, JF Fellow, University of Delhi

Commentator: OGAWA Michihiro, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

15:15 Interactive Session

15:45 Session Closing Remarks 

SATO Yuri, Executive Vice President of the Japan Foundation

Poster Networking Event (Event Space) 

16:00-18:00 Meet JF Fellows

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  Registration: JF-GJSInitiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024

• Language:Japanese and English (no interpretation provided)

 

• Organizers: The Japan Foundation; Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
  

• Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Best Regards,

Global Asian Studies (GAS) 

https://gas.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA) at the University of Tokyo

https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

https://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp