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January 31, 2025

Symposium: The contested Maritime Order in Asia

From: Kyoko Hatakeyama <kyokohatakeyama.kh@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/14

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【Remind: GAS Event】 GAS Book Talk "Routledge Handbook on Global China" (January 22, 2025)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  
Date: 2025/01/14

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Upcoming Webinar: Okinawa's Military Bases and the US-Japan Alliance; 23rd Jan

From: Nanaka Kishi <nanaka.kishi@dajf.org.uk>  
Date: 2025/01/14

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Seminar "Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action;" Hybrid, Jan 31st

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/12

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January 16 Free Lecture at Lakeland University Japan: "Diversity and Human Rights in Japan: The View of a Japanese LGBTQ+ Activist Doctor"

From: Roger Grabowski <grabowski@japan.lakeland.edu>  
Date: 2025/01/06

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Public Lecture Announcement: Tóth on Hungarian Political Japanophilia at Erfurt University 28/01/2025

From: l l <matyiou@gmail.com>
Date: 2025/01/06

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January 21, 2025

U.S.-ROK-Japan Young Trilateral Leaders (YTL) Summit 2025 (deadline 19 January 2025)

From: 杉田米行 <japan1166@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/09

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Japan Review 39 published

From: Edward Boyle <tedkboyle@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/09

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国際社会学学生ワークショップのお知らせ@一橋大学/Transnational Sociology Student Workshop@Hitotsubashi

From: Reina KUDO <r0e1i1n1a@icloud.com>  
Date: 2025/01/08

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"Gambling, Dignity, and Day Laborers in Tokyo" at Sophia U., Jan 15th

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/09

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【Reminder: JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series】 "Southeast Asian Can Think Outside Southeast Asia" (January 9, 2025)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  
Date: 2025/01/02

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Unexplored Crossways of Antiquarianism in Japan's Long Nineteenth Century:Symposium at Sophia University

From: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Office <i-comcul@sophia.ac.jp>  
Date: 2025/01/08

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[MJHA] New Books from Japan #8: "The Publishing Empire at War: A Cultural History of Defiance" Friday, January 17, 2025 | 7:00-8:30 AM ET | 9:00-10:30 PM JST

From: Dahlberg-Sears, Robert <dahlberg-sears.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu>  
Date: 2025/01/08

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[Online seminar on Jan. 24] "U.S. Alliances and the Role of Extended Deterrence" (GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation joint seminar)

From: Naomi Ando <ando@mansfieldfdn.org>  
Date: 2025/01/07

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Call for Papers for the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law

From: Emi OMURA <omura@cls-law.jp>
Date: 2025/01/06

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【Reminder: JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series】 "Southeast Asian Can Think Outside Southeast Asia" (January 9, 2025)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  
Date: 2025/01/02

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book publication announcements

From:Kathryn Goldfarb <kathryn.goldfarb@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/01/02

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Please join the first English meeting on the "Ethical Report Card of Companies"

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>  
Date: 2024/12/30

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January 15, 2025

Podcast Interview on The Contest for Japan's Economic Future

From: RICHARD KATZ <rbkatz@rbkatz.com>
Date: 2024/12/28

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International Seminar: "Voices of Diaspora: Experiences of Ethnic Korean Minorities in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Japan"

From: KIM VIKTORIYA <vkim@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/27

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"Perilous Wagers: Day Laborers in Tokyo" at Sophia U., January 15th

From: Name <email>
Date: 2024/12/21

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Film screening and discussion on dissociative identity disorder, Sophia U., Jan 10th

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/21

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Lecture on criminal justice system in Japan; Jan 7th

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/21

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DIJ WS Imagined Futures in Japan & Beyond (Oct 2024) | First Batch of Recordings Now on Youtube

From: Nicole Müller <mueller@dijtokyo.org>
Date: 2024/12/20

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PhD Studentship opportunity

From: Hugo Dobson <h.dobson@sheffield.ac.uk>
Date: 2024/12/18

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Video of Carol Gluck's 2024 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future" now available

From: Nick Kapur <nickkapur@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/17

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January 4, 2025

Extended Submission Deadline: Conference on Global Higher Ed. at Lakeland U. Japan

From: Roger Grabowski <grabowski@japan.lakeland.edu>
Date: 2024/12/18

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Winter Issue DIJ Newsletter

From: Torsten Weber <weber@dijtokyo.org>
Date: 2024/12/18

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CFP: 'Re-examining Japan's Cold War' Conference II, 20 February, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

From: FRENCH THOMAS W <french@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/16

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【Reminder】 GAS Roundtable "What is Tradition? From the Perspective of East Asian Philosophy" (December 22, 2024)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/16

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Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "U.S.-Japan Relations in a Changing International Order" with Phillip Lipscy

From: Takashi Kiyoizumi (JFIT) <tkiyoizumi@ucsd.edu>
Date: 2024/12/15

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【JF-GJS Fellow Talk Series】 "Southeast Asian Can Think Outside Southeast Asia" (January 9, 2025)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/11

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Special issue - Call for papers. "Economics of ageing: Japan in comparative perspective" (Journal of the Economic of ageing)

From: Lechevalier Sebastien <sebastien.lechevalier@ehess.fr>
Date: 2024/12/06

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January 2, 2025

Telling Refugee Stories, Sophia U., Dec 22nd, in person

From: David H. Slater <dhslater@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/06

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QuaMaFA & Free University of Berlin Workshop: Exploring Visual Methods, Migration and Politics: Perspective on Japan and Beyond

From: Megha Wadhwa <wadhwa.megha@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/05

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【GAS Event】 GAS Book Talk "Routledge Handbook on Global China" (January 22, 2025)

Dear members of SSJ-Forum, 

We cordially invite you to GAS event on January 22 (Wed), 2025. This event will be held online only and please register the form below for the Zoom link.

GAS Book Talk "Routledge Handbook on Global China" 

Date and Time: January 22 (Wed), 2025, 6PM-8PM (JST), 10AM-12PM (CET)

Venue: Online (Zoom)

Authors: Maximilian Mayer (University of Bonn), Emilian Kavalski (Jagiellonian University)


Convenor and Discussant: 
Shigeto Sonoda (Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)

Book Description: This innovative Routledge Handbook sheds light on the complex and transformative nature of Global China, prompting a re- evaluation of existing theories on global and regional dynamics. It encourages theoretical innovation, methodological reflection and analytical transformation, providing new avenues for critical engagement with China's global interactions.  

(For more details: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-on-Global-China/Mayer-Kavalski-Rudyak-Zhang/p/book/9780367491314)

Registration: https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsduugrjgpH9z3c_krP6ipdLWgPmgy5UIV

 

Language: English

 

Organizer: GAS Initiative at 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

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[MJHA] New Books on Japan: "Predicting Disasters: Earthquakes, Scientists, and Uncertainty in Modern Japan"

From: Dahlberg-Sears, Robert <dahlberg-sears.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu>
Date: 2024/12/05

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Sophia ICC lectures - Seungmi Yang: "Perinatal Health Inequalities by Immigration Status in Canada"

From: Il Ju Kim <ilju.kim@gmail.com>
Date: 2024/12/04

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DIJ Study Group (hybrid): "Higher Education, Lower Satisfaction: Hypogamy and Traditional Household Attitudes in Japan", Dec. 12 / 6.00 pm (JST)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>
Date: 2024/12/04

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ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: REPHOTOGRAPHY × TOHOKU'S RECOVERING COAST, December 14, 2024

From: GM tsukuba <gm@geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/02

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Lecture: Marco Tinello, "East Asian and Pacific Histories from the Perspective of the Unequal Treaties" (Kanagawa U., Wed., Dec. 18, 3:30-5pm; in person only)

From: James Welker <jrwelker@me.com>
Date: 2024/12/02

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Next DIJ Study Group (online only): "Exploring Desirable Socio-Technical Futures in Japan: Perceptions of genAI and Cybernetics-induced Societies", Dec. 10, 6.30 pm (JST)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>
Date: 2024/12/02

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[MJHA] 2024 Distinguished Annual Lecture: Carol Gluck on "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Modern Japanese History: Time Past, Present, Future"

From: Dahlberg-Sears, Robert <dahlberg-sears.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu>
Date: 2024/12/02

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Symposium on Education Policy and Practice in Japan

From: raspinal <raspinal@mail.doshisha.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/12/01

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u:japan lectures - Aimi Muranaka: "Stay-ing without permanent settlement among Vietnamese IT professionals in Japan"

From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>
Date: 2024/11/29

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Reminder: FCCJ Book Break. December 9, 2024. 17:45. Ulrike Schaede, author of "Japan Re-Emerges"

From: FCCJ LIBRARY <library@fccj.or.jp>
Date: 2024/11/28

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A special preview screening of "旅 Tabi/Another Time" at Sophia University on Dec 14

From: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Office <i-comcul@sophia.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/11/27

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ICC Lecture "Sustainability of traditional folk textile dyeing in Japan" on Dec. 17, at Sophia University

From: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Office <i-comcul@sophia.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/11/27

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