Dear SSJ members,

We would like to invite you to the symposium on the topic of:

Beyond the Line: Everyday Borders, State Practices, and Identity across Divided Space

 

Date: 20 December 2025

Time: 13:00 - 18:00

Place: Sophia University, Yotsuya campus, Building10, Room301(will also be held online)

With Japanese/English interpretation in the Q&A Session.

We warmly welcome you to ask questions and share your comments in either Japanese or English in person or online.

Please Register here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmbuAFsnrtUgaHPbx_knD08M4nGgmYr3B8bFIffGd8E--sCg/viewform?usp=headerv

Presenters：

1.Kazushige Nagano, Assistant Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University, "Border and Water: The Political Ramifications of Climate Change on The Kashmir Issue"
2.Huan Piao, Research fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University,"Aspects of Pluralistic Life Practice Beyond Borders: Korean-Chinese Small-Scale Migrant Trade in China and Russia"
3.Chailigen・Caogetu , PhD Student, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University,"Interethnic Relations and Religion in Central Asian Border Regions: A Preliminary Study of Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia"
4.Aesoon Cho, MA Student, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, "The Border Between North and South Korea: From the Perspective of Linguistic Differences",
5.Yejia Ke, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University, "Invisible Borders, Present States: Gendered Border Practices and State Power on the Sino-Vietnamese Borderland",

Commentators:
1.Decha Tangseefa, Associate Professor of Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS). Kyoto University,
2.Naoki Amano, Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Russian Language and Studies, Sophia University

Keynote Speaker:
Kazufumi Nagatsu, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Department of Global Diversity Studies, Toyo University.

Feel free to contact the organizer (kayoka44@gmail.com) if you have any questions, inquiries or suggestions about the event. 

Best Regards,