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December 24, 2025

Dec. 20) [Symposium] Beyond the Line: Everyday Borders, State Practices, and Identity across Divided Space(Hybrid, Japanese-English interpreter for Q&A)

From: 柯燁佳 <kayoka44@gmail.com>
Date: 2025/12/12

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:
Presenters：
1.Kazushige Nagano, Assistant Professor,
 "Border and Water: The Political Ramifications of Climate Change on The Kashmir Issue"
2.Huan Piao, Research fellow, Tohoku University,
"Aspects of Pluralistic Life Practice Beyond Borders: Korean-Chinese Small-Scale Migrant Trade in China and Russia"
3.Chailigen・Caogetu , PhD Student, Kobe University,
"Interethnic Relations and Religion in Central Asian Border Regions: A Preliminary Study of Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia"
4.Aesoon Cho, MA Student, Sophia University,
 "The Border Between North and South Korea: From the Perspective of Linguistic Differences",
5.Yejia Ke, PhD Candidate, 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, 

Approved by ssjmod at 06:34 PM