Event “JF-GJS Initiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024”

We cordially invite you to JF-GJS event on November 8 (Fri) 2024, co-hosted by Japan Foundation and JF-GJS Initative, IASA.
This event will be held only in-person. To join this event, please fill in the form below.

 

Date and time: November 8 (Fri) 2024, 10:00-18:00 

Venue: Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo
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Title: JF-GJS Initiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024

 

Program

10:00- Registration (Foyer on the 2nd basement floor)
10:15 Opening (Ito Hall)
Remarks KUROSAWA Shinya, President of the Japan Foundation
10:30

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

・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
12:00 Networking Lunch (Event Space)
Reflection of the morning session
14:00 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

・“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
16:00-18:00 Poster Networking Event:Meet JF Fellows (Event Space)

 

RegistrationJF-GJS Initiative: Japan Foundation Fellow Conference 2024

Language: English, Japanese

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

Contact: gas[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp