Prison Chaplains and the Ambiguous Public Good in Contemporary Japan
Speaker: ADAM LYONS, Assistant Professor of Religion, Université de Montréal
Moderator: HELEN HARDACRE, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University
Japan's Changing Cybersecurity and the Future of U.S.-Japan Relations
Speaker: MIHOKO MATSUBARA, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT); Associate Fellow, Asia Studies Centre, Henry Jackson Society
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Ancient Spirit, Modern Body: The Rise of Global Shugendō
Speaker: SHAYNE DAHL, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Toronto, 2019)
Moderator: HELEN HARDACRE, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University
Rethinking Japan's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speaker: KENJI SHIBUYA, Director, Soma COVID Vaccination Medical Center, Soma City, Fukushima; Research Director, Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead? Teachers’ Perceptions of Gender Gaps in Mathematics in Japan
Speaker: KARA JUUL, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. Sociology, University of Oxford, 2021)
Moderator: MARY C. BRINTON, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
From Manners to Rules: the Legalistic Turn in Governance and Secondhand Smoke Prevention in Japan and South Korea
Speaker: CELESTE ARRINGTON, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Buddha's Name as Mantra in Medieval Japan
Speaker: Aaron Proffitt, Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Albany, SUNY
Establishing the Shogun: Art and Power in the Official Visits of Tokugawa Ienari
Speaker: SHIORI HIRAKI, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. History of Art and Architecture, SOAS University of London, 2021)
Moderator: MELISSA MCCORMICK, Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University