The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas.
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas.

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2026 February 5 (Thu) - 2026 February 6 (Fri) | (In-Person) | Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 58 Quincy St.

[Symposium] Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate

Chair: JUNGYOON KIM, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design
Chair: NICHOLAS HARKNESS, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University
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2026 February 6 (Fri) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | (In-Person) | Belfer Case Study Room (S020), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.

[Symposium] Building U.S.-Japan Relations after the Second World War: Eight Decades of Security, Trade, and Trust

Speaker: KAORU IOKIBE, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Speaker: MASAYA INOUE, Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Keio University
Speaker: AYAKO KUSUNOKI, Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Speaker: RYOTA MURAI, Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Komazawa University
Discussant: ANDREW D. GORDON, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Discussant: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; Director, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Moderator: SUSAN J. PHARR, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics; Senior Adviser, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University
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