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 November 16 (Mon) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | (In-Person) | Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), Second Level, CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St.

Governing Technology in an Age of Geopolitical Risk: Economic Security and Public Contestation in Japan

Speaker: KRISTIN VEKASI, Mansfield Chair of Japan and Indo-Pacific Affairs, University of Montana
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
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The Emperor After Empire: Hirohito, Cold War Statecraft, and Imperial House Diplomacy, 1945 -1975

Speaker: REYHAN SILINGAR, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. Modern Japanese History, University of Cambridge, 2026)
Moderator: ANDREW D. GORDON, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Research Professor of History, Harvard University
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