How Japan Got It Wrong: Reflections on Gender Inequality and the Low Birth Rate
Speaker: MARY C. BRINTON, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Moderator: SHIGEHISA KURIYAMA, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective
Speaker: KIYOTERU TSUTSUI, H. H. and T. Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies, and Director, Japan Program, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Inst. for Intern. Studies; Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
International Education and ICT During and Post-COVID-19: Japan’s Experiences and Perspectives
Speaker: HIROSHI OTA, Professor and Director, Hitotsubashi University Global Education Program, Center for General Education, Hitotsubashi University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24
Discussant: CHRISTINA CIOCCA ELLER, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies, Harvard University
Persistent Rivals: The Japanese Diaspora, The Dutch East India Company, and the Fight to Control the Early Modern Deerskin Trade
Speaker: ADAM J. CLULOW, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: DAVID HOWELL, Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History and Chair, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Platform Governance after the Pandemic and Other Crises: From a Japanese Perspective
Keynote Speaker: NARIHIRA SATOSHI, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24
Discussant: JONATHAN L. ZITTRAIN, George Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School; Professor of Public Policy, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
Un/bounding the Great Wall–Sino-Japanese Documentary Media Connections in the Long 1980s
Speaker: MA RAN, Associate Professor, Cultural Studies and Screen Studies, Nagoya University, Japan; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24
Discussant: JIE LI, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants
Speaker: RICHARD KATZ, Special Correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
State Inc. And Asian Diasporas in Knowledge Spaces
Speaker: JULIE TIAN MIAO, Associate Professor in Property and Economic Development, University of Melbourne; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center
Moderator: ANTHONY J. SAICH , Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Harvard Kennedy School
Ise Jingū in the Anthropocene: Shrine Reconstruction and Japan's Forests
Speaker: JORDAN SAND, Professor of History, Georgetown University and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kokugakuin University
Moderator: YUKIO LIPPIT, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
Gender and Populist Nationalism in Asia
Panelist: HYAEWEOL CHOI , C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley Family and Korea Foundation Chair in Korean Studies, University of Iowa
Panelist: IZA DING , Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
Panelist: TANIKA SARKAR, Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Visiting Professor, Ashoka University
Panelist: CHIZUKO UENO , Professor Emerita, The University of Tokyo, Ph.D in Sociology
Chair: ELIZABETH J. PERRY, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute