From the Tomodachi Operation to the China Challenge: New Frontiers in U.S.-Japan Alliance Cooperation
Speaker: KOICHI ISOBE, Lieutenant General, Japan Self Defense Force (Ret.) and Strategic Advisor, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Discussant: THOMAS BERGER, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Director, Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University
Moderator: SHINJU FUJIHIRA, Executive Director, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Living Downstream of Yourself on the Mindanao River
Speaker: ALYSSA PAREDES, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Moderator: VICTOR SEOW, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Northeast Asia Is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia Is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order
Speaker: JA IAN CHONG, Associate Professor, Political Science, National University of Singapore
Moderator: MARK WU, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School and Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Uncertain Boundaries: Northeast Asia's Postwar Settlement and the Northern Territories
Speaker: SHEILA SMITH, John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
How Sounds Shape Thought - Five Experiments in Scholarly Communication
Speaker: DAVID ATHERTON, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Speaker: MICHELLE HAUK, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (PhD Modern Japanese History, Columbia University, 2023)
Speaker: SHIGEHISA KURIYAMA, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
Speaker: TOMIKO YODA, Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities, Harvard University
Speaker: ALEXANDER ZAHLTEN, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Moderator: SHIGEHISA KURIYAMA, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History and Director, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
Soft Power in the Age of AI and Immersive Media
Speaker: ALEXANDER ZAHLTEN, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Moderator: CHRISTINA DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Associates' Panel: New Dimensions of U.S. Alliance Coordination in East Asia
Speaker: CHIKAKO KAWAKATSU UEKI, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Speaker: KENTO HARA, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Speaker: TAKAYUKI SUGIMOTO, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Former Vice Admiral, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center
Discussant: THOMAS BERGER, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University
Moderator: CHRISTINA DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University