The Transmission of Writing Technology between Korea and Japan in the 8th Century
Speaker: JOHN B. WHITMAN, Professor of Linguistics, Cornell University
Moderator: WESLEY JACOBSEN, Professor of the Practice of the Japanese Language and Director, Japanese Language Program, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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