Proust and The Tale of Genji
Speaker: J. KEITH VINCENT, Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, Boston University
From Jesuit Baroque and French Gothic to Japanese Temple Style: The History of Catholic Church Architecture in Japan, 19th to Early 20th Century
Speaker: AYAKO FUKUSHIMA, Associate Professor, Kyushu University and HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25
Discussant: YUKIO LIPPIT, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
What Do Japanese People Want From Their Constitution?
Speaker: KENNETH MCELWAIN, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Moderator: HELEN HARDACRE, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University
Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan
Speaker: CELESTE ARRINGTON, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Associates' Panel: New Frontiers in Japanese Public Opinion Research
Panelist: SAKI KUZUSHIMA, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Panelist: HIROFUMI MIWA, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University and Professor, Gakushuin University
Discussant: YUSAKU HORIUCHI, Mitsui Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of Government, Dartmouth College
Moderator: DAVID L. HOWELL, Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History; Acting Director, Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Using the Japan Disasters Digital Archive in the Classroom: Perspectives from Japan and the U.S.
Moderator: JULIA GERSTER, Assistant Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Moderator: ANDREW GORDON, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History and Director, Japan Disasters Digital Archive, Harvard University
Walking Out: America’s New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond
Speaker: MICHAEL BEEMAN , Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Moderator: MARK WU, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
Environmental History in Transnational Networks: Climate History Described by Rangaku, Dutch Navy, and Japan's Colonial Meteorology
Speaker: TOGO TSUKAHARA, Professor of History of Science, Kobe University
Moderator: VICTOR SEOW, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
PANEL: New Party Politics of East Asian Democracies
Speaker: JOAN CHO, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University
Speaker: ARAM HUR, Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Speaker: KOICHI NAKANO, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University and Professor of Political Science, Sophia University
Moderator: DANIEL ZIBLATT, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University