The Anime City: Towards a Pedestrian Anime Theory
Speaker: EDMOND ERNEST DIT ALBAN, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Communication, Tulane University
Moderator: TOMIKO YODA, Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities, Harvard University
Associates' Panel: Japan's Responses to Global Security Challenges
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
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
Sounds and Soundscapes in Japanese Studies
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
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