After Liberalism? Political Myths, Order-Building and the Return of History in East Asia
Speaker: BENJAMIN HO, Assistant Professor and Coordinator at the China Programme, Nanyang Technological University
Moderator: MARK WU, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
Ikebana for Modern Daily Life: Teshigahara Sōfū's "Total Flower” Installations (1932–1941)
Speaker: NAOMI KUROMIYA, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. East Asian Art and Archaeology, Columbia University, 2025)
Moderator: YUKIO LIPPIT, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
Haunted Archipelago: Snakes, Serpents, and Dragons in the Eco-Social Imaginary of Japan
Speaker: HARUO SHIRANE, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Columbia University
Moderator: DAVID C. ATHERTON, Thorley D. Briggs 1953 Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Filtering Special Interests: How Institutions Shape the Politics of Trade Securitization
Speaker: TIMOTHY CHICHANOWICZ, Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Book Talk on Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries: Pilgrimage Mandalas and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan
Speaker: TALIA ANDREI, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Art History, Wesleyan University
Moderator: HELEN HARDACRE, Reischauer Institute Research Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University
Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges
Speaker: DANIEL P. ALDRICH, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
Moderator: CHRISTINA L. DAVIS, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University