January 10-13, 2017
Harvard-UTokyo Conference

Asian Cities: Hubs of Interaction, Tradition and Transformation

Venue: IASA (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, UTokyo)
Sponsored by HYI, UTCP Uehiro Research Division for Philosophy of Co-existence, GJS (Global Japanese Studies), IASA

Language: English | Limited Participants Only / Closed Event

Schedule

January 11
9:00-9:20 Registration at the third floor of IASA

9:20-9:30 Opening Address: Takahiro Nakajima (UTCP and Vice-director of IASA, UTokyo)

9:30-10:10 Opening Remark: Theodore Bestor (Harvard)

10:30-12:30 Session 1 Critical Moment in Japanese Cities
Moderator: Michael Herzfeld (Harvard)
1. Andrew Gordon (Harvard)
2. Helen Hardacre (Harvard)
3. Yasuko Takezawa (Kyoto University)

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-15:50 Session 2 Representing Japan
Moderator: Andrew Gordon
1. David Odo (Harvard)
2. Misato Ido (KIT)
3. Mark Roberts (UTCP)
4. Satofumi Kawamura (UTCP)

15:50-16:10 Coffee Break

16:10-18:10 Session 3 Change of Life in Asian Cities
Moderator: Yasushi Oki (UTokyo)
1. Seung-Mi Han (Yonsei)
2. Ting Yu (Wuhan Uni)
3. Huei-min Sun (Academia Sinica)

January 12
09:30-12:00 Session 4 Asian Cities in Global Transformation
Moderator: Seung-Mi Han
1. Michael Herzfeld (Havard)
2. Tianshu Pan (Fudan Uni)
3. Shigeto Sonoda (UTokyo)

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-15:00 Session 5 Asia and Tradition
Moderator: John Lie
1. Waka Aoyama (UTokyo)
2. Nawa Katsuo (UTokyo)
3. Xiang Zhou (Sun Yat-sen Uni)

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:50 Session 6 Korea in Interaction
Moderator: Hiroshi Honda (UTokyo)
1. Motokazu Matsutani (Tohoku Gakuin)
2. Satoru Hashimoto (University of Meryland)
3. Hyungji Park (Yonsei)
4. Michael Kim (Yonsei)

January 13
9:30-11:30 Session 7 Structure of Asian Societies
Moderator: David Odo
1. John Lie (UC Berkley)
2. Takehiko Hashimoto (UTokyo)
3. Xi Gao (Fudan Uni)

11:30- 12:00 Concluding Discussion

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