The Japan Colloquium series continues to offer an array of free events for students, faculty, and the community at large. Events are added periodically so check this site regularly. (For other UW Japan related lectures and events please visit the calendars at the East Asia Center, and Asian Languages and Literature.)
| Monday, 12:00-1:15 pm |
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Thomson Hall, Room 317 |
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Michael Strausz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University |
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Title: TBA |
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Details forthcoming. Co-sponsored by the Japan Studies Program and East Asia Center. |
| Monday, 12:00-1:15 pm |
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Thomson Hall, Room 317 |
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William Puck Brecher, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Washington State University |
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Title: TBA |
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Details forthcoming. Co-sponsored by the Japan Studies Program and East Asia Center. |
| Thursday, 3:00-4:00 pm |
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Thomson Hall, Room 317 |
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Henry Gao, Associate Professor, School of Law, Singapore Management University |
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Japan-China Trade Disputes: |
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Details forthcoming.
Co-sponsored by the Japan Studies Program, China Studies Program, and East Asia Center. |
| Monday, 12:00-1:15 pm |
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Thomson Hall, Room 317 |
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Miyume Tanji, Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP), School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia |
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The importance of the
'Okinawa dugong case': |
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Dr Miyume Tanji is Research Fellow at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. She is the author of Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawa (RoutledgeCurzon, 2006). Miyume currently researches the local communities' responses to overseas US military bases. Originally from Japan, Miyume has a doctorate degree in Politics from Murdoch University and a master's degree in International Relations from the Australian National University. Also in Perth, Miyume is co-organising an international conference, Interrogating Trauma: Arts & Media Responses to Collective Suffering in December 2008. Do overseas US foreign military bases threaten and undermine the security of the population rather than protect it? This question has not been fairly treated in the context of Asia-Pacific international relations. In particular, tensions caused by the US forces in Okinawan society have been largely confined to the realm of local/domestic politics and economic interests. At best, Okinawa has been depicted as a collective victim of the US empire's moral deficit. It is necessary to focus on the active role played by local protesters' transnational political action. In particular, this talk focuses on a recent 'dugong case' filed in San Francisco against the Department of Defense (DoD), and its plan to construct a new US Marine Corps' Air Station on the northeastern coast of Okinawa. Co-sponsored by the Japan Studies Program and East Asia Center. |
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past colloquia, please check the following links:
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[2007-2008]