Date

Activities

Oct.7

Workshop I:
"Cultural Confluence: The Case of the Philippines" (by Mr. Arnold Azurin)

"Representing Globalized Thainess: Semi-Colonized, Hi-Tech, and Wanthong" (by Dr. Kasian Tejapira)

Oct. 11

Workshop II:
"Quality of Life" (by Dr. Wan Manan)

"Humanization of Modernity" (by Dr. Kwok Kian-Woon)

Oct. 14

Workshop III:
"The Concept of Culture of the New Order in Indonesia (by Dr. Ignas Kleden)

Oct. 17

Seminar on "Development from the Collapse of a Culture: The Case of Georgia" by Prof. Leonard Joy (UNDP)

Oct. 18

Workshop IV: Free Discussion on the Common Agenda of Collaborative Research

Oct. 18

International Symposium on "Southeast Asia: Global Area Studies for the 21^st Century" (at Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)

Oct. 21

Seminar "Cultural Nationalism and Nihonjinron" by Prof. Kosaku Yoshino (University of Tokyo)

Oct. 25

Special Seminar "New Nationalism and Ethnic Identity in Southeast Asia: Japaneseness in the Asian Perspective" (at the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo)

Oct. 28

Workshop V: Free Discussion on the Common Agenda of Collaborative Research

Nov. 1

Japan-Southeast Asia Forum Workshop "Globalization and Culture in Southeast Asia Today" (at International House of Japan)

Nov. 5

Seminar "The History of Japanese Intellectuals" by Prof. Takeshi Ishida (University of Tokyo)

Nov.7

Workshop VI: Free Discussion on the Shimoda Retreat and the Public Symposium

Nov. 8-9

Symposium: The United Nations System in the 21^st Century, "Peace and Security" (at United Nations University)

Nov. 12

Seminar "Restructuring the Social Sciences" and "An Analysis of Globalization" by Prof. Kinhide Mushakoji (Meiji Gakuin University)

Nov. 13

Seminar "A New Value Orientation: An Alternative Evaluation of Developmentalism" by Prof. Surichai Wun'Gaeo (Chulalongkorn University)

Seminar "Postwar Japan: The Culture of a Society 'In-Between'" by Prof. Tamotsu Aoki (University of Tokyo)

Nov. 21

Seminar "U.S. Strategic Policy toward Southeast Asia and Japan's Position in Asia" by Prof. Takashi Shiraishi (Kyoto University)

Nov. 24-26

Shimoda Retreat

Nov. 29

Public Symposium "Intellectual Concerns and Critiques in Southeast Asia"