Date

Activities

Sept.2

Introduction session

Sept. 3-6

Field trip to Rokkasho-mura & Shimokita Peninsula

Workshop I: Preparatory session for fieldtrip to Okinawa

 Sept. 8

Workshop II: Presentation by the Fellows (1)

Workshop III: Discussion with the Japanese NGOs regarding field trip to Ishigaki

 Sept. 9

Workshop IV: Preliminary session for the field trip to Ishigaki

Workshop V: Presentation by the Fellows (2)

 Sept. 13

Workshop VI: Presentation by the Fellows (3) 

 Sept. 14-20

Workshops VII, VIII and IX: Interim evaluation and informal discussion with Mikio Kato

 Sept. 21-26

Field trip to Okinawa/Ishigaki Islands

Seminar I: Introduction of Okinawa  by Prof. Masaaki Gabe & Prof. Katsunori Yamazato (University of the Ryukus)

 Sept. 28

Seminar II: "Globalization and Cultural Nationalism" by Prof. Kosaku Yoshino (University of Tokyo 

Sept. 30

Workshop X: Informal discussion with Mikio Kato

Oct. 1

Seminar III: "Globalization and its Discontents" by Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara (University of Tokyo)

Oct. 5

A visit to the Association to Preserve the Earth

Oct. 8

Seminar IV: "Consumption and Popular Culture" by Prof. John Clammer (Sophia University)

Oct. 12

Seminar V: "New Religion in Japan and Asia" by Prof. Nobutaka Inoue (Kokugakuin University )

Oct. 13

Seminar VI: Discussion with Japanese journalists, Susumu Nomura and Takahiko Tennichi

Seminar VI: Discussion on Gender issues by Prof. Chizuko Ueno (University of Tokyo)

Seminar VII: "Japan and Southeast Asia in Historical Contexts: Focusing on Okinawa" by Prof. Hisashi Nakamura (Ryukoku University)

Oct. 16-18

Weekend Retreat in Odawara

Oct. 20

Seminar IX: "Civil Society, Global Marketization and Asia" by Prof. Yoshikazu Sakamoto (University of Tokyo)

Oct. 22

A visit to the Asia Women's Resource Center

Oct. 25

Seminar X: "History and the current situation of the Ainu people" by Ms. Kayo Sunazawa (Livelihood Advisor, Ainu Association of Hokkaido Tomakomai Branch) and Prof. Hideaki Uemura (Chief Excutive, Citizen's Diplomatic Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)

Oct. 26

Workshop XI: Preparation session for the Symposium