ALFP Program Schedule 2002

Date

 

Activities

 

Sept.
2 (Mon)

Introduction
session

Visit the Japan Foundation

 

Sept.
3 (Tue)

Workshop
I: Presentation by the Fellows (1)
Maznah Binti Mohamad & Vinod Raina


Press Conference


Welcoming Reception
 

Sept.
4 (Wed)

Workshop
II: Presentation by the Fellows (2)
Nguyen Thi Hieu Thien & Kinoshita
Reiko

Sept.
5 (Thu)

 

 Workshop
III: Presentation by the Fellows (3) Hu Tao

Video
showing of “Save the Nagara River” and explanation of Gifu/Nagoya Field Trip
Sept.
6 (Fri)
Field
Trip to Gifu / Nagoya (Day 1)
Briefing and
discussion on Nagara River Estuary Dam
Observe
Cormorant Fishing on Nagara River

Sept.
7 (Sat)

Field
Trip to Gifu / Nagoya (Day 2)
Visit members
of Gifu 2001 no kai (local NGO)
Visit Oak Village

 
 

Sept.
8 (Sun)

Field Trip
to Gifu / Nagoya (Day 3)
Visit Takayama and Shirakawa-go Village

Move to Nagoya


Sept.
9 (Mon)

Field Trip
to Gifu / Nagoya (Day 4)
Wrap-up Seminar at Nanzan University
Return
to Tokyo

 

Sept.
11 (Wed)

Resource
Seminar I: “History of Leprosy and Human Rights” by Mr. Michihiro Ko,
General Director of Zen Ryo Kyo; Presider: Dr. Hiroshi Yuasa, Sasagawa Memorial
Health Foundation

Film
Showing “Chomsky 9.11” (optional)

Sept.
12 (Thu)


Workshop IV for Future Direction of Collaborative Interaction
Sept.
13 (Fri)
 

Resource Seminar “Popular Culture and American Hegemony in Postwar Japan”
by Prof. Shunya Yoshimi, Univ. of Tokyo


Workshop V Report/Discussion on Current Situation of Afghanistan by Mr. Ando,
Japan Foundation Asia Center

Sept.
17 (Tue)

Resource
Seminar III “Re-examining Public Works Projects in Japan” by Prof. Takayoshi
Igarashi, Hosei Univ.; Lawyer

Sept.
18 (Wed)

Core
Seminar I “Heiwa-shugi: The Life and Times of Pacifist Intellectuals
in Japan” by Prof.
Kiichi Fujiwara, Univ. of Tokyo

Sept.
19 (Thu)

Visiting
Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center (meeting with Ms.
Matsui Yayori,
Director; Journalist)

Sept.
20 (Fri)

Seminar
on “Dialogue with Islamic World after Sept. 11” (UN University; optional)
 

Sept.
24 (Tue)

Resource
Seminar IV “Militarization and People’s Security in Asia” by Mr.
Muto, Ichiyo, People’s Plan Study Group

Sept.
25 (Wed)

Core
Seminar II “Transnational Civil Society in the Age of Globalization” by Dr.
Yoshikazu Sakamoto, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
 

Sept.
26 (Thu)

Resource
Seminar V “Educational Reform in Japan” by Mr. Ken Terawaki, Agency
for Cultural Affairs
Sept.
27 (Fri)
 

Weekend Retreat in Tateshina
Sept.
28 (Sat)

Weekend Retreat in Tateshina
Sept.
29 (Sun)

Weekend Retreat in Tateshina

Oct.
1 (Tue)

Resource
Seminar V“‘Globalisation as ‘Englishisation’: Asian Experiences”by Prof. Kosaku Yoshino, University of Tokyo

Oct.
2 (Wed)

 

Workshop
V for Future Direction of Collaborative Interaction (2)

Workshop
VI: cross-cultural-generational reflections

Oct.
4 (Fri)

Resource Seminar VI “Human Security and Informality: The Globalization,
Commodifiation, and Criminalization of the Informal Communities” by Prof.
Kinhide Mushakoji, Chubu University

Oct. 7 (Mon)
 

Visit
Akasaka Elementary School (optional)


Oct.
8 (Tue)

Resource
Seminar IIX “Traditional Performing Arts in Japan: Preservation, Transmission
& Performance” by Mr. Christopher Yohmei Blasdel

Oct.
9 (Wed)

Resource
Seminar IX
“The Structure of Japanese Culture” by Mr. Donald Richie
 

Oct.
10 (Thu)

Resource
Seminar X “China’s WTO Entry and Sino-Japanese Relations” by Prof.
Ryosei Kokubun, Keio University

Oct.
11 (Fri)

Workshop
VII: discussion on the public symposium
Oct.
12 (Sat)
Field
Trip to Hiroshima / Okayama / Kagawa (Day 1)
Visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum
 

Oct.
13 (Sun)

Field
Trip to Hiroshima / Okayama / Kagawa (Day 2)
Discussion with members
of the Women’s Associaion of Hiroshima
Visit Nagashima Aiseien Leprosarium
 

Oct.
14 (Mon)

Field
Trip to Hiroshima / Okayama / Kagawa (Day 3)
Visit Teshima Island


Oct. 15 (Tue)
Field
Trip to Hiroshima / Okayama / Kagawa (Day 4)
Wrap-up Seminar at Okayama
University Return to Tokyo
Oct.
17 (Wed)
Resource
Seminar XI: “Japan’s Postwar History” by Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, Chief
Diplomatic Correspondent & Columnist, Asahi Newspapers
 

Oct.
21 (Mon)

Meeting
with Ms. Seiko Noda, Member, House of Representatives
Oct.
22 (Tue)
  

Public Symposium “Violence, Terror, & Peace: Problems of Identity in a Fluid
World”
Oct.
31 (Thu)
Evaluation Session/Farewell Dinner