The 5th Anniversary International Symposium of Asia-Japan Research at Ritsumeikan University Asia, Japan, and the Global Society: 
Developing Research through Cross-Border Academic Collaboration

Core Session
Asia-Japan Research and the Meridian180 Global Network

Date and Time: February 23, Tuesday, 2021, 10:00-12:00 (JST)
Registration Form: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-H03y-HPTDy_trJ3WtcdMQ
Program:
Keynote Speech:Professor Annelise Riles, Executive Director of the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Studies and Associate Provost for Global
Affairs, Northwestern University 
"Meridian180's Contribution to the Future of Global Society" 

Session 1
Digital Archiving of Cultural Properties Based on Advanced ICT and Utilization of the Archived Data 

Date and Time: February 22, Monday, 13:00-15:30 (JST)
Registration Form: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3WTdTTZaSX-YndRHeAOp2Q
Program:

Keynote Speech:  
Prof. R. Michael Feener (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) 
"The Integration of Digital Heritage Documentation and Online Archive Building" 
 
Invited Speech:  
Dr. Fadjar I. Thufail (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) 
"Sea as Method: Borobudur and the Ontology of the Maritime" 

Session 2
Islam in Action in Inter-Asian Everyday Lives: Looking beyond Islamophobia 

Date and Time: February 25, Thursday, 18:00-20:30 (JST)
Registration Form: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Qrt3cMV6QbO3AqpnI33IiA
Program:

Five Reports from inter-Asian Everyday Life 
Panel Discussion: Between Academic Debates and Everyday Lives
Moderator: Junko Toriyama, Ritsumeikan University 
 
Session 3 
Human Security in Japan 

Date and Time: February 27, Saturday, 2021, 14:00-16:30 (JST)
Registration Form: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pZkQlWLzQSmbDKvKL8vKzQ
Program:

Keynote Speech 
Ambassador Yukio Takasu 
Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Advisor on Human Security 
"SDGs and Japan: Human Security Indicators for Leaving No One Left Behind" 
  
Organized by Asia-Japan Research Institute and Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization at Ritsumeikan University  

Organized by Asia-Japan Research Institute and Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization at Ritsumeikan University
aji-con@st.ritsumei.ac.jp (Contact: Asia-Japan Research Institute, Conference Coordinator)