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)