EVENT

2024.12.13

【1/25 Sat】AJI Global Symposium 2025 “Challenges for Pioneering Peacebuilding and Our Future Directions: Visions of the Ritsumeikan Model of Asia-Japan Research” will be held!

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, the AJI Global Symposium 2025, “Challenges for Pioneering Peacebuilding and Our Future Directions: Visions of the Ritsumeikan Model of Asia-Japan Research,” will be held, cohosted by the Asia-Japan Research Institute (AJI) of Ritsumeikan University, the Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA), and the Ritsumeikan Academic Center. We welcome undergraduates, graduate students, the next generation of researchers, and the general public to join us.

《Details of this Symposium》
Date: January 25, 2025, (Sat), 13:30~16:30
Venue: Online via Zoom (Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/25ndt2hj
Language: Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation in English)
Deadline for Registration: January 25, 2025 (Sat), 13:29
Participation Fee: Free


《Program for the Symposium》

13:30 Event Moderator: XIANG Jingjing (Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization)
Opening Remarks
Yoshio NAKATANI (President of Ritsumeikan School; Director-General of Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization)
13:40 Keynote Speech
Kota SUECHIKA (Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University/Fellow of RARA)
“The Day Wars in the Middle East, West Asia and the World End: Three Perspectives for Peace”
14:40 Break
15:00 Panel Discussion “The Challenges of Creating a Tolerant Society amidst Rapidly Growing Immigration in Asia”

A general discussion will be held after each presentation. Each presenter has 20 minutes to speak.

Chair: Kenki ADACHI (Professor, College of International Relations)

Go MURAKAMI (Professor, College of Law)
“Japanese Attitudes and Politics toward Immigrants from Asian Countries”

Toshiko TSUJIMOTO (Associate Professor, College of International Relations)
“Confrontation between Workers’ Rights and National Interests in South Korea's Acceptance of Migrant Workers”

Jun HONNA (Professor, College of International Relations)
“The Use of Immigrants in Indonesia for Political Purposes”
16:00 General Discussion
16:30 Closing Remarks

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