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Thursday, January 31
7:00 to 9:00 pm Dinner and Discussion:
A New Japan for a New Century: What Role for Japan in the Emerging Regional and Global Order
Keynote Speaker: James B. Steinberg, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
Friday, February 1
Panel I
Japanese Nationalism and National Identity: A Historical Perspective:
Kevin Doak, Georgetown University: "Nationalisms in Japan: States of Mind in Conflict”
Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut
Alexander Tan, University of Canterbury, NZ: "Competing Nationalisms and China’s Emergence:Implications to Regional Politics"
Discussant: Patricia Maclachlan, University of Texas, Austin
Lunch and Discussion
Sun up or Sun down? Japan's Political Landscape and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Relationship
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Panel II
Japanese Nationalism and International Relations in East Asia
Leonard Schoppa, University of Virginia: "The Nationalists' Dilemma"
Thomas Berger, Boston University: "Fractured Memory: Japanese Nationalism and the Politics of History"
Mitsuru Kitano, Minister for Public Affairs, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC: "Japan's Nationalism: Myth and Reality"
Discussant: M. Diana Helweg Newton, Tower Center for Political Studies, SMU
Panel III
Nationalism, Citizenship and Immigration in Japan
Atsuko Abe, Obirin University: "Facing the Reality of Immigration: National, Local, and Sector-Specific Discourses" (paper to be presented by Hiroki Takeuchi, Stanford University, in the absence of Dr. Abe)
Toshio Iyotani, Hitotsubashi University: "Crossing the Line: Migration and Japanese"
Erin Chung, Johns Hopkins University: "From Cultural Nationalism to Coalitional Politics: The Impact of Recent Immigration on Japan’s Noncitizen Movement"
Michael Sharpe, City University of New York: "Calling the Nation Back Home and Contesting Membership: The Political Incorporation of Latin American Nikkeijin (Japanese Descendants) in Japan"
Discussant: James F. Hollifield, SMU