The Global Asia Research Center presents a series of lectures and workshops, open to the general public, titled, “Transnational Asians in the 21st Century.” This event will take place on December 15-16, 2019 at Waseda University.
Event details
Date: December 15-16, 2019
Venue: Room 1101/1102/1103, Okuma Memorial Tower (Building No. 26), Waseda Campus
Participants: Open to all students, faculty members, and the general public
Registration: No registration required
Admission: Free
Event schedule
Day 1 (December 15)
09:00-10:00 Organizers’ Panel @ 26-1101
Chair: Prof. Kyungmook Kim, Waseda University
Panelists: Prof.Changzoo Song, University of Auckland; Prof. Kohei Kawabata, Tsuda University; Prof. Rika Lee, Chuo University; Prof.Tae-sik Kim, Masaryk University; Prof.Woong-ki Kim, Hong-ik University
10:00-10:30 Registration and Opening Ceremony @ 26-1102
10:30-12:30 Session A @ 26-1102
A1: Eline Delmarcelle, Waseda University
– The New Japanese: Identifination and naturalization strategies of foreign residents in Japan
A2: Kunisuke Hirano, University of Michigan
– The (Im)Possibility of New Education? Hope, Disappointment, and Uncertainty in a Newly-Built Korean International School in Japan
Chair/discussant: Prof. Kohei Kawabata
Discussants: Prof. Woong-ki Kim, Prof. Rika Lee and Prof. Changzoo Song
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:30-15:40 Special Lectures @26-1102
Mini Lecture 1: Prof. Changzoo Song, University of Auckland
– Zainichi Koreans and Horumon Culture
Mini Lecture 2: Prof. Tae-sil Kim, Masaryk University
– Two Diasporic Spaces of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic: Grocery Stores and Social Media
16:00-17:30 Roundtable Forum @26-1102
Towards transnational Asian Studies in the 21st Century: How the national/ area studies must change to transnational/ transborder studies?
Chair: Prof. Kyungmook Kim
Panelists: Prof. Changzoo Song, Prof. Kohei Kawanbata, Prof. Rika Lee, Prof. Tae-sik Kim and Prof. Woong-ki Kim
18:00-20:30 Reception Party
DAY 2 (December 16)
09:20-10:00 Morning Tea/Coffee Party @26-1102
10:00-12:30 Session B @ Building 26 Room 1101
B1: Nguyen Thuy Hang, Waseda University
– Pathways to Japan: Professional Mobility of Vietnamese IT Professionals in the last decade
B2: Alexander Brown, Japan Women’s University/ University of Technology Sydney
– Transnational Activism and Japanese Identity in Northern Australia
Chair/discussant: Prof. Tae-sik Kim
Discussant: Prof. Kohei Kawabata
10:00-12:30 Session C @26-1102
C1: Frank Zhao, Waseda University
– The Integration Between New Chinese Immigrants and Indigenous Ethnic Chinese in Thailand: Observation, Comparison and Analysis of Local Ethnic Chinese and New Chinese Immigrants in Phitsanulok along the Multi-Ethnic Area
C2: Yuki Tsuruzono, Waseda University
– The Alien Registration and the Chinese residents in Japan: Japanese Governments migration control policy in the occupied era (1947-1951)
C3: Safa Choi, Waseda University
– How Japan Accepted Remittances from North Korea: The Role of the Japanese Red Cross
Chair/discussant: Prof. Woong-ki Kim
Discussant: Prof. Changzoo Song
10:00-12:30 Session D @26-1103
D1: Jongsoo An, Hanyang University
– Identity Movement of Zainichi Youths- Ikuno-ku, Osaka Case
D2: Satoko Yang-Nagayama, Hitotsubashi University
– A study on the resistance to discrimination and the possibility of solidarity of Zainichi Korean women
D3: Kang-ryol Chung, PhD student, Hitotsubashi University
– A study on the bifurcation of socio-economic status of Zainichi Korean:From discussions on the economic assimilation and the polarization
Chair/discussant: Prof: Rika Lee
Discussant: Prof. Kyungmook Kim
14:00～16:00 Wrap-up/Organizers’ Panel @26-1101
Chair: Prof. Woong-ki Kim
Panelists: Prof. Changzoo Song, Prof. Kohei Kawabata, Prof. Kyungmook Kim, Prof. Rika Lee and Prof. Tae-sik Kim
Contact
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