Presentation Type: Roundtable
Revisiting the ‘East Asian Welfare Model’ Roundtable
This roundtable invites discussants to re-examine the validity and ongoing relevance of the ‘East Asian Welfare Model’ given the new and changing realities of 21st Century East Asia. Key discussants will reflect not only on the continuing relevance of the model to Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other East Asian contexts, but also on whether …
Historians’ Workshop: A Flexible Model for Practical Early-Career Academic Development
This roundtable will introduce the activities of the Historians’ Workshop and consider how our experience guiding young academics could provide a model of career development for graduate students in Asian Studies. Historians’ Workshop is a voluntary body founded in July 2016 to train young historians in Japan for careers on the world stage. Through events …
Social movement, Crisis, and Circulations of Art in the Sinosphere
The “Freedom Summer” of 2019 was not Hong Kong’s alone. A movement of global proportions, it continues to spark waves of intellectual discourse that re-evaluate the relations between politics and aesthetics. From graffiti to post-it walls to Joker-esque face-paint, protest practices arising from this movement articulate collective demands for new polity, while forging citizens’ expressions …
Residues of Hiroshima 75 Years on: Nuclear Tests, Trauma, Identity, and the Ending of the War
As we approach the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear issues are still frighteningly relevant. Developments such as the deadlocked US-North Korean nuclear talks, the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and the US deployment of “low-yield” nuclear missiles, preclude any sense of historical closure this anniversary. Featuring …
Examining the Contemporary Dynamics of Japan–China Interactions in the Cultural and Creative Industries
This roundtable explores how we can understand the contemporary transnational interactions of the Japanese and Chinese cultural and creative industries (CCI). The importance of the Asian region in the realm of CCI is rising dramatically, which is a game changer for a field that has long been dominated by Euro-American powerhouses. Japan and China are …
OpenGLAM and Redevelopment of Japanese Studies
This roundtable brings together researchers and librarians from university, high school, and public library to discuss the unique conditions in which OpenGLAM develops in Japan. To that end, the speakers will examine the current trends and issues on digitalization of Japanese resources from interdisciplinary perspective. The development and dissemination of digital archives and open data …
Resistance to Dictatorship and the Future of Human Rights in Thailand
On 22 May 2014, a junta calling itself the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) carried out the thirteenth coup in Thailand since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932. For nearly five years, the NCPO presided over a military dictatorship in which human rights violations became systematic and institutionalized. Despite severe restriction …
Teaching Classical Chinese Literature Across a Globalized World: Challenges and Strategies
In today’s globalized world, how to teach classical Chinese literature has become increasingly challenging. For one thing, facing a new generation of students who grew up consuming fast entertainment and are accustomed to instant gratification afforded by technology, how to lead them to appreciate the beauty, subtlety, and profundity of classical Chinese literature? Secondly, with …
The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) Two Decades Later: What Worked, What Failed, What Now?
The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) passed in 1997 was intended to protect the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) or indigenous cultural communities (ICCs). It was informed both by national jurisprudence on land rights and mediated by the post-EDSA1987 Constitution, as well as by transnational shifts towards shared frameworks for IP rights as expressed …