The 3rd International Winter Symposium
of the Global COE Program “Reshaping Japan’s Border Studies”
“Weaving the Borders Together-Network between Japan and the World”

Date	November 25-27, 2011
Venue	4th Fl. Conference Room, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University / Sapporo L-PLAZA
Co-sponsors	Slavic Research Center and Sasakawa Peace Foundation

 

PROGRAMME

DAY 1  Nov. 25 (Fri.)
Pre-Symposium Young Researchers’ Workshop

13:30-15:00 Panel 1 Speakers Yoshitada Kanto(Bukkyo University)  　"The relationship between chronicles about Batara Indra and climate change in Indonesia- Consciousness to the blessing of the water by Balinese across time"(Summary) Shiro Mineta(Waseda University) 　"Politics of Scale in the Water Security: Impact from China in Greater Mekong Sub-region" Coffee Break 15:15-16:45 Panel 2 Speakers Yasuhiro DOI (Nagoya University)   "Case Study of Cross-Border Labors -A tri-national Border Region: Oberrhein"(Summary) Jussi Laine (Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland)   "Seeing Like a Border? Conceptualizing a Cross-border Space for Social Contracting through Civil Society Organizations" Coffee Break 17:00-18:30 Showing of GCOE DVD "Indigenous Peoples and Borders" Presenter : Yuka Mizutani (Hokkaido University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies)

DAY 2  Nov. 26 (Sat.)
Weaving the Borders Together-Network between Japan and the World
(with Simultaneous Translation)

9：00	Opening Remarks
Akihiro IWASHITA (SRC, Japan)
9:30-11:00	Session 1: Bringing Together the Worldwide Communities of Border Studies Part 3
Moderator Shinkichi FUJIMORI (SRC,Japan) Speakers 1-1: Tony Payan (University of Texas at El Paso）　    "Theory-Building in Border Studies: What the Borders of North America Have to Teach Us" 1-2: James Scott (University of Eastern Finland)   "Observations on European Border Studies: The Concept of Bordering in Theoretical and Practical Terms" Discussant Fuminori KAWAKUBO (Chuogakuin University) Jussi Laine (Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland)
11： 00-12：00	Museum Tour
12:00-13:20	Luncheon Session Noboru ISHIKAWA （Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)   "Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a Southeast Asian Borderland"
13： 20-15：40	Session 2: Development of Borderland in Southeast Asia
Moderator Akihiro HIRAYAMA (GCOE) Speakers 2-1: Carl Middleton (Chulalongkorn University)   "Conflict, Cooperation and the Trans-border Commons: The Controversy of Mainstream Dams on the Mekong River" 2-2: Duncan McDuie-Ra (University of New South Wales)   "Beyond Greed and Grievance: the Northeast borderland in contemporary India" 2-3: Sorin Sok (Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace)   "A History of Cambodia and Engagement from Power Countries" (Revised) Discussant Noboru ISHIKAWA （Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
15： 40-16：00	Coffee Break
16： 00-18：20	Session 3: Divided Spaces:Jerusalem, Mostar, Ireland and Okinawa
Moderator Hiroshi FUKUDA (SRC, Japan) Speakers 3-1: Haim Yacobi (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)*     "The Geopolitics of a City-Borders, boundaries and frontiers in Jerusalem"  *Taizo IMANO (Osaka City University) will present this paper on behalf of Dr. Yacobi 3-2: Emily Makas (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte)    "The Boulevard and the Central Zone: Divided Mostar's Border Lines and Spaces" 3-3: Stephen Royle (Queen's University Belfast)    "Divided islands: the case of Ireland" 3-4: Tomohiro YARA (The Okinawa Times)    "Exploring Solutions to the U.S. Military-Base Issues in Okinawa" Discussant Manabu SENGOKU (Seinan Gakuin University)
19:00-	Welcome Reception

DAY 3  Nov. 27 (Sun.)
The Establishment of the Japan International Border Studies Network (JIBSN) 

9:00-13:00	Seminar for Border Practitioners
14:00-16:15	The Issue of the Northern Territories Issue, View from the Field
language in Japanese. (Japanese and English interpretation available) Speakers Shunsuke HASEGAWA (Mayor of Nemuro) Ryoichi HONDA (Hokkaido Shinbun) Hiroaki Honma  (Mainichi Shinbun) Akihiro IWASHITA (GCOE) Shigenori KANEHIRA (TBS) Moderator Yoshihiko NAKAMURA(Free Journalist)
16:30-17:00	Ceremony
18:00-	Reception