Korakuen Lectures: Policy Studies Forum / Cultural Interaction in East Asia, Cultural Studies Open Seminar / Cultural Change, Chuo University Graduate School of Policy Studies, Autumn ~ Winter 2004

Organized by David Ewick and Modjtaba Sadria

October 5: Akira Iriye, Harvard University, Cultural Globalization in East Asia

October 16: David Ewick, Chuo University, Edward Said and the Politics of Cyberspace

October 19: Akitoshi Miyashita, Tokyo International University, Reactive State Revisited: Japan Between America and Asia

November 6: Hiroshi Yoshioka, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, How to Do Things with Art

November 9: Yuzo Itagaki, University of Tokyo (Emeritus), Identity Choosing in Cultural Dynamics for Japan: A Perceptional Approach in Historical Perspective

November 13: Modjtaba Sadria, Chuo University, Subaltern Culture and Social Change

November 16: John Clammer, Sophia University, Cultural Policy and Cultural Change in East Asia: A Comparative Perspective

November 20: Tin Tin Htun, Chuo University, Cultural Mandate and Motherhood in Japan

November 27: Sujaya Dhanvantari, Chuo University, The Debt of Colonial History: Frantz Fanon

December 4: Anne Waldman, Naropa University, Changing the Frequency: New Modal Structures—Poetry and Politics in Performance

December 11: Chizuko Ueno, University of Tokyo, Book talk on Nationalism and Gender.

December 14: David Walker, Deakin University, Australia in Asia: Race, Region, and Identity.

Many thanks to speakers, students, and other attendees, who together have made this a successful semester at Korakuen. We are pleased to announce that the lecture series will continue in International Policy Studies Forum I (spring term) and Cultural Studies Open Seminar I and II (spring and autumn) in academic year 2005~06.