Symposium: "Origins of Prosperity and Stability: State Building in 20th Century Asia"

Welcome

Susan Pharr, Faculty Associate. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Yasunori Nakayama, Director General, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

Keynote Speech

"The History of Asia in the 20th Century: The Origins of Prosperity and Stability"

Akihiko Tanaka, President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

Discussant: Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations and Director, Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University.

Panel: "State Building in 20th Century Asia"

Shin Kawashima, Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo.

Lung-chuh Chang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica.

Nobuhiro Aizawa, Associate Professor, Kyushu University.

Keiko Tsuji Tamura, Professor, Graduate School of Social System Studies, the University of Kitakyushu.

Discussant: Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University.

Moderator:
Susan Pharr, Faculty Associate. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA).

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu