International Conference at Seijo University, Japan

Glocal Studies in East Asia: Mobility, Contact and Conviviality

Organizer/Sponsor Center for Glocal Studies (CGS),
Research Institute for the Humanities & Social Sciences at Seijo University

Co-Sponsor: International Federation of Social Science Organizations (IFSSO) Co-Sponsor: Institute for Sociology in Tokyo (IST)

Date: May 11th, 2013 (SAT) 10:00 - 18:00 Venue: Seijo University, Bldg.3, 3rd floor, Meeting Room
(Address: 6-1-20 Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Japan 157-8511, Tel/Fax 03-3482-1497)
10:00-12:30
Preliminary Session> Glocal Studies, Now: Japan/Asia and the world (Language: Japanese/English)

Chair: Kazuhisa NISHIHARA, Ph.D (Seijo University

1.

Movement and Mobility of Indigenous People Ainu in Glocal Situation Yoshihiko SEKIGUCHI, Ph.D (Seijo University)

2. Local Traditions and Global Trends in Japanese Childbirth Rituals

Christian GOEHLERT University of Munich

3. The Problems of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) in Japan/Asia and the World

Yusuke KOSAKA (Seijo Univ.

4. Multicultural Perspectives on Natural Disaster Management: A case study on international students in

Japan and their experiences at the Great East Japan Earthquake Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI, Ph.D (Nagoya University)

5. The Possibility of 'Glocalized' Disability Discrimination Legislation: From the cases in Hong Kong
and Korea Yuri GOTO (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / Tokyo University)

12:30-13:10

Lunch Break

13:10-13:40

Walk through the campus area, Seijo

14:00-17:30

Symposium: Mobility and Conviviality in East Asian:

From a viewpoint of glocal studies (Language: English)

Chair: Teruyuki KOMATSU (Nagoya Gakuin University / Former President of International Federation of Social Science Organizations (ISFFO))

14:00-14:05 Opening Speech

Tomiyuki UESUGI, Ph.D (Director of CGS at Seijo University)

14:05-15:05

Keynote Speech

Thinking Mobilities and Glocalization in a Constructivist Perspective

Laurence ROULLEAU-BERGER, Ph.D

(Research Director of CNRS / Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon) 15:05-15:20 Coffee Break 15:20-16:50
1.Transnational-Marriage and the Problem with Gender Roles: Focusing on cases in North-East Asia
Saihanjuna, Ph.D (Tokyo University of Foreign studies)

2. Inter-marriage in Tohoku Area and the Great East Japan Earthquake

Sunhee LEE, Ph.D (Tohoku University)

3. International Adopted Children and Their Alliances in a Transnational Social Space:

An analysis of Korean adoptees in Sweden and the U.S. Mari SHIBA (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / Nagoya University)

16:50-17:00 Coffee Break 17:00-17:45 Discussion 17:45-16:50

Closing Speech *** Kazuhisa NISHIHARA, Ph.D (Seijo University) *** ***

18:00-20:00

Post-Conference Party (*at Seijo University, Cafeteria)