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OPEN LECTURES
TITLE OF THR LECTURE
Current State and Future Prospects of EU-Japan Relations
LECTURER
Albrecht Rothacher (First Counsellor, Delegation of the EU to Japan)
OUTLINE OF THR LECTURE
This lecture will provide an overview of the current state, problems, and challenges of EU-Japan relations from an insider and practitioner’s perspective. This talk will cover the negotiations about the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, and recent development in cooperation in the field of security, such as in the joint activities in Central Asia and the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
DATE AND TIME
February 2 (Thu.), 10:10-11:30
PLACE
H-260
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TITLE OF THE LECTURE
Non-proliferation of WMD: Biological and Chemical Weapons
LECTURER
Kiwako Tanaka (Program Advisor, Secretariat of International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
OUTLINE OF THE LECTURE
(Please refer to the Japanese page)
DATE AND TIME
February 2 (Thu.), 10:10-12:40
PLACE
H-170
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TITLE OF THE LECTURE
Japanese Civil Service Reform and the Direction of Change
LECTURER
Hiroko Shimada (Director, International Affairs Division, National Personnel Authority)
OUTLINE OF THE LECTURE
The lecturer has a high level of position in the National Personnel Authority as Director of International Affairs Division and is knowledgable about reform efforts in Japan. Her presentation will address current efforts at reform and will be of interest to anyone who may work for a government or be focused on ways to improve it. There will an opportunity for questions and discussion.
DATE AND TIME
February 8 (Wed.), 10:10-11:30
PLACE
H-106
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TITLE OF THE LECTURE
How to Be a Plumber for the Government: Institutional Change by Participatory Systems Analysis
LECTURER
Toshiyuki Yasui (Project Professor, Keio University)
OUTLINE OF THE LECTURE
The presentation will address current efforts at reform and will be of interest to anyone who may work for a government or be focused on ways to improve it. There will an opportunity for questions and discussion.
DATE AND TIME
February 15 (Wed.), 10:10-11:30
PLACE
H-106
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TITLE OF THE LECTURE
Politics of Difference:
Temporality, Transformativity, and Peace
LECTURER
Hartmut Behr (Professor, Newcastle University)
PURPOSE OF THE LECTURE
To introduce undergraduate students to latest development in peace studies and international political theory.
DATE AND TIME
February 16 (Thu.), 13:15-15:00
PLACE
H-262
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TITLE OF THE LECTURE
Politics of Difference:
A Phenomenological Approach to Peace
LECTURER
Hartmut Behr (Professor, Newcastle University)
PURPOSE OF THE LECTURE
To introduce graduate students to critical developments in the philosophy of peacebuilding in international relations.
DATE AND TIME
February 16 (Thu.) 16:30-19:00
PLACE
H-102
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Past Lectures in AY2011
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