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November 23, 2015

[Event] International Symposium in Fukuoka "Contesting Territory: Sovereignty, Tourism and Aesthetics"

[Event] International Symposium in Fukuoka "Contesting Territory: Sovereignty, Tourism and Aesthetics"

Time & Date: November 23, 2015 (Mon), 13:00-18:320151123Fukuoka_sympo.jpg0
Venue: International Hall, Hakozaki Campus, Kyushu University
　(https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/access/map/hakozaki/hakozaki.html　Bldg. No. 55 is "International Hall.")

Program:
　13:00-13:10　Introductory Remarks
　　Norio TANAKA (Fuculty of Law, Kyushu University)
　　Chair: Kaoru IZUMI (Center for Asia-Pacific Future Studies (CAFS), Kyushu University)
　13:10-14:20　Plenary Lecture "Geopolitics in the Age of Globalization"
　　Special Lecturer: John Agnew (University of California, Los Angels)
　　Chair: Paul Rechardson (University of Manchester)
　　Discussant: Takashi YAMAZAKI (Osaka City University)
　14:40-16:20　Panel Session "Challenges to Sovereignty: Practicing Contested Territory"
　　Speakers: Akihiro IWASHITA (SRC/UBRJ, Hokkaido University)
　　　　　　　　 Sangjin SHIM (Kyonggi University, South Korea)
　　Chair: Hyunjoo Naomi CHI (Hokkaido University)
　　Discussant: J.J. Zhang (The University of Hong Kong)
　16:40-18:20　Panel Session "Border Aethetics: Art along/across Borders"
　　Speakers: Anne-Laure Amilhat-Szary (University of Grenoble-Alps/Joseph Fourier University,
　　　　　　　　 ABS Director)
　　　　　　　　 Mahsa Mergenthaler-Shamsaei (Young Persian artists blogger & curator)
　　　　　　　　 Abdalla Omari (Visual and performance artist, Syria/Belgium)
　　Chair: Edward Boyle (Faculty of Law, Kyushu University)
　　Discussant: Cynthea Bogel (Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University)

Working language: English & Japanese with simultaneous interpretation

Co-hosted by CAFS, Kyushu University & SRC, Hokkaido University
Cooperated by EUIJ Kyushu; Center for Decision Science for A Sustainable Society, Kyusyu University;
　　　　　　　　　　NPO Japan Center for Borderlands Studies (JCBS)

Persons interested in participation in the symposium should register themselves beforehand by E-mail to cafs[at]jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp or fax to 092-642-7374.