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November 17, 2016

[Event] International Symposium "Connecting Americas and the Pacific: Challenges and Possibilities of Breaking "Boundaries"

20161117_SphiaU_sympo.jpg[Event] International Symposium "Connecting Americas and the Pacific: Challenges and Possibilities of Breaking "Boundaries"

Time & Date: 13:15-18:15, November 17, 2016
Venue: L-921, 9F Central Library, Sophia University

Program:
13:15-13:30 
 Opening Remarks by Mariko Iijima (Director, Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Sophia University)
13:15-15:00 
 Panel 1 "Forging a a Mexipino Identity: Multiplicity and Community in San Diego, California" (in English)
  Speaker: Rudy P. Guevarra, Jr. (Arizona State University)
  Discussant: Yu Tokunaga (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
15:00-16:30
 Panel 2 "Indigenous Studies for the Understanding of the North American Continent and Beyond" 「北米大陸および周辺地域を理解するツールとしての先住民研究」(in Japanese)
  Speaker: Yuka Mizutani (Sophia University)
  Discussant: Rika Lee (Tama Art University)
16:30-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-18:10 Panel Discussion (in Japanese/English)
  Chair: Mauro Neves (Director, Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University)
  Participants: Rudy P. Guevarra, Yu Tokunaga, Yuka Mizutani, Rika Lee,
           Yuko Konno (Sophia University) and Kodama Oba (Sophia University)
18:10-18:15 
 Closing Remarks by Takeshi Kishikawa (Sophia University)

Admission free & No previous registration necessary

Hosted by Institute of American and Canadian Studies & Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University
Contact: instacs[at]sophia.ac.jp / ibero[at]sophia.ac.jp ([at] should be "@")