Program
Session 1 Analyzing Japanese Think Tanks
(1) Changes in Japan’s Decision-making System and the Role of Think Tanks since 1990s
Ling LIU (Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University)
(2) In Defense of the Liberal International Order? Identity, Ontological Security and Epistemic Communities in Japan’s Indo-Pacific Policy
Erik ISAKSSON (Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universitat Berlin)

Session 2 Anatomy of National University in Colonial Japan
(1) Imperialist Strategies in Establishing Colonial Universities
Jiwon KIM (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
(2) National Identity of the Students at Kenkoku University (1938-1945)
Yiran YAO (Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University)

Session 3 Politicized Gender in Contemporary Japan
(1) Different lenses? Navigating Gender in Contemporary Japanese Photography
Elizabeth NOBLE (Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universitat Berlin)
(2) The Practices Enabled by the Gender Identity Categorization: Focusing on the Use of “X-jendā” in Japan
Kyoko TAKEUCHI (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo)

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