Date: 22 February, 2012 (Wed) 14:00-18:30
Venue: Room 312, Grad. School Bldg. 1F, Mita Campus, Keio University
Language: Japanese (Session 1), English (Session 2)

14:00-16:00 Session 1 "EU-ASEAN Relations"
Presenter: Tomoya Kuroda
Université de Cergy-Pontoise; associate researcher, Keio Jean Monnet COE
"EC-ASEAN Relations and the Establishment of Ministerial Conference, 1975-1978:
Inter-regionalism, North-South Issues, and the Cold War"
Moderator: Yuichi Hosoya (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
Language: Japanese

(16:00-16:30 Break)

16:30-18:30 Session 2 "Japan-EU & EU-China Relations"
Presenter: Axel Berkofsky
Gianni Mazzocchi Fellow, University of Pavia,
Senior Associate Research Fellow, Istituto per Gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
"The EU's Relations with Japan and China -Real or Strategic Partners on Paper Only?"
Discussant: Michito Tsuruoka (Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies)
Moderator: Toshiro Tanaka (Professor emeritus, Keio Univ, Jean Monnet Chair, EUSI Governor)
Language: English

- Admission Free: No pre-registration required
- Contact: EUSI Keio Office

Jane Freedman
"Persecution and Protection: Gender, Asylum and Migration in the European Union"

Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 10:30-17:00
Venue: Rm. 3505, Mercury Tower (5th Fl.), East Campus, Hitotsubashi University


Pre-Event:
Refugee Studies Workshop 10：30-15：15 (Open 10:15, Break 12:30-13:30)

Moderator: Ruri Ito (Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, HitotsubashiUniversity)
Instructor: Jane Freedman (Professor, the Université de Paris 8, Specialist on Gender Equality, UNESCO)

"Being Gay Enough for Asylum: The Issues of Sexual Orientation-Based Claims in the U.S."
Haruko Kudo (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)

"Resettlement Process of Ex-Indo-Chinese Refugees and Racialization of Refugee Politics in France"
Minako Suzuki (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)

"Life in Exile: Employment of Burma-Born Refugees Living in Japan"
Mari Tanaka (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)

"Onward Movements of the Rohingya Refugees: Is Malaysia Becoming a Transit Asylum Country?"
Risa Tokunaga (Visiting Fellow, the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University)


Lecture 15:30-17:00 (Open 15:15)

Moderator: Ruri Ito (Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, HitotsubashiUniversity)

Lecturer: Jane Freedman (Professor, the Université de Paris 8, Specialist on Gender Equality, UNESCO)
"Persecution and Protection: Gender, Asylum and Migration in the European Union"

Publications (selected): Gendering the International Refugee and Asylum Debate (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Immigration and Insecurity in France (Ashgate, 2004), Feminism (Open University Press, 2001), Femmes politiques: mythes et symboles (L'Harmattan, 1997)

• Language: ENGLISH
• 10-min walk from South Exit of JR Chuo-line KUNITACHI station
  Access Map <http://eusi.jp/content_en/aboutus/accessmap/>
• Link
  Jane Freedman <http://www2.univ-paris8.fr/sociologie/?page_id=1755>
  EUSI <http://eusi.jp/content_en/>
  Transnational Sociology Program, Hitotsubashi University <http://www.soc.hit-u.ac.jp/~trans_soci/english.html>
• For more information and to RSVP, contact Haruko Kudo at
  eusi.refugeestudies@gmail.com

Session 1 Lectures

"Italian Economy and the Euro Crisis"
Daniele Bosio
First Counsellor, Head of Economic and Commercial Section, Embassy of Italy in Japan
Corrado Molteni
Academic and Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Italy in Japan

"The Construction of the Monetary Union and the Euro. Yesterday, Today …. and Tomorrow?"
Giuseppe Telesca
Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI)

"The Government Bond Markets in the Euro area and Japan"
Naoyuki Yoshino
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

Session 2 Discussion

Date and Time: Saturday, 4th February 2012, 13:00-17:00
Venue: T104 Room, 1F Tsuda Hall, Sendagaya Campus, Tsuda College
Language: English

Admission: Free
Pre-registration is required.
Contact: EUSI Tsuda Office
E-mail TEL 042-342-5134

For more details, please see the EUSI Tsuda’s web page.

Session 1 Lectures

"The Eastern Enlargement of the EU and Independence of countries"
Drahomir Stos
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Japan

"Citizenship in Montenegro and the EU"
Jelena Džankić
Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI)

"The Eastward Enlargement of the EU and the Western Balkans"
Yoji Koyama
Professor Emeritus, Niigata University

Session 2 Discussion

Date and Time: Sunday, 29th January 2012, 13:00-17:00
Venue: A101, 1F Annex, Sendagaya Campus, Tsuda College

Language: English

Admission: Free
Pre-registration is required.
Contact: EUSI Tsuda Office
E-mail TEL 042-342-5134

For more details, please see the EUSI Tsuda’s web page.

"Who will provide the next Financial Model? Asia's Financial Muscle and Europe's Financial Maturity"

Date: Saturday, 10 December 2011
Venue: G-Sec lab, 6F East Building, Mita Campus, Keio University

Session I The Financial Regulation

Session II Monetary and Fiscal policy

Session III The Financial Sector

Session IV Exchange Rate System

Date: Thursday, 9th February, 2012
Time: 13:00-17:30 (Registration 12:30-)
Venue: TEPIA 4F Hall
Transportation-Access http://www.tepia.jp/english/access/index_e.html
Language: Japanese, English (with Simultaneous Interpretation)
Fee: Free

Hosted by:
EU Studies Institute (EUSI)
Nippon Electric Control Equipment Industries Association (NECA)
Supported by:
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
International Chamber of Commeerce (ICC) Japan

For more details:
NECA website
http://www.neca.or.jp/
(Japanese Only)

Date: Tuesday, 20th December, 2011
Time: 14:40-16:10
Venue: Room No. 3503, 5F of Mercury Tower, Kunitachi Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Directions to Kunitachi Campus http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/eng/about/direction/kunitachi.html
Kunitachi Campus Map http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/eng/about/direction/guide/campus/e-campus/

Language: Japanese

For more details, please see the Research and Development Center for Higher Education's web site.

The 3rd Euro-Asia Summer School was taken place at Seoul National University in Korea between 22nd August and 27th August. Then, participating students visited Europe 29th August through 9th September. While taking lectures on special area of the EU at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, they visited Japan Bank for International Cooperation (France), the European Parliament, the European Commission (Belgium) and European Central Bank (Frankfurt).
They enjoyed exploring each country's culture and gained valuable experiences through international cultural exchanges. (Please refer to reports by some participants)

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Date and Time: 22nd December, 2011, 10:30-17:00
Venue: "Matsukaze no Ma", 3rd Floor, Josui Kaikan
2-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Access Map http://www.kaikan.co.jp/josui/company/access.html (Japanese only)

Sponsored and organized by: EU Studies Institute in Tokyo, Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University
Co-sponsored by: Hitotsubashi University

Language: English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

Admission: Free
Pre-registration is required. To register, please email with your name and affiliation by December 19th (JST).

Period: April 2012 to April 2013
Closing date for applications: 1 February 2012

For more details, please see the ANUCES's "Visiting Fellow Programs" Page.
http://ces.anu.edu.au/visiting-fellow-programs