- Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013; 1:30-3:30 pm
- Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
- Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)
Lecturer: Wang Jisi (Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University)Dr. Wang served as director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences until 2005 when he assumed his current position. He was concurrently director of the Institute of International Strategic Studies at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (2001-2009) and was also a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee of the Foreign Ministry of China and president of the Chinese Association for American Studies. He specializes in U.S. foreign policy, China-Japan relations.
Discussants:
Miyamoto Yuji (Former Ambassador to China)
Ambassador Miyamoto served as the China Division Chief and as the Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2006-2010). He was also the Director of Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations Bureau and the Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. His books include How to Deal with China (Nikkei Publishing, Inc. 2011).
Mori Kazuko (Professor Emerita, Waseda University)
Prof. Mori specializes in Chinese politics and diplomacy, international relations of East Asia. She has held prominent positions such as the President of the Japan Association for Modern China Studies. She has contributed greatly to the construction of the methodological framework that now serves as common foundation for Chinese and Asian Studies in Japan.