ALFP Program Schedule 2010

Date Activities
Sep. 13 (Mon.) Orientation
Welcoming Reception
Sep. 14 (Tue.) Workshop I: Country Reports by Fellows (1)
Kong Rithdee “Thailand Report”
Seki Kaoruko “Japan”
Sep. 15 (Wed.) Workshop II: Country Reports by Fellows (2)
Fouzia Saeed “Pakistan”
Guo Zhiyuan “The People’s Republic of China: From Tradition to Modern Times”
Sasanka Perera “Sri Lanka”
Sep. 16 (Thu.) Workshop III: Country Reports by Fellow (3)
Ahn Byungok “Identity Controversies in the Modern Society of South Korea”
Sep. 17 (Fri.) Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 1)
Sep. 18 (Sat.) Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 2)
Sep. 19 (Sun.) Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 3)
Sep. 21 (Tue.) Workshop IV
Discussion on the Public Symposium (1)
Sep. 22 (Wed.) Workshop V
“Rights and Reinventing Culture” by Sasanka Perera
Set. 24 (Fri.) Workshop VI
Luncheon meeting with Akashi Yasushi (Chairman, International House of Japan)
Sep. 25 (Sat.) Resource Seminar I
Discussion with Nitobe Kokusai Juku participants
Sep. 27 (Mon.) Resource Seminar II
“Noh Theater and Peace” by Shimizu Kanji (Noh Performer)
Sep. 28 (Tue.) Resource Seminar III
“Documentaries and Visual Media Literacy” by Mori Tatsuya (Film Director)
Sep. 30 (Thu.) Resource Seminar IV
“Refugee Issues and the Japanese Government” by Kumaoka Michiya (Board Member, Japan International Volunteer Center) and visit to JVC’s headquarters in Tokyo
Oct. 1 (Fri.) Resource Seminar V
“A Down-to-Earth Look at Tokyo: Another Side of the Global City” by Machimura Takashi (Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
Oct. 4 (Mon.) Resource Seminar VI
“Gender and Ethnicity in the Neo-Liberalist Reforms in Japan in 1990-2010” by Ueno Chizuko (Professor, University of Tokyo)
Oct. 5 (Tue.) Workshop VII
“The Rising Religious Militancy in Asia” by Fouzia Saeed
Workshop VIII
Screening of Kong Rithdee’s documentary film, The Convert
Oct. 6 (Wed.) Resource Seminar VII
“Nationalism and International Politics: Sino-Japanese Relations in Context” by Fujiwara Kiichi (Professor, University of Tokyo)
Oct. 8 (Fri.) Resource Seminar VIII
“Heterotopias in Japanese Cinema” by Yomota Inuhiko (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University )
Oct. 10 (Sun.) Field Trip (Day 1: Nagasaki)
Peace and Nuclear Issues
– Visits to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Hypocenter of Atomic Bombing, and Urakami Cathedral
– Meeting with Mr. Motoshima Hitoshi (former mayor of Nagasaki City) on the abolition of nuclear arms and Nagasaki
– Briefing by Mr. Tasaki Noboru (Secretary-General, Organizing Committee, Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons) on the peace movement in Nagasaki
Oct. 11 (Mon.) Field Trip (Day 2: Nagasaki)
History of Nagasaki
– Visit to the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
– Tour of Gunkan Island

Oct. 12 (Tue.)

Field Trip (Day 3: Tagawa City, Fukuoka)
– Briefing by Mr. Bori Kiyonari (artist) and Mr. Yamamoto Tsuyoshi (iArtRevo Chikuho) on the importance of art in revising the history of Tagawa
– Tour of the city, including a coal-mining site and an art gallery

Oct. 13 (Wed.)

Field Trip (Day 4: Munakata City, Fukuoka)
– Briefing by Ms. Morisaki Kazue (poet/author) on women and minorities in Japan and Asia
– Visit to Munakata Taisha (Grand Shrine) and tour around the city

Oct. 14 (Thu.)

Field Trip (Day 5: Fukuoka)
Arts in Asia
– Tour of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
– Briefing by Mr. Kuroda Raiji (Curator, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) on contemporary arts in Asia
Oct. 15-28
(Fri.-Thu.)
Individual Activities Period
Oct. 29 (Fri.) Workshop IX
Discussion on the Public Symposium (2)
Workshop X
Reports on Individual Activities Period
Nov. 5 (Fri.) Workshop XI
“Responsibility for War Injuries: Limits and Possibilities of Reparations under International Law -The Case of Japan (1945-2000)-” by Seki Kaoruko
Nov. 8 (Mon.) Public Symposium
“Rethinking Global Challenges: Asian Intellectuals in Dialogue”
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Nov. 11 (Thu.) Visit to Ogawa Town, Saitama

Nov. 12 (Fri.)

Evaluation Session
Farewell Dinner