ALFP Program Schedule 2001

Date
Activities

Sept. 3

Introduction
Session


Visit the Japan Foundation Asia Center


Sept. 4


Workshop I:
Presentation by the Fellows (1)
David Celdran "Surviving
the Marketplace of Ideas in the Age of Electronic Media"/ Ann Lee "Modern
Mythologies in Popular Culture about ‘Asian Values’"


Workshop II:
Presentations by the Fellows (2)
Huang, Ping "Intellectual
Debates on Public Issues in 1990s China"/ Ryu, Jeong Soon "Social Welfare
Policy"/ Shimada, Kazuyuki "Making a New secrity System in Asia-for
Stable Peace and Prosperity"

Welcome Reception


Sept. 5


Workshop III:
Presentation by the Fellows (3)
Mahendra Lama "Economic
Reforms in South Asia: Prospects, Challenges and Concerns"/ Anek Nakabutara
"Social Capital and Civil society Building and Networking: Case Study of
Thailand"

Sept.
5-8


Field Trip to Yamagata / Miyagi


Sept. 11


Workshop IV: Discussion on Future Direction (1)


Sept. 12


Workshop V:
Discussion on Future Direction (2)


Sept. 14

Visit Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center


Sept. 18


Workshop VI: "Introduction to Consumer Science"


Workshop VII:
"Strategic Communications"


Sept. 20


Workshop VIII: Discussion with Mr. Mikio Kato( Executive Director, International
House of Japan)


Sept. 21

Weekend Retreat in Tateshina


Sept. 25


Resource Person Seminar:
"Transnational Civil Society in Asia" by
Prof. Yoshikazu Sakamoto


Sept. 26


Visit Kalabaw-no-kai.


Sept. 27


Resource Person Seminar:
"History and Nationalism in Post-war by Prof.
Kiichi FujiwaraJapan"


Sept. 28


Resource Person Seminar:
"Peace Studies in Japan Today" by Prof.
Mitsuo Okamoto


Oct. 2

Resource Person Seminar: "Environmental Impact Assessment in Japan"
by Prof. Sachihiko Harashina


Oct. 3


Workshop IX:
Discussion on the Public Symposium(1)


Oct. 5


Resource Person Seminar:
"Japanese Popular Culture" by Prof. Tom
Gill


Oct. 6-9

Field Trip to Isahaya/Fukuoka


Oct. 10


Workshop X: Discussion on the Public Symposium(2)

Oct. 12


Visit Dentsu


Oct. 16


Visit Fuji Television


Oct. 18


Workshop XI: Discussion with Ambassador Hiroaki Fujii


Oct. 22


Resource Person Semina
r: "The Public Intellectual and Public Policy"

by Prof. Gerald Curtis


Workshop XII:
Discussion on the Public Symposium(3)


Oct. 26


Public Symposium: "Rethinking Existing Paradigm: Public Intellectuals
in Action"


Oct. 29


Visit the Diet


Oct. 31


Evaluation Session