Speaker:	Жулдузбек Абылхожин (Институт истории и этнологии, Казахстан)
Language:	Russian
Date & Time:	January 30 (Fri.) 16:30～18:00
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Bunkei-kyoyou building 2-2
Contact:	Tomohiko Uyama (Tel:+81-11-706-3787)

Date & Time:	February 5(Thu.) - 6(Fri.)
Place:	Conference Hall, Hokkaido University, JAPAN
Apply:	See this page.
Contact:	AOSHIMA Yoko (Tel:+81-11-706-4809)

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP Regional Public Sphere and Environment in Slavic Eurasia and Japan
Date:	Feb 28 (Sat) - March 1 (Sun) 2009
Place:	Lecture Hall, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Organizer:	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(RIHN) Slavic Research Center(SRC), Hokkaido University
Contact:	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(RIHN) http://www.chikyu.ac.jp

Objectives :	The post-communist (Slavic Eurasian) countries are, by and large, stabilizing in their political and economic transformation, though the peoples there are still struggling for their right place in the changing social and regional settings around them. One of the most critical issues in this concern is the publicity or how to manage the public goods - in the broader sense - in various spatial levels including community, sub-national, and regional (trans-national) ones, and throughout the levels as well. Concretely, we are thinking on the minority issue, the religious tradition, the education, the social organization, social policy, the access to the crossing borders especially over the EU or the Schengen borders, the media, the environmental protection and so on. These issues need open discussion, common understandings, and cooperation of the peoples in each levels and across the levels. To handle these issues as public goods, including its regional (trans-national) aspects, is new for the peoples in the Slavic Eurasian countries, but the situation is not so much different in the East Asian countries to manage the publicity under the on-going social and regional changes, because they neither have paid little attention to the aspects of publicity in any levels. In the workshop, aiming at comparative studies of the two regions, we will have papers focusing on the social and historical aspects of the issue, on the one hand, and on the other hand we put an special emphasise on the regional-environmental aspects of the issue, considering that, for one thing, a trans-national solution is more and more demanded in the environmental protection, and, for the other thing, recently the Japanese government conducted an agreement with Hungary on emissions trading, and the government is widening the trading to other Slavic European countries. This means that we will not be able to ignore the other’s publicity in the future, and we need multi-disciplinary cooperation of various specialists, because the emissions trading is a comprehensive deal, requiring many approaches such as economic, social, political, technological, biological, metrologic al, and so on. The workshop is the first step to discuss the publicity from the comparative and multi-disciplinary perspectives, involving the specialists of humanities, social and natural sciences.
PROGRAM:
February 28 (Sat)
11:00-11:05	Opening Remarks　TACHIMOTO Narifumi, Director-General, RIHN
11:05-11:10	Opening Speech AKIMICHI Tomoya, Deputy Director-General, RIHN
11:10-11:20	Keynote Speech IEDA Osamu, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
Session 1 Cross-national Eco-system and Trans-national Regulation in Amur-Okhotsk Region
CHAIR	SHIRAIWA Takayuki, RIHN
11:20-11:40	Social Indicators, Ecological Quality and Regional Development: an Example from the Transboundary Basin of the Amur River Sergey S. GANZEY, Pacific Institute of Geography FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
11:40-12:00	The “Giant” Fish-Breeding Forest as Global Environmental Public Goods HANAMATSU Yasunori, RIHN
12:00-12:30	Discussion
12:30-13:30	Lunch
Session 2 Political-economic-climate Changes and Water Ecosystem
CHAIR	INOUE Gen, RIHN
13:30-13:50	Historical Changes of Agricultural Development and Water Environment in the Ili River Basin, Southeastern Kazakhstan, 1936-1998　 AKIYAMA Tomohiro, Aichi University
13:50-14:10	The Water Problem in Central Asia and Probable Changes of Water Resources in Nearest Decades as Reaction on Climate Change and Degradation of Glaciers Igor SEVERSKIY, Institute of Geography, Kazakhstan
14:10-14:30	Siberian Winter Roads on the Frozen River and Ponds, as Public Goods depending on the Local Environment Makoto OKUMURA, Tohoku University
14:30-15:10	Discussion
15:10-15:30	Break
Session 3 Emerging Regional Public Sphere in Central Eastern Europe
CHAIR	KUBOTA Jumpei, RIHN
15:30-15:50	Emerging Public Sphere in the Environmental Policy in Hungary　 IEDA Osamu, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
15:50-16:10	Regional Integration and Trans-national History: Reflection on the History of Biopolitics in Central Europe Constantin IORDACHI, Central European University, Romania
16:10-16:30	Transcending Ethnic Conceptions of Cross-Border Space Nigel SWAIN, School of History, University of Liverpool, UK
16:30-17:10	Discussion
17:40	Reception at Grand Prince Hotel
March 1 (Sun)
Session 4 Post-communist Public Sphere in Central Eastern Europe
CHAIR	HAYASHI Tadayuki, Hokkaido University
9:30-9:50	Social Welfare in Communist East Central Europe: Structure, Functions and Dynamics TOMKA Béla, University of Szeged, Hungary
9:50-10:10	The Pension System as Public Goods in the Czech Republic IKEMOTO Shuichi, College of Economics, Nihon University
10:10-10:30	Local Communities in Transylvania in the Period of Transition NAKAJIMA Takafumi, Gakushuin Women’s College
10:30-11:10	Discussion
11:10-11:30	Break
Session 5 Historical Aspects on Conceptualization of National and Public Sphere: Slovakian Case
CHAIR	NAGAYO Susumu, Waseda University
11:30-11:50	The Concept of the Slovak Nation and Corporate State: The Melding of the Concepts of Natio, Populus and Gens in the Eighteenth-Century Hungary NAKAZAWA Tatsuya, Fukui University
11:50-12:10	The Idea of National Identity of Slovaks in 1848-1914 Milan PODRIMAVSKÝ, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, Slovakia
12:10-12:40	Discussion
12:40-13:40	Lunch
Session 6 Historical Aspects on Conceptualization of National and Public Sphere: Croatian and Hungarian Cases
CHAIR	TAMAKI Osamu, Kyoto University
13:40-14:00	The Development of Slavic Reading Clubs and Schools in the Era of National Revival in Istria ISHIDA Shinichi, Atomi University
14:00-14:20	Elementary School as Public Good for the Consumers: Local Residents and Cegléd Municipal 'Tanya' Schools in Dualistic Era Hungary　 WATANABE Akiko, Osaka Kyoiku University
14:20-15:20	Concluding Discussion
15:20-15:30	Closing Remarks

Date & Time:	March 5(Thu.) - 6(Fri.)
Place:	The Creative Research Initiative "Sosei", Hokkaido University, JAPAN
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato (Tel:+81-11-706-2388)

Research Institute for World Languages, Osaka University, Project “Lingua-Culture Contextual Studies in Ethnic Conflicts of the World” Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Project “Comparative Research on Major Regional Powers in Eurasia”
Special Seminar: The South Ossetian Conflict and Secessionist States
Date:	Time: March 9, 2001. 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Place:	Campus Port Osaka Room A
	http://www.consortium-osaka.gr.jp/access/index.html
	(Osaka Ekimae Build. 2, Umeda 1-2-2-400, Kita-ku, Osaka: Phone 06-6344-9560)
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato (Tel:+81-11-706-2388)

PROGRAM:	Please Click each titles. All files can be read and printed using Adobe Reader. A password will be given to all participants in the symposium. Please contact with AOSHIMA Yoko (Tel: +81-11-706-4809) WARNING: All of papers is Not for Quotation
Session I. 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Chair:	Ken Masujima, Kobe U
Papers:	Sergei Markedonov, Institute of Political and Military Analysis, Moscow “The Georgian-Ossetian Conflict: From Local Skirmishes to a Conflict of Global Significance
	Henry Hale, George Washington U "Social Psychology and the Sources of Ethnic Conflict"
	Kimitaka Matsuzato, Hokkaido U “Rise and Fall of the SKK (Mixed Control Commission) System in the Conflict Regulation of South Ossetia”
	Rebecca Chamberlain, London School of Economics “Transdniestria: Dimensions of Secessionist Conflict”
Disc.:	Shigeo Mutsushika, Shizuoka Prefecture U Shin'inchi Takeuchi, Institute of Developing Economies
Session II. 3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Chair:	Ken Masujima, Kobe U
Papers:	Gia Jorjoliani, Tbilisi U "The August War in the Context of Regional and Global Geopolitical Challenges"
	Kosta Dzugaev, South Ossetian U “South Ossetia: Perspectives of Development” (in Russian)
Disc.:	Hirotake Maeda, Osaka U Atsushi Ishida, Tokyo U

Speaker:	Andreas Renner (University of Cologne, Germany/SRC)
Language:	in Engslish
Date & Time:	March 10 (Tue), 2009, 16:30-18:00
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Bunkei-kyoyou building 2-2
	Everyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend.
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato (Tel:+81-11-706-3311)

Date & Time:	May 25 (Mon.), 15:00-16:30
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Topic:	Russian Symbolism and Indian Thought: the Case of Andrei Belyi
Lecturer:	Anna Ponomareva (Visiting Lecturer: Imperial College & Imperial Business School, England)
Language:	in Russian but questions and discussion can also in English
Contact:	Sanami Takahashi

Date & Time:	June 19 (Fri.) 16:30-18:00
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Topic:	Utopian Imagination in Russia
Lecturer:	Boris Lanin (Professor, Russian Academy of Education)
Language:	in Russian
Contact:	Tetsuo Mochizuki

Speaker:	Andriy Danylenko
Topic:	"The Ukrainian Bible, the Polish Uprising, and the Imperial censorship in 1863"
	The author argues that the translation(s) of the Bible into 'Little Russian' was not the immediate reason behind Valuev's anti-Ukrainian circular of 1863. The ban appeared to be a corollary of the complex bureaucratic process, predetermined largely by the Polish uprising of 1863 and, to a lesser extent, the Ukrainophile activity (The Brotherhood of SS. Cyril and Methodius in 1847, the periodical Osnova in 1861-1862). Contrary to Ricarda Vulpius, the translation of Morachevskyj (1860) could hardly compete with that made by Kulish and Puljuj in 1871 in Galicia. The latter proved most dangerous and harmful to the all-Russian project. It was never allowed in the Russian Empire, though Morachevs’kyj’s translation went eventually to press in 1906.
Date & Time:	Juky 23(Thu.) 　16:30-18:00
Language:	in English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Contact:	NOMACHI Motoki（SRC Tel.+81-11-706-3158 E-mail: mnomachi@slav.hokudai.ac.jp）

Speaker:	Paul Wexler
	This talk will show that the family of Slavic languages should be increased by 3 (Yiddish, Israeli Hebrew, Esperanto) and decreased by 1 (Old Church Slavonic)--a net gain of 2. The talk will demonstrate how "new languages" can be created by means of a technique known as "relexification", i.e. by changing most of the lexicon while preserving the original grammar and phonology. Relexification has been identified in the genesis of about 24 languages around the world and has its motivation in the desire of speakers to create a new identity.
Commentator:	Andriy Danylenko
Date & Time:	August 10(Mon.) 　16:30-18:00
Language:	in English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Contact:	NOMACHI Motoki（SRC Tel.+81-11-706-3158 E-mail: mnomachi@slav.hokudai.ac.jp）

Date & Time:	October 8 (Thu.) 18:00-19:30
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Topic:	Conversing with the River: The River as a Unifier in Central European Literature
Lecturer:	Clarice Cloutier (Univerzita Karlova, New York University - Prague Campus, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Language:	English
Contact:	Go KOSHINO ( Tel: +81-11-706-4809)
	Across geographical landscapes and political periods, rivers have been used as natural boundaries of separation for nations, peoples and languages. However, just as naturally, culture, and in particular literature, manifest the waters’ unifying aspect as currents of national stability, representations of innocence, embodiments of anthropomorphization and sustainers of traditional ways of life. In this study, we trace the river as reflected in works by Czechs Alexander Kliment and Zdeněk Kriebel, Polish Włodzimierz Pietrzak and Tadeusz Różewicz, Slovak Daniel Šimko and Hungarian Szabolcs Várady.
	Handout for the Lecture

Date & Time:	October 14, 2009 (Wednesday) 4: 30 pm - 5: 50 pm
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Lecturer:	Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, Warsaw University, Visiting Professor of SRC
Topic:	"Max Weber and the Crimean Tatars: What Can We Learn Today from the Experience of the Early Modern Steppe Diplomacy?"
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato

Date & Time:	July 9 (Thu.) -10 (Fri.)
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, JAPAN
Everyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend.
Contact:	rp@slav.hokudai.ac.jp (Tel:+81-11-706-2388)

Lecturer:	George Sanikidze, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Georgian Academy of. Sciences
Title:	"Understanding Current Political Crisis in Georgia"
Date & Time:	July 31 (Fri.) 3:00 -4:30 p.m.
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Language:	in English
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato *Sponsored by the GCOE program "Reshaping Japan's Border Studies"

Speaker:	Sergey Abashin (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russia / SRC)
Title:	Музей жертв репрессий в Ташкенте: узбекская версия имперской и советской истории
Date & Time:	September 29 (Tue.) 16:00-17:30
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Meeting room (401)
Contact:	Tomohiko Uyama (Tel:+81-11-706-3787)

Date:	November 7 (Sat.)-8 (Sun.) , 2009
Place:	Conference Hall of Hokkaido University, Sapporo JAPAN
	An International Symposium co-sponsored by the Slavic Research Center and the Pan-Okhotsk Research Center, Institute of Low Temperature Science, and other organizations, will be held on November 7th and 8th at the Hokkaido University Conference Hall. This event is hosted as part of the “Sustainability Weeks 2009” at the University. The Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent waters of the Oyashio region are unrivaled worldwide in their resources. Recent studies have focused largely on the following two effects of the Amur River on these waters. One is the role played by the dissolved iron originating in the Amur River in the primary production of the Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent waters of the Oyashio region. The other is the possible impact of the various pollutants discharged from the Amur River basin into the Sea of Okhotsk. The conservation of the natural environment in this sea and its neighboring ocean requires simultaneous conservation in the adjoining Amur River basin. Accordingly, this symposium will focus on the ideal future of international cooperation in efforts to conserve this land and marine environment through discussions by distinguished researchers from Japan, China, and Russia. (Languages of operation are Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Simultaneous interpretation for these languages will be provided).
	See the Symposium Program:.
連絡先：	TABATA（E-mail: shin@slav.hokudai.ac.jp）

Date:	December 12 (Sat.) - 13 (Sun.)
Place:	Ichigaya Campus, Hosei University, Tokyo
Everyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend.
Contact:	rp@slav.hokudai.ac.jp (Tel:+81-11-706-2388)

Date & Time:	10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Place:	4F Conference Room, Slavic Research Centre, Hokkaido University
Contact:	FUJIMORI (Tel:+81-11-706-4809)

Speaker:	André Simonyi, Jessica Allina-Pisano, Ottawa University
Title:	Title. "The Social Lives of Borders: Political Economy at the Edge of the EU."
Discussant:	Fumiki Tahara, Tokyo University
Date & Time:	December 24, 2009. 10:30 a.m. - 12: 00 a.m.
Place:	SRC, the 4th floor. Seminar Room
Everyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend.
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato (Tel:+81-11-706-2388, )