The Slavic Eurasian Research Center and the Graduate School of Public Policy at Hokkaido University are delighted to announce that the summer school on border studies (within the framework of the Hokkaido University Summer Institute) that will be hosted in Sapporo from July 25-29, 2016. The Slavic Eurasian Research Center has hosted the summer school on border studies in the past from 2010 to 2014 as part of the Global COE project "Reshaping Japan's Border Studies." This year's summer school will be hosted as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute, which is a program that brings together distinguished scholars and our faculty members to provide an educational experience to students from across Japan and around the world. It will allow participants to expand their knowledge of subjects previously open only to students of the university.
The two courses on border studies that will be available are as follows:
Course changes updated!! (15.06.16)
Invitation to Border Studies I: Theory and Practice (Period: July 25-26, 2016)
[Course Schedule]
July 25, 2016
10:30 - 12:00 1. Introduction to the course: Overview, ice breaker (Chi & Iwashita)
13:00 - 14:30 2. Theoretical Framework on Border Studies I (Diener)
14:45 - 16:15 3. Theoretical Framework on Border Studies II (Diener)
16:30 - 18:00 4. Borders and International Relations I: Borders in East Asia (Iwashita)
July 26, 2016
10:30 - 12:00 5. Borders and International Relations II: North Korean issue (Shim)
13:00 - 14:30 6. Borders and International Relations III: Unrecognized States in Eurasia (Fujimori)
14:45 - 16:15 7. Borders and International Relations IV: Sustainable Arctic (Tabata)
(*Lecture at the Hokkaido University Museum)
16:30 - 18:00 8. Movie showing "TBA"
Invitation to Border Studies II: Practice and Application (Period: July 27-28, 2016)
[Course Schedule]
July 27, 2016
10:30 - 12:00 1. Borders and Migration I: Case study of Europe (Fryer)
13:00 - 14:30 2. Borders and Migration II: Case study of East Asia (Chi)
14:45 - 16:15 3. Borders and Culture: Migration and Foodscapes (Virkkunen)
16:30 - 18:00 4. Borders and Environment: Case Study of Central Asia (Chida)
July 28, 2016
10:30 - 12:00 5. Borders and Diversity: The Ainu indigenous people and Japanese indigenous policy (Abe)
13:00 - 14:30 6. Borders, Gender and Diversity in East Asia (Chi)
14:45 - 16:15 7. Wrap up session: Student presentations
16:30 - 18:00 8. Wrap up session: Student presentations
July 29, 2016 Excursion to Ainu Village
The above courses will be taught by the following instructors:
Akihiro Iwashita (Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido Univ.)
Shinichiro Tabata (Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University)
Tetsuro Chida (Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido Univ.)
Shinkichi Fujimori (Slavic-Eurasian Research Cetner, Hokkaido Univ.)
Naomi Chi (Graduate School of Public Policy, Hokkaido Univ.)
Chisato Abe (Citizens' Group "Ainu and Indigenous People's Film Festival")
Alexander Diener (University of Kansas)
David Shim (University of Groningen)
Paul Fryer (University of Eastern Finland),
Joni Virkkunen (University of Eastern Finland)
Eurasia Unit for Border Research (Japan)
