Prof. Mitsuru Yamada (The School of Social Sciences) holds the following international Webinar Workshop on January 29 (Sat), 2022. Registration is required. For more detail, please contact: globalasia-office [at] list.waseda.jp
Concept
In 2020, not only Asia but the entire world faced a new virus due to the spread of corona infection, and experienced political conflicts, economic stagnations, and social fissures. First, the problem of inequality based on income disparity became apparent; second, the vulnerability of Western-style “liberal democracy” including the U.S. highlighted the spread of infection; and third, against the background of the U.S.-China conflict, the U.N. Health Organization (WHO), which is supposed to be an international public good, responded differently. International cooperation became increasingly regressive. Finally, the spread of coronary infections to vulnerable populations in the midst of a focus on national interests led to the recognition of the need for a transnational global network of civil society and NGOs. In other words, international cooperation is necessary even in times of peace, because, for example, research on the development of therapeutic drugs and vaccines against new viruses is a challenge for all humankind.
Based on this awareness of the issues, the Global Asia Research Center project is to conduct a workshop with Asian researchers to consider how governance in Asia should be in the post-Corona era and how to build resilience in Asia. Through workshops with faculty members and graduate students from universities and graduate schools that have academic agreements with the Faculty of Social Sciences, we will frankly discuss how governance in Asia should be and how resilience should be built in the face of possible disasters and calamities in the future. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss frankly how Asian governance should be and how resilience should be built in the face of possible disasters and calamities in the future.
This workshop mainly focuses on Southeast Asian countries, but while the new virus has spread in China, it has exploded in India. As a center for global Asian research, it is necessary to examine the governance capacity and resilience of Southeast Asian countries, which are sandwiched between the two Asian powers, to the corona disaster in order to consider the future of the Asian region. And furthermore, we will mainly involve graduate students of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, but we will also call on graduate students throughout the university who are interested in this research project. It is expected that young researchers from the Graduate School of Social Sciences and graduate students from academic partner institutions who are active in the same field will interact with each other, providing a great stimulus in both directions.
Date & Time: 29th of January, 2022: 14:30 – 16:30 (JST)
Program & Speakers (Language: English)
Coordinator: Prof. M. Yamada (School of Social Sciences, Waseda University)
14:30-14:35 Opening remark
Prof. Osamu Soda, Senior Dean of School of Social Sciences
14:35-15:35 Three Presentations (20 minutes each)
Dr. Chuthaporn Suntayakorn (Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand)
Dr. Jung Hyun Jasmine Ryu (Lecturer of Master Program of Global Leadership, VJU, Vietnam)
Mr. Liu Hongyi (Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Japan)
15:35-15:45 Questions (Using Chat tool) & Break
15:45-16:20 Panel Discussions
16:20-16:30 Wrap up Session
Sponsored by: Waseda University SGU-Global Asia Research Center
Co-sponsors: Institute for Advanced Social Sciences, Institute for Asian Human Community
Contact: globalasia-office [at] list.waseda.jp