Social Science Research Council

"Memory, Reconciliation and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for Japan-U.S. Relations"
January 31 - February 1, 2003, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

AGENDA

Thursday, January 30

Lunch, symposium, and reception at George Washington University

Friday, January 31

SESSION I

9:00-9:30 am
Welcoming Remarks, Workshop Objectives, Frank Baldwin, SSRC

9:30-10:30 am
Overview of the issues and consequences for regional security, Mike Mochizuki, Charles Burress

Discussant: Paul Stares

10:45-12:30 pm
The German Model, Chair: Paul Stares

Discussion led by: Akiko Hashimoto, Wolfgang Hoepken, and Amb. J. D. Bindenagel

2:00-3:30 pm
Movements for Apology and Redress, Chair: Daqing Yang

The Politics of the "Comfort Women" Movement" C. Sarah Soh
"POW Forced Labor Lawsuits in the United States" Kinue Tokudome

Discussants: Soon Won Park, Charles Burress

3:45-5:15 pm
Textbooks and History Writing, Chair: Richard Smethurst

"Rethinking Japan-China Relations: Beyond the History Issue" Yoshihisa Komori
"The European Experience" Wolfgang Hoepken

Discussants: Sheldon Garon, Kirk Larsen

Saturday, February 1

SESSION II

9:00-10:30 am
The Issue of War Memorials, Chair: Sheldon Garon

"Building Confidence in the Asia-Pacific Region: Yasukuni Shrine in the Reshaping of Postwar Sino-Japanese Relations" Ma Xiaohua
"The Debate Over a New Shrine for the War Dead" Kiichi Fujiwara

Discussants: Richard Smethurst, Yoshihisa Komori

10:45-12:30 pm
Obstacles and Paths to Reconciliation, Chair: Kiichi Fujiwara

"Reporting the Battles over Japan's War Memory" Charles Burress
"Postwar Japanese Efforts at Reconciliation with China (1945-1972): Motivations, Obstacles, and Results" Daqing Yang

Discussants: Alexis Dudden, Wolfgang Hoepken

2:00-3:15 pm
Tainted Memories, Chair: Soon Won Park

"With Sorrow and Regret: Recent Apologetic Technique Between Japan and Korea" Alexis Dudden
"Legacies of Defeat in Japan and Germany" Akiko Hashimoto

3:30-4:45 pm
The Next Stages: Organizational and Methodological Issues, Open Discussion led by Mochizuki and Burress