Social Science Research Council

"Remaking Transnationalism: Japan, Foreign Aid, and the Search for Global Solutions"
February 18-19, 2006, Hayama, Japan.

AGENDA

Saturday, February 18

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Discussion of Common Themes, Summary of Workshop I

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Discussion of Introductory Chapter (David Leheny, Kay Warren)

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Japan's ODA: Naiatsu and Gaiatsu or Domestic Sources and Transnational Influences , Carol Lancaster
Discussant: Izumi Ohno

11:15 - 12:00 p.m.
Transnationalism, ODA, and the Environment, Derek Hall
Discussant: Kiichi Fujiwara

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Kiichi Fujiwara
Discussant: David Leheny

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.
Japan's ODA to Vietnam and New Growth Support to Africa: Projecting East Asian Development Vision into Global Aid Debates, Izumi Ohno
Discussant: Derek Hall

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Japan's ODA to Bolivia: Struggling to Be Visible and Audible in the New Context of International Cooperation, Toru Yanagihara
Discussant: Kay Warren

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Summary / Concluding Remarks for Day 1 (David Leheny, Kay Warren)

Sunday, February 19

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Japanese Foreign Aid and the Spread of HIV/AIDS to Women in Asia, Katya Burns
Discussant: Yumiko Tanaka

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
Making Gender Equality in Japanese Official Development Assistance: The Challenge of Assistance to Women in Afghanistan, Yumiko Tanaka
Discussant: Saori Katada

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Education Aid for Afghanistan: A Case Study in the New Issues and Challenge for Japanese Foreign Aid, Seiji Utsumi

11:30 - 12:15 p.m.
Politicizing the Perception Gap: Transnational and Domestic Forces behind Changes in Japanese ODA Policy to China, Saori Katada
Discussant: Carol Lancaster

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Break

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Reconstruction and Refugees: Japan's post- September 11th Refugee Policy, Petrice Flowers
Discussant: Toru Yanagihara

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.
Trafficking in Persons and Japanese ODA: A Multi-Sited Engagement, Kay Warren
Discussant: Katya Burns

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Remaking Counterterrorism: Japan's Preparations for Unconventional Attacks, David Leheny
Discussant: Petrice Flowers

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Discussion of Concluding Chapter (David Leheny, Kay Warren)

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Break

4:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Wrap-up Discussion