Social Science Research Council
The CGP-SSRC Seminar Series was established by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in 1996 to bring together multidisciplinary groups of researchers to examine global and bilateral US-Japan issues. The SSRC administers the Seminar Series out of both the Tokyo and New York offices with funding provided by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
Recent Seminars
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Fertility Decline, Women’s Choices in the Life Course, and Balancing Work and Family Life: Japan, the USA, and other OECD Countries," 24-26 May 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
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Public Symposium on “Fertility Decline and Work-Life Balance: Policies and Policy Implications from an International Perspective”
An imbalance between work and family in the leading industrialized nations is contributing to a decline in fertility―birthrates below replacement levels―with grave demographic implications. This symposium brings together four prominent experts who will present their research and discuss the policy debates underway in the United States, Europe, and Japan. A distinguished group of discussants will add commentary and personal interpretations. By examining a common problem from an international perspective, the panelists hope to suggest solutions for tomorrow.
When? Saturday, May 26, 1:00-6:00 p.m
Where? The Japan Foundation Conference Hall, ARK Mori Bldg., East Wing, 20F
(Access Map: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/access03.html)Admission is free. Simultaneous interpretation will be available.
Reception follows.
More information in Japanese is at http://www.jpf.go.jp/cgp/event.html.
_________________________________________________Organizer and Moderator:
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Hanna Holborn Gray Professor, Department of Sociology, University of ChicagoPresenters:
Barbara Schneider
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State UniversityCatherine Hakim
Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics, University of LondonRonald R. Rindfuss
Robert Paul Ziff Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North CarolinaYoko Yajima
Senior Researcher, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co, LtdDiscussants:
Machiko Osawa
Professor of Economics, Japan Women’s UniversityEiko Kenjoh
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Asia UniversityJames M. Raymo
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
________________________________________________Contact: SSRC Tokyo Office: 03-5562-3506; The Japan Foundation CGP Tel: 03-5562-3542
Abe Fellowship Program and CGP-SSRC Seminar Series are jointly sponsored by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Social Science Research Council. Program information is available at http://fellowships.ssrc.org/abe/.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Fertility Decline, Women’s Choices in the Life Course, and Balancing Work and Family Life: Japan, the USA, and other OECD Countries," 16-17 May 2006, Chicago, IL.
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On March 6, 2006, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the Social Science Research Council, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies held a public symposium on "Soft Power and Public Diplomacy."
The panelists were:
Joseph S. Nye, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
William G. Crowell, Formerly, US. Department of State
Seiichi Kondo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lawrence Repeta, Omiya Law School
Yasushi Watanabe, Graduate School of Media & Governance, Keio University
Susan J. Pharr, Harvard University, moderator
For details, click here.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Soft Power: National Assets in Japan and the United States," 2-4 March 2006, Cambridge, MA.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Remaking Transnationalism: Japan, Foreign Aid, and the Search for Global Solutions," 18-19 February 2006, Hayama, Japan.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Soft Power: National Assets in Japan and the United States," 24-27 February 2005, International House, Tokyo, Japan.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Remaking Transnationalism: Japan, Foreign Aid, and the Search for Global Solutions," 10-13 February 2005, The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Consumer Culture and Its Discontents," 16-17 January 2004, Tokyo, Japan.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Consumer Culture and Its Discontents," 9-11 April 2003, Harriman, NY.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Memory, Reconciliation and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for Japan-U.S. Relations," 31 January-1 February 2003, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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CGP-SSRC Writers' Workshop on "Regionalization in Asia (Phase 2)," 21-24 February 2002, The Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR.
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CGP-SSRC Authors' Meeting on "Energy Market Restructuring and the Environment (Phase 2)," 22-23 October 2001, The International House of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Remapping Asia: Competing Patterns of Regionalization (Phase 1)," 15-18 March 2001, Shonan Village Conference Center, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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CGP-SSRC Seminar on "Japan's Policy Toward North Korea"
March 1, 2000, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
"North Korea Policy After the Perry Report"
A Trilateral (Japan, Republic of Korea, and the U.S.) Workshop, March 3, 2000
Co-sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, SSRC, and Yonsei University.
The following four papers were presented at both events:
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