Topic C:

Japanese Studies in Cultural, Social and Political Sciences

Five Decades of Indonesia-Japan Relations and
the Development of Japanese Studies

1. Introduction

The Indonesian Association for Japanese Studies (ASJI), in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, will organize an International Symposium titled " Japanese Studies in Social and Political Sciences: Five Decades of Indonesia-Japan Relations (1958-2008) and the the Development of Japanese Studies," on November 1, 2008.
Capitalizing on the extensive intellectual and academic cooperation that has been going on between Japan and Indonesia in the last fifty years, the symposium will examine various aspects of Japanese studies that have developed in Indonesia and other Sotheast Asian countries. As such, the symposium is expected to be a forum in which Japan specialists with diverse intellectual backgrounds contribute and exchange ideas pertinent to Japanese studies in Asia.
The symposium will address the following four topics:

1. Japan and the world

2. Indonesia-Japan Academic Cooperation: the Past, the Present and the Future

3. Japan in Historical and Literary Discourse

4. Changing Japan: Social and Cultural Dynamics

2. The Speakers

Invited Speakers from Japan :

• Robert D. Eldridge (Osaka University)

• Eiji Oguma (Keio University)

• Kimura Kazuaki (Ritsumeikan University)

• Hiroyoshi Kano (The Univ. of Tokyo)*

• Ohgata Satomi (Kyushu Int’l Univ/Fukuoka)

Invited Speakers from Indonesia :

• Julian Aldrin Pasha (University of Indonesia)

• Abdul Irsan (Former Indonesian Ambassador to Japan)

• Nusyirwan Hamzah (ASJI)

• Bachtiar Alam (University of Indonesia)

• Sheddy N. Tjandra (University of Indonesia)

• Tirta Mursitama (University of Indonesia)

• Sapardi Djoko Damono (University of Indonesia)

• Shobichatul Aminah (ASJI)

• Siti Fatimah (Andalas University)

• Raphaella Dwiyanto (University of Indonesia)

• Sri Ayu Wulansari (University of Indonesia)

• Padang Wicaksono (University of Indonesia)

• Abbas A. Badib (Surabaya State University)

3. Schedule

I	09.00-11.00: Opening Ceremony
II	11.00-12.00: Plenary Session
III	12.00-13.00: Lunch
IV	Paralel Session I RUANG RINJANI A		V	Paralel Session II RUANG RINJANI B
	Topic: Japan and The World			Topic: Indonesia-Japan Academic Cooperation: the Past, the Present and the Future
	13.00-13.15	Robert D. Eldridge (Osaka University)		13.00-13.15	Hiroyoshi Kano (Tokyo University)
	13.15-13.30	Abdul Irsan (Former INA Ambassador to JPN)		13.15-13.30	Bachtiar Alam (University of Indonesia)
	13.30-13.45	Julian Aldrin Pasha (University of Indonesia)		13.30-13.45	Abbas A. Badib (Surabaya State University)
	13.45-14.00	Nusyirwan Hamzah (University of Indonesia)		13.45-14.00	Sheddy N. Tjandra (University of Indonesia)
	14.00-15.00	Q&A		14.00-14.15	Tirta Mursitama (University of Indonesia)
				14.15-15.00	Q&A
		Coffee Break		15.00-15.30	Coffee Break
	Topic: Changing Japan: Social and Cultural Dynamic			Topic: Japan in Historical and Literary Discourse
	15.30-15.45	Eiji Oguma (Keio University)		15.30-15.45	Kimura Kazuaki (Ritsumeikan University)
	15.45-16.00	Rafaella Dwiyanto (University of Indonesia)		15.45-16.00	Sapardi Djoko Damono (University of Indonesia)
	16.00-16.15	Padang Wicaksono (University of Indonesia)		16.00-16.15	Shobichatul Aminah (University of Indonesia)
	16.15 -16.30	Ogata Satomi (Kyushu International University)		16.15-16.30	Siti Fatimah (Padang State University)
	16.30-16.45	Sri Ayu Wulansari (University of Indonesia)
	16.45 -17.45	Q&A		16.30-17.30	Q&A
VI	19.00– 21.00	Dinner & Closing