ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES

Seminars, Lectures, and Symposia ー 2017 academic year

Symposium

December 19, 2017
“Contemporary International Relations and the Legacies of Empires”

Speaker:

Takayuki NAGANO (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University),
Fumiko SAWAE, (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University),
Shino WATANABE (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University)

Discussant:

Tadashi ANNO (SIIR)

Moderator:

Masatsugu NAYA (SIIR)

Lectures

April 21, 2017
Special Lecture: “Current Situation and Problems in the Republic of South Sudan—Reports from the Field)

Speaker:

Chiyuki KOZUKA (Information Analyst, UNMISS)

Moderator:

Yasuhiro UEKI, (SIIR)

July 14, 2017
Special Lecture: “UNDP Activities in Syria—Challenges in Conflict

Speaker:

Dr. Samuel Rizk (UNDP Syria Country Director)

Moderator:

Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR)

November 20, 2017
Lecture: “The Latest Conditions and Challenges for the Peace Process in Syria”

Speaker:

Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR)

Moderator:

Yasuhiro UEKI, (SIIR)

Commentator:

Ichiro FUJISAKI (SIIR)

Seminars for Students

July 14, 2017
“Perspectives on Korean Diplomatic Issues: The Security Situation, Relationship with Japan”

Speaker:

Chanbuom LEE(Consul General at the Embassy of Republic of Korea)

Moderator:

Tadashi Anno(SIIR)

October 30, 2017
“Bosnia and Herzegovina on the road to EU membership and regional cooperation”

Speaker:

H.E. Mr. Igor CRNADAK (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Moderator:

Tina BURRETT(Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University)

December 1, 2017
“Meet Sophia Alumni Diplomats”

Speaker:

Jun IMANISHI (Assistant Chief of Protocol, MOFA),
Hajime UEDA (Director, Terrorism Preparedness and Response Division, MOFA),
Mondo YAMAMOTO (Deputy Director, Development Assistance Policy Coordination Division, MOFA),
Fuminori ANDO (Deputy Director, Russian Division, MOFA),
Toru KAJIWARA (Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, MHLW, seconded from MOFA)

Moderator:

Ichiro FUJISAKI (SIIR)