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EastAsiaNet Workshop

ADI at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School are the hosts of this year's EastAsiaNet Workshop. Presentations will focus on '"The Good Life" in East Asia' and 'Revisiting the Internationalization of Japan'

EastAsiaNet is a network of leading European research schools with a well-developed social-science focus on East Asia, plus others that aspire to develop in this direction. It takes up issues that surpass the capacity of single institutions in training and in research. Ultimately, it contributes high-level expertise to a European perspective on Euro-Asia relations.

Programme

25 April

From 13:00

Registration and coffee/tea
Opening

Chair: Sarah Swider, University of Copenhagen

13:30-13:40

Welcome by Janus Hansen, Chair of ADI and Head of Department of Sociology,
University of Copenhagen

13:40-13:50

Greetings on behalf of EastAsiaNet by Werner Pascha, University of Duisburg-Essen

13:50-14:40

Keynote lecture by Ayo Wahlberg, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Restrained natalism - from family planning to family making in China and East Asia

14:40-15:00

Break

The "good life" in East Asia
Chair: Roger Greatrex, Lund University

15:00-15:25

Wolfram Manzenreiter, University of Vienna
Social dimensions of subjective well-being in rural Japan 

15:25-15:50

Fabienne Jagou, Université de Lyon IAO
Taiwanese entrepreneurs in search for the Good Life and the Good death through Tibetan Buddhist teachings 

15:50-16:15

Sarah Swider, University of Copenhagen
Marxism and Christianity in China: converging resistance of worker solidarity and religious faith

16:15-16:30

Break

Emerging scholars
Chair: Yveline Lecler, Université de Lyon IAO

16:30-17:00

Zi Wang, University of Duisburg-Essen
Leading a happy life as East Asian migrants in Germany: Exploring the nexus between language and happiness  

 

Comments: Sarah Swider

17:00-17:30

Jieun Lee, University of Copenhagen
New Faces and Phases of Dementia in Korea: Early Diagnosis, Prognostication and the Making of (Relatively) Well Years 

 

Comments: Michael Jakobsen

17:30-18:00

Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, University of Vienna
Participating is Fun: Local Political Participation and Subjective Well-being in Rural Japan 

 

Comments: Peter Matanle

Dinner

26 April

The "good life" in East Asia
Chair: Sarah Swider, University of Copenhagen

9:00-9:25

Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield
Searching for a Depopulation Dividend in the 21st Century. Perspectives from Japan, Spain and New Zealand 

9:25-9:50

Jørgen Delman, University of Copenhagen
The Politics of eco-civilization governance in Hangzhou, China: New pathways to green urban development and welfare?  

9:50-10:15

Elise Domenach, Université de Lyon IAO
Moral reflections on “ the good life” in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s fiction films: Happy Hour (happi awa, 2015) and Asako 1&2 (Netemo Sametemo, 2018)  

10:15-10:40

Daniele Brombal, Ca-Foscari University, Venice 
Area Studies and the Study of Urban Sustainability. Current Practice and Untapped Potential 

10:40-11:00

Break

Revisiting the Internationalization of Japan
Chair: Michael Jakobsen, Copenhagen Business School

11:00-11:25

Werner Pascha, University of Duisburg-Essen
Japan´s „Silk Subway“: Reacting to China´s infrastructure initiative 

11:25-11:50

Karol Zakowski, University of Lodz
Interests vs. Animosities: Difficult Rapprochement with China under the Second Abe Administration 

11:50-12:15

Dominik Mierzejewski, University of Lodz
Sino-Japanese relations in the context of the sub-national cooperation 

12:15-12:40

 Toshiyaki Ozaki, Copenhagen Business School
Comparative Institutional Advantage or Disadvantage? Rise, Fall, and Change of the Keiretsu Supply-chain Network under Global Competition 

12:40-14:00

Lunch (and group photo)

Emerging scholars
Chair: David Pattinson, University of Leeds

14:00-14:30

Yusuf Avci, University of Sheffield
Negotiation, Appropriation and Contestation: Life in Japanese Detention Centres 

 

Comments: Ana Goy Yamamoto

14:30-15:00

Aya Hino, Ca-Foscari University, Venice
Internationalisation of what? The development of international / global Japanese studies and its implications

 

Comments: Marie Roesgaard

15:00-15:30

Michael Fernandez, Université de Lyon IAO 
The Japanese Hydrogen Society program, a revolution?  

 

Comments: Werner Pascha

15:30-16:00

Clare Richardson-Barlow, University of Leeds
Cross-border Electricity Trade in East Asia: Energy Market Integration & Clean Energy Development within Regional Governance Structures

 

Comments: Jørgen Delman

16:00-16:30

Break

Revisiting the Internationalization of Japan
Chair: Marie Roesgaard, University of Copenhagen

16:30-16:55

Ana Goy Yamamoto, Universidad Autónoma Madrid
How cool is Japan? A brief assessment of soft power on tourism policies and regional development 

16:55-17:20

Marcin Socha, University of Lodz
Debate on internationalization and the revision of Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law in Japan 

17:20-17:45

Closing remarks – Michael Jakobsen

 

Dinner

27 April
Venue: NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 18.1.08, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen

9:30-13:00

Business meeting