The first Owada Chair will be held at Leiden University on 24 and 25 May 2022. The keynote speaker will be Dominique Moïsi, professor at King’s College in London.
・Tuesday, 24 May, 2022 17:00-22:00 (JST)
The opening events (in English), including a keynote speech by Prof Dominique Moïsi and a commemorative lecture by Prof. Hisashi Owada can be viewed from the following websites.
17:00 Ceremony for the Inauguration
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2022/05/owada-chair-inaugural-lecture
20:00 Visions for the Owada Chair
https://smart.newrow.com/#/room/zlm-134
・Wednesday, 25 May, 2022 20:30-22:00 (JST)
Online seminar “International Relations and Race” (English) by Dr Tomohito Baji, Dr Vineet Thakur and Dr Karen Smith
Chairs: Dr Hiroyuki Ukeda and Dr Isabelle Duijvesteyn
This panel focuses on the origins of the academic discipline of International Relations (IR) in the West (mainly Britain) and in Japan, showing a global interconnection of racialized international theories. Specifically, it will discuss how Western and Japanese IRs similarly sprang from an imperial frontier, colonial rule and racism. It also considers the implications that the amnesia of such racial and colonial roots of the discipline has for the present.
If you wish to view this lecture, please contact <irco-komaba@adm.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp> stating your name and affiliation. We will send you the URL for viewing.
