Newsletter No. 29
June 29, 2005

 

JAPANESE STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE

The Japanese Studies Association of Australia will be holding their annual conference in Adelaide from July 3rd to July 6th.

At the conference, there will be five papers delivered that are relevant to the purposes of the Shingetsu Institute. They are as follows:

James Llewelyn
“Japan’s Diplomatic Response to the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation”

Brad Williams (National University of Singapore)
“Japan’s Response to the Asian Tsunami Crisis: Beyond ‘Competitive Compassion”

Gen Kikkawa (Kobe University)
“Japan and East Timor”

Raquel Shaoul (University of Haifa)
“An Evaluation of Policy Change with Reference to Japan’s Military Performance in the Persian Gulf”

Siew Mun Tang (National University of Malaysia)
“Japanese Studies in Malaysia”

Of these five presenters, only one, Raquel Shaoul, is currently a Shingetsu Member. If any other members should be attending this conference, I hope that they might give us a report on the contents of these presentations and perhaps introduce some of these presenters to our project.