#  Japan in the World: A Symposium in Honor of Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 25, 2021** 

 09:00AM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Online Only**  



 

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##  "Symposium in Honor of Professor Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University"

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###  9:00AM–9:15AM EDT | Welcome

####  Speakers:

 **Christina Davis**, *Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.*

 **Jeffry Frieden**, *Department Chair; Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University.*

 **Mary Brinton**, *Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University.*

###  9:15AM–10:30AM EDT | Panel: "Economic and Social Transformations in Advanced Capitalism"

####  Chair:

 **Hirotaka Takeuchi**, *Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School.*

####  Panelists:

 **Margarita Estévez-Abe**, *Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University.*

 **Rieko Kage**, *Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo.*

 **Jiyeoun Song**, *Associate Professor of Political Economy, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University.*

 **Michael Witt**, *Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and International Business, INSEAD.*

###  2:00PM–3:15PM EDT | Panel: "Japan’s Democratic Governance: Institutions and Civil Society"

####  Chair:

 **Elizabeth Perry**, *Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University.*

####  Panelists:

 **Daniel Aldrich**, *Professor of Political Science; Director, Security and Resilience Studies Program, Northeastern University.*

 **Amy Catalinac**, *Assistant Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, New York University.*

 **Henry Laurence**, *Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College.*

###  4:00PM–5:15PM EDT | Panel: "Japan in International Relations"

####  Chair:

 **Christina Davis**, *Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.*

####  Panelists:

 **Phillip Lipscy**, *Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto.*

 **Saadia Pekkanen**, *Job and Gertrud Tamaki Edowed Professor, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.*

 **Kim Reimann**, *Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University.*

 **Mireya Solís**, *Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution.*

###  5:30PM-6:00PM EDT | Closing Remarks

####  Speaker:

 **Susan Pharr**, *Senior Advisor, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.*

###  Contact:

 **Emma Duncan**  
<eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu>

 *Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.*

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 See also:- [ 2020–2021 ](/academic-year/2020%E2%80%932021)
- [ Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar ](/seminars/us_japan/schedule)
- [ Special Event ](/event-categories/special-event)
 
 

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