We will hold an international symposium "Re-examining Global Capitalism from the perspective of Afro-Japanese Relations: Land, Space and Modernity" on January 29, 2018. The symposium is jointly sponsored by Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Prof. Shinichi Takeuchi, a director of ASC - TUFS, will give a keynote address, and Dr. Makiko Sakai, an associate professor of Graduate School of Global Studies and ASC - TUFS, will participate in as a discussant.

Admission is free, and no pre-registration is needed. We look forward to your participation.

◆Date & Time: Monday, January 29, 2018 1:00PM - 6:00PM

◆Venue: Room 101, Research and Lecture Building, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

◆Objective:
During the recent wave of land reform in Africa, governments across the continent introduced various policies governing land use and rights. At the same time, however, private actors, whose behavior is influenced by the political economy of Western financial centers, such as New York and London, have enclosed huge tracts of African land. Through a critical analysis of four case studies from Africa, Colombia, Japan, and India, this symposium considers the implications of land reform and politics, and their relationship to modernity. Thereby, it seeks to reexamine the historical trajectory and contemporary state of global capitalism.

◆Program：
○Keynote Address
　Carol Gluck (Columbia University)
　"The World Today: Why Modernity Matters More in Lesotho than in London"
　Shinichi Takeuchi (ASC - TUFS）
　"Land and Power in Contemporary Africa: Understanding Drastic Rural Changes in the Age of Land Reform"

○Speakers
　Noriko Hataya (Sophia University)
　"Land problems in Colombia after the peace agreement"
　Takeshi Haraguchi (Kobe University)
　"The Conflicts over Ex;loting Urban Space: A Case Study in Osaka"
　Hiroshi Sato (Contemporary political history of South Asia)
　"Politics of Land Acquisition by the Indian states; case study on West Bengal and Gujarat"
　Chikako Nakayama (TUFS)
　"Rethinking the uneven development in the 21st century"

○Discussants
　Makiko Sakai (TUFS) / Tsutomu Tomotsune (TUFS)

◆Language: English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

◆Admission: Free

◆No pre-registration is needed.

◆Jointly sponsored by Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and African Studies Center - TUFS

◆Contacts: Office for International Affairs (3F, AGORA Global)
　　　　　　 042-330-5829　caas_admintufs.ac.jp

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