HSP Seminars (#302) “地域創生・SDGs 実学概論” (Nov. 21–24, 2022)
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2022.11.18
HSP Seminar (#301) “The Process of U.S. Decision-making on Africa” (Nov. 22, 2022)
| Title | The Process of U.S. Decision-making on Africa |
| Date | Nov. 22, 2022 (Tue.) 13:00 – 15:00 |
| Venue | Komaba International Building for Education and Research (KIBER) (map), Komaba I Campus, The University of Tokyo |
| Lecturer | Professor Nikolas Emmanuel (Graduate School of International Peace Studies (SIPS), Soka University) |
| Organizer | IDE-JETRO Research Project “The Role of Regional Organizations in Africa’s international relations” |
| Co-organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo |
| Notes | If you would like to join this seminar, please contact prof. Sakamoto (sakamoto@hsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp) |
2022.11.15
HSP Seminar (#300) “UN Peacebuilding Architecture and its Strategies to Build Peace in the Challenging World” (Nov. 10, 2022)
| Title | HSP Seminar: UN Peacebuilding Architecture and its Strategies to Build Peace in the Challenging World |
| Descriptions | We will welcome Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Affairs who is the head of the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) under the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA). PBSO is the core of the UN Secretariat’s peacebuilding efforts. She will discuss the UN’s peacebuilding architecture and the role of Japan. This seminar is primarily for students and early career researchers and practitioners. |
| Date | 10 November (Thu) 2022, 10:30-12:00 |
| Venue | Collaboration Room 1, 4th floor, Building 18 (map), Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo |
| Lecturer | Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Affairs |
| Moderator | Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt (Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | Available upon registration and in the event |
| Organizer | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo |
| Co-organizers | Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo International Law Training and Research Hub |
| Registration form | https://forms.gle/Mqak4iXsVp18Bkb89 |
2022.11.7
The Recording of the HSP Admission Guidance Session [closed]
We held the 2nd HSP Admission Guidance Session on Nov. 5, 2022.
You can watch the recording of the session below until Nov. 18 (Fri.).
Note: The session was held in Japanese.
The recording has been closed.
2022.11.7
HSP Seminar (#299) “Center for South Asian Studies Seminar: Fieldwork Experience in Asia” (Nov. 11, 2022)
| Title | Center for South Asian Studies Seminar: Fieldwork Experience in Asia |
| Descriptions | In this seminar, two researchers will discuss their experiences and methods of anthropological and ethnographic fieldwork. |
| Date | 11 November (Fri) 2022, 18:00-19:30 |
| Venue | ZOOM |
| Lecturers | Dr. Farhana Rahman (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Cambridge) Dr. Nafay Choudhury (British Academy Fellow, University of Oxford) |
| Commentator | Sae Nakamura (The University of Tokyo) |
| Moderator | Riho Isaka (The University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | No materials |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo Trans-Indian Ocean World Studies, The University of Tokyo |
| Co-organizers | Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS), The University of Tokyo The Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| Notes | Registration form: https://forms.gle/RAEEYHCggjfXVVBXA |
2022.10.26
The HSP Admission Guidance Session (Nov. 5, 2022)
The HSP Admission Guidance Session will be held as follows. Prospective students are encouraged to come and find more about the HSP.
- Date: Nov. 5 (Sat.), 2022, 11:00-
- Venue: Online (Zoom)
If you would like to join the session, please fill out the form below and press ‘send’ (送信) till Nov. 3 (Thurs.).
On Nov. 4 (Fri.), we will send the link to the registered addresses.
If you do not receive an email until 23:00 on Nov. 4, please contact HSP (hsp-toiawase [at] hsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by email.
Note: Explanation and instruction will be given in Japanese.
The session has been closed. You can watch the recording of the session until Nov. 18 (Fri.), so please check it out.
2022.9.8
HSP Seminar (#298) “Seminar series on International Humanitarian Law” (Jul. 18–20, 2022)
| Title | Seminar series on international humanitarian law |
| Descriptions | International Humanitarian Law, which protects people in times of armed conflict, is becoming increasingly important as many armed conflicts around the world are becoming more complex and claim more civilian lives. This seminar series will discuss the basics of International Humanitarian Law. After the completion of this seminar series, there will be a selection of team members to represent the University of Tokyo at the International Humanitarian Law Moot Court and Role Play Competitions. Those who do not intend to participate in the competitions are also welcome to attend, and in that case, you can participate in any number of the three seminars. Those who wish to participate in the competitions are encouraged to attend all seminars. |
| Date | 18-20 July (Mon-Wed) 2022, 18:00-19:30 |
| Venue | ZOOM, Registration necessary by 17 July at Google Form |
| Lecturer | Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt (Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | To be distributed at the event. |
| Organizer | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo |
| Co-organizers | Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo International Law Training and Research Hub |
2022.7.13
HSP Symposium “Human Rights Colloquium” (Jul. 23, 2022)
| Title | HSP Symposium “Human Rights Colloquium” |
| Descriptions | Human rights protection is facing unprecedented and perennial obstacles because of contemporary and prevailing challenges to human security. As the world recuperates from the brunt of the pandemic, particularly on global public health and economy, armed conflict and systemic violence continue to threaten the lives of innocent women, men, and children. Despite significant strides made in terms of upholding democracy, guaranteeing pluralistic and open civic spaces, and strengthening international and domestic institutions and processes to ensure respect for the rule of law and principles of accountability, many States continue to struggle in carrying out their obligation to protect freedoms, to remove obstacles to economic, social, and cultural participation, and to protect people in accordance with human rights principles. In this human rights climate, it is crucial to hold discussions and together search for ways forward. In celebration of the memoranda of understanding on research cooperation and on student exchange between the University of Essex and the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, the two leading institutions in humanities are jointly organizing a symposium on human rights to highlight the intersections between human rights and specified topics on conflict, international law, bodily autonomy, and gender. Are we witnessing a global ‘backsliding’ in human rights protection? How might this long-established norm continue to play a prominent role in modern global society? What challenges do the duty bearers of human rights face amidst various environments and circumstances? These general questions serve as the backdrop for the panel discussions in this symposium. Its objective is to reaffirm the importance of a human rights perspective in evaluating responses to global and local challenges, while also serving as a platform to advance discussions on how to move forward with upholding the rights of individuals and communities. |
| Date | 23 July 2022 (9:00-17:30 Japan time, GMT+9) |
| Venue | Hybrid (In-person : Academic Affairs Hall, Administration Building 3F (Map), Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo) Registration necessary at Google Form (In-person participation is limited to the first 79 participants due to infection control) |
| Program | Please refer to the flyer. |
| Language | English |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; University of Essex |
| Co-organizers | Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Center for International Exchange, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
2022.7.8
HSP Seminar (#297) “Order in the Bazaar: Law, Norms, and Market Governance in Afghanistan’s Money Exchanger Market” (Jul. 8, 2022)
| Title | Order in the Bazaar: Law, Norms, and Market Governance in Afghanistan’s Money Exchanger Market |
| Descriptions | This presentation examines the micro-dynamics of legal order in Afghanistan’s central money exchange bazaar, Sarai Shahzada, a market of some 400 stores in the heart of Kabul where millions of dollars exchange hands each day. The money bazaar is unique not only because of its ability to operate based on its own community norms, but particularly because the scale of its activities is so extensive that it permeates virtually every aspect of the country’s economy. The money exchangers who work in the bazaar are responsible for currency exchanging, money transfers (hawala), deposit safekeeping, trade financing, informal credit, holding funds in escrow, and controlling the money supply. Based on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Kabul, Afghanistan (from 2017-2018), the presentation explores the interdependence of state and non-state legal systems in the production of legal order in the bazaar. For most of its history, the bazaar has been governed by informal legal norms. New state-building measures after 2001 led to increased efforts by the state to regulate the bazaar, causing money exchangers to initiate internal transformations to protect their autonomy. The research shows the centrality of the state in consolidating the bazaar legal system. Exchangers have cast their non-state legal system in the image of the state by formalizing new operating rules that have introduced a management structure and dispute resolution forum. New state licenses have also helped to safeguard the boundaries of the bazaar. This research contributes to private governance and legal pluralism scholarship by revealing that a private community, even in a fragile state, may be capable of maintaining an autonomous non-state legal system not in spite of, but rather by depending on, the state. |
| Date | 8 July 2022 (18:00-19:30 Japan time, GMT+9) |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at: https://forms.gle/1R3ZJ2RhXtsuf6Vg8 (Registration deadline: Wed. 6 July 2022) |
| Lecturer | Dr. Nafay Choudhury (PhD King’s College London/Jeremy Haworth Research Fellow, University of Cambridge/Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo) |
| Discussant | Dr. Masato Toriya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) |
| Chairs | Associate Prof. Kensaku Mamiya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); Prof. Riho Isaka (University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Co-organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP); Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS); Indian Ocean Rim Project; Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP); Research Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD), University of Tokyo; South Asia Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
2022.6.28
HSP Seminar (#296) “南三陸ワークショップ 2 南三陸町の復興と観光” (Jul. 2, 2022)
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2022.6.17
HSP Seminar (#295) “Refugee Education and Human Security: Perspectives from Rohingya Refugees in Japan” (Jul. 1, 2022)
| Title | Refugee Education and Human Security: Perspectives from Rohingya Refugees in Japan |
| Descriptions | This seminar will feature two lecturers involved in learning support projects for Rohingya refugees in Japan to discuss refugee education and human security. First, Dr. Hiromu Miyashita will give an overview of the Rohingya issue and the challenges of refugee asylum in Japan from the perspective of human security. Then, Ms. Khadiza Begum will report on the situation of Rohingya refugees in Japan from the viewpoint of the people concerned. For participation, please register by 30 June. |
| Date | 15:00–16:30, July 1, 2022 (Fri.) |
| Venue | Collaboration Room 3, 4th Floor, Building 18 (Map), University of Tokyo Komaba Campus; and Online Note: Please register by 30 June. |
| Lecturers | Hiromu Miyashita (Assistant Professor, Meijo University; Executive Director, Human Security Forum) Khadiza Begum (Rohingya Refugee; Secretariat, Human Security Forum) |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | Japanese |
| Materials | Provided in the seminar if any. |
| Organizer | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo |
| Co-organizer | Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo |
| Notes | There will be guests. Registration form: https://forms.gle/ABFvD9TmvsHnv3Fz5 |
2022.6.11
The Recording of the HSP Admission Guidance Session [closed]
We held the 1st HSP Admission Guidance Session on June 4, 2022.
You can watch the recording of the session below until June 17 (Fri.). Please check it out.
Note: The session was held in Japanese.
The recording has been closed.
2022.6.5
HSP Seminar (#294) “The Importance of Technology in Healthcare: Lessons learned from Thailand during the Covid-19 pandemic” (Jun. 12, 2022)
| Title | The Importance of Technology in Healthcare: Lessons learned from Thailand during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| Descriptions | This seminar mainly focuses on the use of technology to solve problems caused by the coronavirus. We hope to be able to share the experience of initiatives in Thailand with our earnest audience. We hope that private or government sectors in other countries could utilize the initiative cases in Thailand to adapt to the problems that occur in their own countries. The talk includes the use of a well-known application to manage the vaccination system, and the full-fledged service from the Thai start-up association to assist patient triage and quarantine delivery. This will help mitigate the influence of future crises and enhance promptly response to public needs during the emergency. This online webinar will be held to share the experiences of speakers on how they implemented technology and helped solve pandemic problems as well as obstacles they faced in Thailand. At the end of the event, we will have the Q&A session which let the audience ask the guest speakers questions directly. |
| Date | June 12, 2022 (Sun); 15:00 – 16:30 PM GST (GMT+9) |
| Venue | Zoom (Pre-registration required at Google Form ) |
| Speakers | Mr. Rungsun Promprasith(Founder of QueQ Application) Mr. Panachit Kittipanya-ngam (Founder of PedThaiSuPai Project) Chihiro Toya (PhD student, the University of Tokyo) Chanyaporn Aroonnetthong (Research student) |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | To be distributed after registration if any. |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP) / Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP) / International Law Training and Research Hub, the University of Tokyo |
| Notes | This seminar is part of the “Mutual Learning and Network Formation on Human Rights Best Practices by Non-State Actors in COVID responses” research project funded by the Toyota Foundation. |
2022.6.4
HSP Seminar (#293) “‘I Had No Will to Live’: Gender, Violence, and Subjectivity Among Rohingya Refugee Women” (Jun. 17, 2022)
| Title | “I Had No Will to Live”: Gender, Violence, and Subjectivity Among Rohingya Refugee Women |
| Descriptions | Until recently, Rohingyas making the perilous trek by boat and foot across the border into Bangladesh were predominantly male, as they were not only denied citizenship and legal rights in Myanmar but they also lacked economic opportunities within the country to support their families and communities. The 2017 attacks in Rakhine state, however, resulted in a drastic increase of women and girls undertaking these dangerous journeys to escape intense violence – including mass sexual violence – targeted against the Rohingya minority. The migration journeys of these women entailed not only violence and hardship, but also regular incidents of exploitation, including trafficking, rape, and forced marriage. Based on 14 months of feminist ethnographic research, this paper traces Rohingya women’s lived experiences of violence and conflict during and after forced migration on their everyday lives and subjectivities in the squalid camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It shines a nuanced lens on the gendered impacts of forced migration, and the ways in which Rohingya women learn to negotiate and navigate within and against this precarious environment by employing strategies of survival. Rohingya refugee women’s narratives thus reveal the construction of new gendered identities in displacement, and evidence women’s incredible resilience in spite of profound trauma and suffering. |
| Date | 17 June 2022 (Friday), 18:00-19:30 JST (GMT+9) |
| Venue | Zoom (Pre-registration required: Google Form) Registration Deadline: 15 June 2022 (Wed) |
| Lecturer | Dr. Farhana Rahman (Ph.D., University of Cambridge, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| Commentator | Lisette R. Robles, Ph.D. (Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Research Institute) |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Co-organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP) / Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) / Indian Ocean Rim Research Project / Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP) / Research Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD) / South Asia Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
2022.6.1
The HSP Admission Guidance Session (Jun. 4, 2022)
The HSP Admission Guidance Session will be held as follows. Prospective students are encouraged to come and find more about the HSP.
- Date: June 4 (Sat.), 2022, 13:00-15:00
- Venue: Online (Zoom)
If you would like to join the session, please fill out the form below and press ‘send’ (送信) till June 2 (Thurs.).
On June 3 (Fri.), we will send the link to the registered addresses.
If you do not receive an email until 23:00 on June 3, please contact HSP (hsp-toiawase [at] hsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by email.
Note: Explanation and instruction will be given in Japanese.
The session has been closed. You can watch the recording of the session until June 17 (Fri.), so please check it out.
2022.5.14
HSP Seminar (#292) “ICRC Career Seminar” (May 13, 2022)
| Title | ICRC Career Seminar |
| Descriptions | In this career seminar, ICRC personnel at different levels of their career will share their career experiences in order to inform interested students what it is like to work at the ICRC. The ICRC will introduce various opportunities with the ICRC. The University of Tokyo’s focal point will share the International Law Training and Research Hub’s activities in relation to International Humanitarian Law as well. There will be questions and answers session at the end. Priority will be given to questions from University of Tokyo students. |
| Date | 18:00-19:30 JST, 13 May 2022 |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at Google Form |
| Speakerss | Mr.Regis Savioz (ICRC Head of Delegation), Ms.Michito Kawasaki (ICRC), Mr.Daisuke Shibasaki (ICRC), Mr.Yuki Saito (ICRC), Prof. Hiroyuki Ukeda (UTokyo), Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt (UTokyo), Hina Miyashita (UTokyo) |
| Moderator | Kunanon Tanyasatheanwong (Pao), ICRC Talent Attraction Officer |
| Language | Japanese (Partially in English) |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) |
| Co-organizers | Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Center for International Exchange, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
2022.4.29
(日本語) HSPライブラリー臨時閉室のお知らせ（2022年4月11日・13日）
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2022.4.10
HSPライブラリーの対応について（2022年3月28日更新）
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2022.3.28
HSP Seminar (#291) “Refugees, Forced Migrants and the Mandate of the UNHCR” (Mar. 19, 2022)
| Title | Refugees, Forced Migrants and the Mandate of the UNHCR |
| Descriptions | In this seminar, Mr. Dirk Hebecker will discuss contemporary issues of refugees, forced migrants and the mandate of UNHCR. Following his talk, there will be a Q and A session. Questions will be taken from the University of Tokyo students first. |
| Date | 16:30–18:00 (JST), 19 March 2022 |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at Google Form |
| Lecturer | Mr. Dirk Hebecker (Former representative, UNHCR Japan Office) |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Global Praxis class, Global Komaba, The University of Tokyo |
2022.3.15
HSP Seminar (#290) “Investigating Violations of International Humanitarian Law by Domestic Systems: Developing Law and Practice” (Mar. 18, 2022)
| Title | Investigating Violations of International Humanitarian Law by Domestic Systems: Developing Law and Practice |
| Descriptions | In this seminar, Prof. Noam Lubell will discuss how the law and practice are developed on investigation of International Humanitarian Law violations. He co-led the project of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights’ Guidelines on Investigating Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Law, Policy and Good Practice, which was published in 2019. His talk will focus on how rules, policies and good practices were gathered and analyzed for the Guidelines, and introducing the major findings through that project. Following his talk, there will be a Q and A session. Questions will be taken from the University of Tokyo students first. |
| Date | 20:30–22:00 (JST), 18 March 2022 |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at Google Form |
| Lecturer | Prof. Noam Lubell, the University of Essex |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | https://www.icrc.org/en/document/guidelines-investigating-violations-ihl-law-policy-and-good-practice |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Global Praxis class, Global Komaba, The University of Tokyo |
2022.3.7
HSP Seminar (#289) “The Trust Fund for Victims Reparative justice through the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court” (Mar. 19, 2022)
| Title | The Trust Fund for Victims Reparative justice through the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court |
| Descriptions | In this seminar, Mr. Motoo Noguchi, former Chair of the Board of Directors at the Trust Fund for Victims, International Criminal Court, will discuss how the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court has served as a tool for delivering reparative justice to victims of international crimes that were brought in front of the International Criminal Court. Following his talk, there will be a Q and A session. Questions will be taken from the University of Tokyo students first. |
| Date | 19 March 2022 (10:30-12:00 Japan time, GMT+9) |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at Google Form |
| Lecturer | Mr. Motoo Noguchi, Former Chair of the Board of Directors |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | To be distributed at the event, if any. |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Global Praxis class, Global Komaba |
2022.3.4
HSP Seminar (#288) “Investigating possible violations of International Humanitarian Law” (Mar. 18, 2022)
| Title | Investigating possible violations of International Humanitarian Law |
| Descriptions | In this seminar, Prof. Francoise J. Hampson will discuss the challenges for those not party to an armed conflict (e.g. Commission of Inquiry; NGOs) in investigating alleged violations of the law of armed conflict. Following her talk, there will be a Q and A session. Questions will be taken from the University of Tokyo students first. |
| Date | 18 March 2022 (19:00-20:20 Japan time, GMT+9) |
| Venue | Online venue, registration necessary at Google Form |
| Lecturer | Prof. Francoise J. Hampson, Professor Emeritus, the University of Essex |
| Moderator | Ai Kihara-Hunt (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) |
| Language | English |
| Materials | To be distributed at the event, if any. |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), The University of Tokyo; Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), The University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub (UOTIL HUB), The University of Tokyo; Global Praxis class, Global Komaba |
2022.3.4
HSP Seminar (#287) “3.11 震災関連 公開研究会「南三陸ワークショップ」” (Feb. 26, 2022)
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2022.2.18
