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2024-09-30 お知らせ(一般・学内向け) 大学院係 留学生向け Call for participants for two intensive courses given by Prof. Tosh Minohara (Oct 15-17, 0.5 credit each)

Tosh Minohara of the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University, a well-known expert on US-Japan relations who also is the chairman of the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA), will teach two intensive courses at the ISGS between October 15 and 17 as noted below. Participants will get 0.5 credit each for “Methods of Integrated Interdisciplinary Research”. Students interested in history, social sciences, and security studies are particularly encouraged to enroll.

To participate, register here.

 

Course 1: "American Politics and its evolving Indo-Pacific Strategy”

Date and time: October 15, 2024 (Tue), 10:30-12:00 and 13:00-18:10 (2-5 Periods)

Venue: Seminar Room, C-211, 2F, East Bldg. 1

Descriptions:

This course will provide an overview of American politics and foreign and security policy, especially as it pertains to the Indo-Pacific region. It will be conducted in a seminar style with active student participation. Considering that it is a presidential election year, there will be much discussion about the current state of US politics.

Requirement:

The History of US-Japan Relations: From Perry to the Present. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

<For those who can read Japanese>

『大統領から読むアメリカ史』(第三文明社、2023年)

『外圧の日本史』(朝日新聞出版、2023年)

 

Course 2: “Methodology in Diplomatic History”

Date and time: October 16 and 17, 2024 (Wed and Thu), 9:00-12:00

Venue: Seminar Room B-217, 2F, East Bldg. 1

Description:

How do you write persuasive paper in English? How do I choose a journal for submission? What do I need to do when I respond to reviews? To answer these basic questions, this course will be held in workshop style where students will modify their papers based on the advice given by the lecturer. The participants are required to submit a draft article in English in advance in order to receive feedback.

Requirement:

Please send a polished draft of your article to the organizer (Prof. Chisako Masuo, masuochisako at gmail.com) by noon on October 12.

 

For a bio of the lecturer, please see below.

Dr. Tosh Minohara is Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University where he holds a joint appointment with the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies. He received his B.A. in International Relations from University of California, Davis, and his Ph.D. in Political and Diplomatic History from Kobe University. He is also the founder and chairman of the Cabinet Office certified nonprofit organization, Research Institute of Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA). In addition, he is a senior advisor to KREAB Japan, external advisor to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and is a lecturer at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Command and Staff College in Meguro, Tokyo, and Global Tekijuku, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai).

In the past, he has held various visiting appointments with universities and institutions such as Harvard University, University of California at Irvine, University of Iowa (Noguchi Distinguished Fellow), Kuwait University, University of Oxford, Leiden University, Stockholm University, Seoul National University, Inha University, National Taipei University, Academia Sinica, Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM-Yoshida Shigeru Chair), Jagellonian University, and most recently the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) in the Netherlands.

His core academic interests deal with the diplomatic, political, historical and the security dimension of international relations, with a particular focus on US-Japan relations from the mid-19th century to the present day. He also possesses a keen interest in the current security situation in the Indo-Pacific region. He is the author of numerous publications and is a frequent commentator/contributor for newspapers, television, and radio in both Japan and abroad. He is a contributor and commentator for the major national dailies such as the Sankei, Yomiuri, Asahi, Nikkei Review, and the Straits Times (Singapore). He has serialized column for the past eight years in the monthly periodical Daisanbunmei, where he analyzes current global issues. He also had a national op-ed in the Sankei for nearly four years titled, Yuragu Haken (“The Wavering Hegemony”). His academic and professional achievements have been recognized as a recipient of both the Shimizu Hiroshi Prize (2002) and the Japan Academic Research Award (2019).