"Japanese Studies at Berkeley: Past, Present,and Future"

9:00 am – 11:00 am
Roundtable Discussion:  UC Berkeley, Japanese Studies, and Area Studies

Presentations by Former CJS Chairs

Irwin Scheiner   
Mary Elizabeth Berry

Andrew Barshay
Alan Tansman 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Roundtable Discussion:  Supporting Japanese Studies

Presentations by Major Foundation Representatives

• Isao Tsujimoto         Director General, Japan Foundation
• Seishi Takeda          Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, SF
• Eric Gangloff          Executive Director, Japan-United States Friendship Commission

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch Lecture:  Japanese Studies in the U.S.: A Global View
• Patricia Steinhoff,  University of Hawai’i

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Roundtable Discussion:  The Future of Japanese Studies in North America

Presentations by Current Directors/Chairs of Centers for Japanese Studies

• Steve Covell            Western Michigan Univ., Soga Japan Center
• David Edgington      Univ. of British Columbia Centre for Japanese Research
• Robert Huey           Univ. of Hawai’i Center for Japanese Studies
• Ken Ito                   Univ. of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies
• Greg Pflugfelder      Columbia Univ. Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
• Susan Pharr            Harvard Univ. Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
• Michael Thies         UCLA Paul I. & Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
• Duncan Williams     UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies