Date&Time:	April 10 (Tue.) 16:30 - 18:00
Title:	Язык травмы в рисунках японских военнопленных
Lecturer:	Elza-Bair Guchinova (Japan Foundation Fellow/ Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401

Date&Time:	April 11 (Wed.) 16:30 -
Title:	"Crossing Borders for Babies: The Global Geography, Economics, and Politics of Motherhood"
Lecturer:	Rickie Solinger (Independent Scholar)
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401

Date & Time:	April 19 (Thu.), 16:00～18:00
Topic:	Yiddish Indefinite Pronouns - in between Slavic and Germanic
Lecturer:	Johan van der Auwera（University of Antwerp, Belgium）
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Room 403 (4th floor)
Contact:	NOMACHI Motoki< mnomachi@slav.hokudai.ac.jp > (Tel:+81-11-706-3158)

Date & Time:	15:00-17:00, April 28 (Sat.)
Topic:	The Dalit Feminism Literature in South India
Lecturer:	S.Anandhi (Madras Institute of Development Studies)
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	MOCHIZUKI Tetsuo< tetsuo@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date & Time:	May 16 ( Wed.) 16:00-18:00
Title:	Alexandr Evlakhov, a forgotten genius
Lecturer:	Boris Lanin (Academy of Education of Russia)
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401

Date & Time:	June 19 (Tue.) 16:30-18:00
Title:	Central Asian Pastoralism versus Post-colonial Theory and Soviet Epistemology
Lecturer:	Ruslan Rahimov (American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	UYAMA Tomohiko< uyama@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Location:	Slavic Research Center, Sapporo
Contact:	E-mail: Organizing Committee

При поддержке проекта:	Global COE Program "Reshaping Japan's Border Studies"
Дата и время:	14 Июня 2012 года
место встречи:	Университет Хоккайдо, Аудитория W309
программа:
10:30-10:35	Открытие конференции

10:35-12:05	Тамара НИКОНОВА (Воронежский государственный университет): Особенности литературного процесса русского зарубежья 1920-1930-х гг.
12:05-13:15	Обеденный перерыв
Первая секция
13:15-15:15	Председатель： КОСИНО Го (Университет Хоккайдо) Комментатор： МИЯГАВА Кинуё (Университет Токио) Ольга БЕРДНИКОВА (Воронежский государственный университет): Творчество И. Бунина в контексте литературы русского зарубежья 1920-1930-х годов МОТИДЗУКИ Цунеко (Университет Хоккайдо): «Россия» и «русское» в романе И. Бунина «Жизнь Арсеньева»
15:15-15:30	Перерыв
Вторая секция
15:30-17:50	Председатель：МАЭДА Сихо(Университет Хоккайдо) Комментатор：НАКАМУРА Тадаси (Университет Ямагата) Борис ЛАНИН (Россййская академия образования): Эстетические и политические итоги литературы третьей волны ИВАМОТО Кадзухиса (Университет Вакканай Хокусей): Солженицын в Японии
Коммисия огранизации:	Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by Japan Society for the Promotion of Scienc «На периферии и на чужбине — сравнительное исследование маргиналий русской культуры»

Date&Time:	July 14 (Saturday), 2012, 14:00-17:30
Title:	“Demographic Trends in Russia”
Speakers:	Sergei V. Zakharov (Institute of Demography, Higher School of Economics/ Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University) “Second Demographic Transition: Russia’s Case in the Context of European and Japanese Experience” Sergei V. Ryazantsev (Institute of Social and Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences/ SRC) “Migration and Migratory Policy of Russia in Modern Demographic Conditions: Problems and Optimization Ways”
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401

Date&Time:	July 17 (Tue.) 16:30 - 18:00
Title:	“ Евангельско-баптистское движение на Дальнем Востоке России в 1917-1922 гг.: неизвестная история”
Lecturer:	“Наталья Владимировна Потапова (Sakhalin State University/ Japan Foundation Fellowship)”
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Koshino < gkoshino@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	August 20(Monday), 2012, 15:00-17:00
Speakers / Lecture Titles:	1. John Round (University of Birmingham/ SRC Foreign Fellow) 　　“Coping with Uncertainty: Everyday Life in Moscow and Kazan'” 2. Irina B. Kuznetsova (Kazan Federal University) 　　“The Formation of Social Capital Amongst Muslims in Kazan: the Role of Charities”
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401

Date&Time:	August 22(Wed), 2012, 16:00-17:30
Titles:	Независимость Монголии 1911 года и Богд хаан: российский фактор
Lecturer:	Ookhnoi Batsaikhan (Institute of International Studies, Mongolian Academy of Sciences）
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	UYAMA Tomohiko

Date:	November 2(Fri.)-3(Sat.)
Place:	Slavic Research Center

Date&Time:	November 7 (Wed.) 16:30-18:00
Title:	Beyond World-system and Economic Backwardness: Russian Serfdom and Its Aftermath Revisited
Lecturer:	Alessandro Stanziani　(Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France)
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Kimitaka Matsuzato (011-706-3311)

Date&Time:	October 16 (Tue.) 16:30 -18:00
Titles:	The Character of the Russian in Slovak War-themed Literature
Lecturer:	Jana Kuzmikova (Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Language:	English
Summary:	Please see here.
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	Koshino < gkoshino@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	November 5 (Mon.), 16:30 - 18:00
Topic:	Accent Shifts in South Slavic Dialects: The Significance of Retraction
Lecturer:	Ronelle Alexander (University of California, Berkeley)
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 403
Contact:	NOMACHI Motoki< mnomachi@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	November 13 (Tue.) 15:30-17:00
Title:	Energy Management Policies in Southeastern Europe
Lecturer:	Venelin Tsachevsky (Bulgaria, Political Scientist, Former Ambassador to Finland, Research fellow of Japan Foundation at SRC)
Language:	English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Ieda (011-706-3786)

Date&Time:	December 8 (Sat.), 2012. 13:00-16:45
Language:	in English
Place:	Slavic Research Center, Conference Room
Program:	13:00-13:20 Opening Remarks and Keynotes of the Session Meeting 　UYAMA Tomohiko (Director, SRC, HU) 　Kyung Hoon LEEM (College of Social Sciences, SNU) 13:20-13:25 Introduction of the Participants and Technical Remarks 　MOCHIZUKI Tetsuo (SRC, HU) 13:30-15:00 Session 1 　Chair: Kyung Hoon LEEM (College of Social Sciences, SNU) 　Civil society in Russia under the Authoritarian Regime in the era of Neoliberal Globalization 　Jaewon CHUNG (Graduate School of International Studies, SNU) 　Contextualized Violence: Politics around the so-called War on Terror in Dagestan 　MATSUZATO Kimitaka (SRC, HU) 15:15-16:45 Session 2 　Chair: UYAMA Tomohiko (Director, SRC, HU) 　Russia's Foreign Policy Toward the United States under Putin's Presidency: the Issue of the US Forces in Central Asia 　Sarang JEONG (Graduate Student, Department of Political Science and International Relations, SNU) 　A Tajik View of Russia: Tajik debates over the Tajik-Russian relations since the early 2000s 　Assel BITABAROVA (Graduate student, Graduate School of Letters, HU) 17:30-19:00 Banquet

Date&Time:	December 17 (Mon.) 15:00-18:00
Title:	Yesterday, Soviet Union
Language:	in English
Place:	Room 403, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
Program:	Part 1: 15:00-16:35 　Opening remark by Tomohiko Uyama (SRC) 　Introduction by Thomas Lahusen (Univ. of Toronto, Chemodan Films) 　Film "The Province of Lost Film" (with English subtitles, 48 min.) 　Q & A with the film director Thomas Lahusen 　Chair: David Wolf (SRC) Part 2: 16:50-17:50 　Inctroduction by Gulzat Egemberdieva (Univ. of Toronto, Chemodan Films) in Russian 　Film "Oh, My Communist Youth!" (with English subtitles, 19 min.) 　Q & A with the film directors Gulzat Egemberdeva and Thomas Lahusen 　Chair: Tetsuo Mochizuki (SRC)

Date&Time:	December 18 (Tue.) 13:00-14:30
Title:	A film and talk on Harbin By Chemodan films and SRC Thomas Lahusen Gulzat Egemberdieva David Wolff
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	Mochizuki < tetsuo@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	December 25 (Tue.) 4:30pm-6:00pm
Title:	Imperialist Domination or Internal Colonization? G.I. Nevel’skoi and Russian Acquisition of the Amur River Basin, 1849-1860
Lecturer:	Sharyl Corrado (Pepperdine University)
Language:	English
Place:	Room 401, 4th Floor, Slavic Research Center
Contact:	Matsuzato < kim@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	January 11 (Fri.),2013, 15:00-16:30
Title:	"Священная брань: к интерпретации поэмы А. Блока "Возмездие"
Lecturer:	Arkady Blyumbaum(Российский институт истории искусств, SRC FVFP for 2012-2013)
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	Mochizuki < tetsuo@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	January 24 (Thu.), 2013, 16:30-18:30
Title:	Анализ Дальнего Востока России: взгляды китайских ученых
Lecturer:	Пан Дунмэй (Юридический институт Хэйлунцзянского университета) Проблема организованной преступности и борьба с ней в России Фэн Аньчуань(Академия общественных наук Провинции Хэйлунцзян, Отдел исследования России) Экономическое сотрудничество между Провинцией Хэйлунцзян КНР и Дальним Востоком в сфере сельского хозяйства: настоящее положение и будущие задачи
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th floor, Room 401
Contact:	Tabata（ext. 3797）

Date&Time:	February 6 (Wed.) 17:00-18:30
Title:	Borders in Bulgaria in the Light of Areal Ethnolinguistic Studies: Christmas and Childbirth Ritual Complexes
Lecturer:	Irina A. Sedakova (Institute for Slavic Studies RAS)
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Motoki Nomachi （ext. 3158）

Conferences and Seminars

List of Conferences and Seminars 2012

Date:	February 11-12. 2013
Theme of the Symposium：Migrants and Returnees in Eurasia.
This symposium considers the processes of migration and re-migration of population, and also the formation of new ethnic groups as a result of changing borders between countries in Eurasia, from the end of World War II to the present. Special attention will be given to returnees.
Place:	Auditorium, Multimedia Education Bldg 3F, Hokkaido University
Language :	English and Japanese (with Simultaneous Interpretation)
Program：	February 11 (First Day)：Processes in the Formation of Migrant Groups in Eurasia. Chairperson Philip Seaton (Hokkaido University)
	9:30	Greeting and Introduction Miyashita Masatoshi (HU)
	10:00-11:20	Return of the Kharbintsy: Putting the Repatriation of 1945 in Context. David Wolff, (HU)
	11:30-12:50	Migrants Moving in Eurasia: the Problem of Re-migration：The German Case. Marcus Kaiser (Trier University)
	Chairperson: Miyashita Masatoshi (HU)
	14:00-15:30	Section I WWII and Population Movements in the Far East From Karafuto to Sakhalin and Home : Repatriation in Historical Context. Nakayama Taisho (JSPS) Soviet Administration under D. N. Kriukov and Japanese Society in South Sakhalin after WW II. Tonai Yuzuru (HU) The fall of the Japanese Empire and Post-War Repatriation.　Jonathan Bull (HU) Comment: Tamura Masato (Historical Museum of Hokkaido)
	15:40-17:10	Section II Living in the Border
		Memories of Karafuto in Hokkaido. Philip Seaton (HU) The Rehabilitation of People without a History: the Recreation of "Home" by Koreans in the Russian Far East. Hyun Mooam (HU) New Returnees and Problems in the Homeland. Svetlana Paichadze(HU) Comment: Imanishi Hajime (Otaru University of Commerce)
	17:20-18:00	Discussion
	February 12 (Second Day): The Educational Issues of Migrants Chairperson: Svetlana Paichadze (HU)
	10:00-11:50	The Educational System for Migrants and Russian Germans: Language, Identity and Education. Marcus Kaiser, (Trier University)
	Chairperson: Hyun Mooam (HU)
	13:00-14:30	Section III Education Policy for Children of the Immigrants Shifts in Immigration Policy Principles and Language Education. Nio Takako(HU) The School System for Acceptance of Immigrants Children and the Necessity of Mother Tongue Education in Japan. Uyama Sayo (HU), Olga Basova (Hitotsubashi University) Comment: Philip Seaton (HU)
	14:40-16:10	Section IV Case Studies of Returnee Education Russian Schools in Sapporo and Seoul: a Comparative Analysis. Svetlana Paichadze (HU), Din Julia (Korea University) Examples of Returnee Education in Japan. Sato Chieko (Ôdôri High School, Sapporo), Nobuta Mamiko(Ôdôri High School, Sapporo), Okura Yasuhiro, (Kadoma Namihaya High School, Kadoma, Osaka) Comment: Philip Seaton (HU)
	16:20-17:00	Discussion
Contact:	Svetlana Paichadze: svetaalvarez@imc.hokudai.ac.jp

Date&Time:	February 18 (Mon.) 16:30～18:00
Title:	"Укрепление взаимодействия РПЦ с государством: успехи церкви, реакция общества"
Lecturer:	Vadim Zhdanov (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany / SRC Foreign Fellow)
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 403
Contact:	Matsuzato < kim@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	March 7 (Thu.) 16:30～18:00
Title:	"Амбивалентность как политическая позиция: Трикстеры в советской культуре"
Lecturer:	Mark Lipovetsky (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Mochizuki < tetsuo@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	March 11 (Mon.) 16:30～18:30
Title:	“Современные исследования русской литературы в Украине”, "Новая исследовательская методология в изучении карнавальной литературы"
Lecturer:	Irina Shatova (Classic Private University, Ukraine)
Language:	Russian
Place:	Slavic Research Center, 4th Floor, Room 401
Contact:	Koshino < gkoshino@slav.hokudai.ac.jp >

Date&Time:	March 29 (Fri.) 16:30-18:00
Title:	A Historically-motivated Classification of the Early Historical Slavic Verb
Lecturer:	Yaroslav Gorbachov (University of Chicago)
Language:	English
Place:	Waseda University, Waseda Campus, 9th bldg, Meeting room
Contact:	Motoki Nomachi[mnomachi@slav.hokudai.ac.jp]