The 6th International Symposium of
Comparative Research on Major Regional Powers in Eurasia
Slavic Research Center Winter International Symposium
in Japanese
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Comparing Modern Empires:
Imperial Rule and Decolonization in the
Changing World Order
Date: January 18-20, 2012
Venue: Room 403, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Official Language: English
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Program
January 18 (Wed.)

15:30-18:00
Pre-symposium lectures
Papers:
Taras KUZIO (University of Toronto / SRC)
   
Ukraine at Twenty: Post Soviet or Neo-Soviet?
 
Nona SHAKHNAZARYAN (Kuban Social and Economic Institute / SRC)
   
“Homo Sovieticus” through the Armenian Diaspora’s Prism: Representations, Stereotypes, and Images
 
Vladimir SHISHKIN (Institute of History, Siberian Division, RAS / SRC)
   
Перезагрузка Российской империи в 1917-1922 гг.: революции и войны как
инструмент модернизации (Rebooting the Russian Empire, 1917-1922:
Wars and Revolutions as a Factor of Modernization)
[in Russian with English translation]
Chair:
MOCHIZUKI Tetsuo (SRC)
   
18:00–
Beer party
 
January 19 (Thu.)

10:30-10:45
 Opening Remarks


10:45-11:45
Keynote Lecture:
Paper: Jane BURBANK (New York University)
    Empire and Transformation: The Politics of Difference
Chair: UYAMA Tomohiko(SRC)
     
13:15-15:15 Session 1: Imperial Rule: Structures and Technologies
Papers:
Maria MISRA (University of Oxford) 

Aristocracies and Modernities: India after the Great Rebellion

Willard SUNDERLAND (University of Cincinnati)

Russian Ways of Empire, From the Kazan Conquest to 1917

ASANO Toyomi (Chukyo University)

Nation State System and the System of Empire in Modern Japan
Discussant:
MATSUZATO Kimitaka (SRC)
Chair:
NISHIYAMA Katsunori (University of Shizuoka)

15:30-17:30 
Session 2 : Empires and the “Others”: Mutual Relationships and Perceptions
Papers:
UYAMA Tomohiko (SRC)

Invitation, Adaptation, and Resistance to Empires: Cases of Central Asia

KAWASHIMA Shin (University of Tokyo)

The Image of Traditional World Order and Tribute Relations in Min-kuo China

Rudi MATTHEE (University of Delaware)

Zar-o Zur: Gold and Force  The Late Safavids as a Tributary Empire
Discussant:
NAGANAWA Norihiro (SRC)
Chair:
MORIKAWA Tomoko (Hokkaido University)
   
18:00- Reception at Sapporo Aspen Hotel
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January 20 (Fri.)

10:00-12:00
Session 3 :The Fall of Empires and State Reconstruction: Legacies and Changes
Papers:
Fatma Müge GÖÇEK (University of Michigan)

The Ottoman Imperial Legacy

IKEDA Yoshiro (Tokyo University of Science)

Toward an Empire of Republics: Transformation of Russia in the Age of Total War, Revolution and Nationalism

Aditya MUKHERJEE (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Un-structuring Colonialism: The Nehru Years and Non-alignment
Discussant:
HANZAWA Asahiko (Meiji Gakuin University)
Chair:
AKIBA Jun (Chiba University)

13:30‐15:45
Session 4 :
Decolonization: Regional and International Implications
Papers:
AKITA Shigeru (Osaka University)

Economic Diplomacy of Jawaharlal Nehru Administration after Decolonization of South Asia

Qiang ZHAI (Auburn University at Montgomery)

Road to Bandung: China’s Evolving Approach to De-Colonization

KAN Hideki (Seinan Jo Gakuin University)

The Making of “an American Empire” and Its Reponses to Decolonization in the Early Cold War Years
Discussants:
David WOLFF (SRC), Mridula MUKHERJEE (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Chair:
AWAYA Toshie (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

16:00-17:30
Session 5 :
New Empires? The United States and China
Papers:
Rob KROES (University of Amsterdam)

America: An Empire Among Empires?

TSAI Tung-Chieh (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

Is China Becoming an Empire? Strategic Tradition and the Possible Choice for Contemporary China
Discussant:
FURUYA Jun (University of Tokyo)
Chair:
TABATA Shinichiro (SRC)

17:30–18:00   General discussion
Chair:
UYAMA Tomohiko (SRC)
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January 21 (Sat.)

10:30–12:00 Special Seminar (Group 3) "Russia’s Informal Economy and Entrepreneurship"
January 22 (Sun.)

13:00–18:00 International Workshop (Group 4) "Decolonization and Empires"
15:00–
Special Seminar (Group 4) "Policing the Empire"
15:00–18:00 Special Seminar (Group 4) "The End of Empires: Safavid and Ottoman Experiences"
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Organizing Committee of the Symposium:
Organizing Committee:.
Uyama Tomohiko, Fukuda Hiroshi, Koshino Go, Goto Masanori, Abe Ryoko
rp@slav.hokudai.ac.jp

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