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13:00-15:30 |
Central Asian in Transition
-Pre-Symposium to the 1998 Slavic Research Center Summer Symposium-
- Lobbyism and Pressure Groups in Kazakhstan: Past
and
Present (in Russian)
by Askar Shomanov (Institute for Development of Kazakhstan)
- The Gas Problem in the Caspian Region (in Russian)
by Najia Badykova (National Institute of Statistics and
Forecast,Turkmenistan)
- The Kyrgyzstan Economy:Latest Developments and Policies (in
English)
by Kamchybek Omurzakov (Advisor to the Parlianment of the Kyrgyz
Republic)
Place: Slavic Research Center,Room No 423(4th fioor)
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16:00-17:30 |
Commenorative Speech
by I.M. KLYAMKIN (Independent Institute of Sociological Analysis,
Russia)
Chair:S.Hakamada(Aoyamagakuin Univ.)
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July 23 (Thu.)
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9:30-12:00 |
Session 1 "Civilizational" Approach to Regions
- N.M. YAKOVENKO (Kievo-Mohylya Academy, Ukraine)
Early Modern Ukraine between Eurasia and West: Imagination
and Reality (in Russian)
- V.I. SHISHKIN (Institute of History, SB RAS, Russia)
State Institutions in Siberia. The First Half of the 20
Century
- T. UYAMA (SRC)
Geography of Civilizations: A Spatial Analysis of
Activities of the Kazakh Intelligentsia, the Mid-19th to the 20th
Century
Chair:T.Sakon(Osaka City Univ.)
Discussants:H.Komatsu(Tokyo Univ.);K.Nakai(Tokyo Univ.)
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12:00-13:15 |
Lunch Break |
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13:15-15:15 |
Session 2 Regional Sociology
- M.D.
KENNEDY (Michigan
University, USA) The Spatial Articulation of Identity and
Social Problems: Estonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan through Focus Groups
- S. SONODA (Chuo University) "Soft" Regional
Identity in Slovak Communities?: An Impressionalistic Essay in
Comparison with China
Chair:O.Ieda(SRC)
Discussants:A.Ishikawa(Chuo Univ.); S.Minamizuka(Chiba
Univ.)
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15:30-18:00 |
Session 3 Regionalization of Russian Economy
- P. RUTLAND(Wesleyan University, USA) The
Political Economy of Russian Regionalism
- A. PONOMARENKO (State Committee for Statistics,
Russia) Gross Regional Product for Russian Regions: Method of
Calculation and First Results
- S. ROSEFILDE (University of North Carolina, USA)
Unlocking Northeast Asia's Development Potential: The Russian Paradox
Chair:A.Uegaki(Seinangakuin Univ.)
Discussants:M.Kuboniwa(Hitotsubashi Univ.); S.Otsu(Kobe
Univ.)
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18:30-20:30 |
Reception at Aspen Hotel
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July 24 (Fri.)
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9:30-12:30 |
Session 4 Analytical Tools for Regionology
- A.V. POSTNIKOV (Institute of the History of Natural
Science and Technology, RAS, Russia)
General Trends in the History of the Russian Cartography:
The 17-19 Centuries
- T. HARA (SRC)
How Siberia was Perceived in Japan?: The 19-20 Centuries
- C. OBIYA (National Museum of Ethnology)
Horizons of the Concept of "Aziatskaia Rossiia"
Chair:K.Inoue(SRC)
Discussant:J.Schoeberlein(Harvard Univ.)
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30-16:00 |
Session 5 Regions and Political Science
- S. SPIEGELEIRE (Institute for Security Studies,
Western European Union)
Gulliver's Strings: Russia's Regions and the Rest of the
World
- J.F. YOUNG (University of Northern British
Columbia, Canada)
What Center? What Periphery?: Sakha-Yakutia and
Intergovern-mental Relations in Russia
- K. MATSUZATO (SRC)
Progressive North, Conservative South?: Reading the
Regional Elite as a Key to Russian Electoral Puzzles
Chair:F.Uda(Sophia Univ.)
Discussants: S.Minagawa(SRC); N.Shimotomai(Hosei Univ.)
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16:15-18:15 |
Session 6 "Cultural" Approach to Regions
- H.A. JANASZEK-IVANIČKOVÁ(Silesian University,
Poland)
Western Slavs' Regional and National Consciousness in the
Light of the Contemporary Essay. Myth and Reality
- S.I. RYZHENKOV (International Institute for the
Humanies and Political Studies, Russia)
"Golden Ages" of Regions: Mythology and its Exploitation
by Regional Administrations (in Russian)
Chair:T.Ito(Waseda Univ.)
Discussants:M.Numano(Tokyo Univ.); S.Ramet(Washington
Univ.)
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July 25 (Sat.)
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10:00-17:00 |
Excursion to Otaru
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