Event: Seminar on Linking Japan and Malta through research
Date: Tuesday 14 November 2023
Time: 09:00 – 17:00 (CET)
Venue: VC101, IT , University of Malta, Msida
Remote: Online ()
The ) of the University of Malta, in collaboration with the , will be holding a full-day seminar titled “Linking Japan and Malta through research”. The seminar will be held on Tuesday 14 November 2023 between 09:00 - 17:00 CET at the University of Malta’s Msida Campus, , Room VC101.
by Monday the 13 November is mandatory, as spaces are limited. Coffee breaks will be provided.
Virtual participation on Zoom is also possible via the link above and no registration is required for online attendance.
This full-day event will feature presentations and discussions on four topics:
Islands diplomacy, Vulnerability and Resilience
- : The Archipelago of Japan: Border Conversations
- : Economic, social and environmental vulnerability and resilience profile of Japan: A comparative analysis
Maltese Society: From the Japanese Perspective
- Kuniko Fujiwara: Proliferation through legends variations: the evolution of objects and places related to Ta’ Pinu National Shrine
- Aya Sadamatu: Comparison and background of women's unpaid work in Japan and Malta
Malta and Japan: A Historic Perspective
- Nobuo Misawa: Japanese strategy with Malta in the interwar period
- Hiroshi Kato: Economic expansion of Japan into Malta in the interwar period
- Yuki Tanaka: Malta's Representation in Japan: The problem of the one-dimensional image created of “Gem of the Mediterranean”
- Miki Iida: The potential of the history of Mediterranean world and Malta in Japanese university education
- : Attitude of the Maltese toward Japan and its people
- : How's Life? A comparison of wellbeing in Malta and Japan
Presentations will be followed by a discussion.
The event will be hosted by , Director of the , and Prof. Hiroshi Kato, Mediterranean Studies Group, Hitotsubashi University.
Registration (participation in person) details are available
Further information is available by email.
