#  Symposium: “Origins of Prosperity and Stability: State Building in 20th Century Asia”  

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 12, 2018** 

 02:00PM - 05:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street**  



 

 



 

**Welcome**  **[Susan J. Pharr](https://scholar.harvard.edu/spharr/home)** Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University  **[Yasunori Nakayama](http://www2.jiia.or.jp/en/experts.php)** Director-General, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) **Keynote Speech** "The History of Asia in the 20th Century: The Origins of Prosperity and Stability”  **[Akihiko Tanaka](http://www.grips.ac.jp/list/en/facultyinfo/tanaka_akihiko/)** President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Discussant: **[Thomas Berger](https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/thomas-berger/)** Professor of International Relations and Director, Center for the Study of Asia (2018-21), Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University **Panel: “State Building in 20th Century Asia”**  **[Shin Kawashima](https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/people002070.html)** Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo “A Silent Revolution: State Building and Democratization in Modern Taiwan” **[Lung-chih Chang](http://www.ith.sinica.edu.tw/members_02_look-en.php?no=140&page=1)** Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica “Nation-building in Singapore: The Authoritarian Structure of a ‘Vulnerable City-State’” **[Keiko Tsuji Tamura](https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/files/us-japan/files/cv_tamura.pdf)** Professor, Graduate School of Social System Studies, the University of Kitakyushu “Building and Integrating the Indonesian State”  **[Nobuhiro Aizawa](http://asianstudies-kyushu.com/staff/dr-aizawa-nobuhiro/)** Associate Professor, Kyushu University Discussant: **[Dwight Perkins](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/dwight-perkins)** Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University Moderator: **[Susan Pharr](https://scholar.harvard.edu/spharr/home)** Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University Speakers' papers can be requested in advance by emailing <usjapan.wcfia@gmail.com>. *Co-sponsored by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA); Harvard University Asia Center; Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.* 

 

 



 

 

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