#  Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 17, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EST 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. and online via Zoom (registration required).**  



 

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Speaker: [Fumiya Uchikoshi](https://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/fumiya-uchikoshi) (Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University)

Moderator:[ Xiang Zhou](https://xzhou.scholars.harvard.edu/) (Professor of Sociology, Harvard University)

Co-sponsored by The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs


#### Additional Resources:

1. Uchikoshi, Fumiya. 2025. ["High Risk, No Reward: Unpacking Gender Disparities at Japanese Universities," ](https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/news/2025/04/high-risk-no-reward-unpacking-gender-disparities-japanese-universities)Epicenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
2. Uchikoshi, Fumiya, Kohei Toyonaga, and Erika Teramoto. 2025. ["Consequences of expanded vocationally oriented programs for gender segregation and inequality: The case of Japanese higher education,"](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562425000150) *Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.*



 

 



 

 

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