Kiyoteru Tsutsui, "Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective"

Date: 

Monday, February 26, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)

Poster with book cover and event details

Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Director, Japan Program, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Moderator: Christina L. Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University 

This seminar is part of the Special Series on Policy Innovations in Crises, supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation. Co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

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Additional Resources

  1. Kiyoteru Tsutsui, 「人権と国家」. Iwanami Shinsho, 2022.
  2. Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  3. Stanford Japan Barometer