Speakers:

Yūichi HOSOYA 細谷雄一, Keio University

Professor Hosoya teaches international politics and is managing director of the Asia-Pacific Initiative, a Japanese think tank and exchange platform. He served as a government advisor for many years (e.g., National Security Council advisory board) and has been a visiting professor at Sciences-Po in Paris and a fellow at Princeton University and Cambridge University. Prof. Hosoya's recent books in English include History, Memory and Politics in Postwar Japan (co-editor, 2020) and Security Politics in Japan: Legislation for a New Security Environment (2019).

Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon

Alisa Freedman is professor of Japanese literature, cultural studies and gender. She's the author of a number of books, including Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost (2021) and Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road (2010). Her co-edited textbook, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture came out in 2017. She's co-edited other collections and in 2005 published her annotated translation of Yasunari Kawabata's The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (2005). Prof. Freedman's received two university wide awards as a mentor and instructor. She edits the U.S.-Japan Women's Journal.