5/07/2025 Two Perspectives: Japan and Poland beyond the Post-Cold War Era
Category: Conferences & Seminars
AJoint Japanese-Polish Academic Conference
Two Perspectives: Japan and Poland beyond the Post-Cold War Era
Date: 5th July 2025, 10.00-16.00 (JST)
Venue: University of Tokyo (Komaba Campus), Bldg. 18 Hall
Organizers: University of Tokyo (UT Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), University of Warsaw (UW)
Co-organizer: Daito Bunka University (DBU)
Program: Two Perspectives. Japan and Poland beyond the Post-Cold Era
10.00 Opening Remarks
Prof. TERADA Torahiko (Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Prof. Zygmunt LALAK (UW Vice-Rector for Research)
Former Ambassador of Japan to Poland, Mr. MIYAJIMA Akio
10.15 Keynote Speeches
Prof. ISHIDA Atsushi (UT) Global turning points reconsidered: competing visions of expectation-setting events in international society
Prof. Maciej RAŚ (UW), From the old to the new ‘Cold War’: Transformation of Poland’s international roles
11.05 Break
11.10 Session I: The Memory of WWII and Cold War Legacies
Dr. Katarzyna STARECKA (UW), Japan between East and West – the origin and implications of the ‘internal Cold War’
Prof. TAKEDA Tomoki (DBU), “Don’t Make Us Choose”: Japanese struggle for overcoming the Cold War in the 1960s and beyond
Prof. AONO Toshihiko (Hitotsubashi University), Japanese-South Korean relations in the Cold War context
Prof. KAWAKITA Atsuko (UT), The memory of World War II in German-Polish relations during and after the Cold War
Prof. Agata DZIEWULSKA (UW), Europe after the Cold War – the evolution of security threats: from conflict stabilisation to rebuilding of security institutions
12.25 Q&A / Lunch Break
13.30 Session II: Post-Cold War & China: Contemporary View
Moderator: Dr. Karolina WOJCIECHOWSKA (UW)
Prof. SUZUKI Takashi (DBU), The cognitive warfare by China and the Taiwan issue
Prof. Katarzyna NAWROT (UW), The evolution of the role of China in regional architecture in the post-cold period
Prof. Józef PAWŁOWSKI (UW), China’s Position on international conflicts in the post-Cold War Era as seen from the case of War in Ukraine. Implications for regional and global stability
Prof. Łukasz ZAMĘCKI (UW), New perspectives for Poland – East Asia cooperation in an era of geopolitical tensions
14.30 Q&A / Coffee Break
15.00 Roundtable: Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies
Moderators: Prof. Agata DZIEWULSKA (UW), Prof. Katarzyna NAWROT (UW)
16.00 Closing Remarks
