I-House Public Programs: Archives
[Symposium] Democracy in the Global Age
Share
- *The program featured on this page has concluded.
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017, 6:30-9:00 pm
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Co-organized by: Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, International House of Japan and Suntory Foundation
Admission: Free
Seating: 150 (reservations required, first-come first-served)
In recent years fundamental doubts about the legitimacy of the democratic system have spread in the liberal democracies―are the needs of the electorate truly being reflected in elections and pressing challenges met? In this symposium we will look at such cases as the United States, Britain, South Korea, and Japan, examining the legitimacy of the democratic system both in theory and actual practice.
| Keynote speaker: | Melissa S. Williams (Professor,University of Toronto) |
| Panelists: | Ishikawa Ryoko (Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University) |
| Kim Youngmin (Professor, Seoul National University) | |
| Machidori Satoshi (Professor, Kyoto University) | |
| Chair: | Tanaka Aiji (Professor, Waseda University) |
Archives
Program
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Peace Symposium Tokyo 2022] Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
I-House Public Programs: Archives [OIST-IHJ Distinguished Global Thinkers Series] The Neanderthal Genome and the Evolution of Current Humans
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Special Program] Author and poet Mieko Kawakami (BREASTS AND EGGS) in conversation with author Roland Kelts (JAPANAMERICA)
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Special Program] Living in North America as a Nuclear Weapon Survivor
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Special Program] Asakawa Kan’ichi Memorial Symposium
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Japan Premiere Screening & Talk] PAPER LANTERNS
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
I-House Public Programs: Archives [70 Years Postwar Symposium Series “Thinking Together about the World and Japan”]Symposium 4 “Looking to the Future of the World, Asia, and Japan”
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Tokyo International Literary Festival] Asia Session 2 China and Japan Today Seen Through Literature
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Related Programs
Arts & Design IHJ Cultural Lobby
Our orderly ways of life have been disrupted in many places around the world, notably in Ukraine and Gaza, and there is little prospect of an early recovery. The issues modern society must consider, s...
Intellectual Dialogue
Arts & Design Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture
I-House boasts a building constructed under the collaboration of three prominent modern Japanese architects, and from its inauguration has been receiving guests and members from the field of architect...
Intellectual Dialogue
Geoeconomics IHJ Roundtable
IHJ frequently organizes roundtables as part of our mission to “contribute to building a free, open, and sustainable future through intellectual dialogue, policy research, and cultural exchange with a...
Policy Research
Geoeconomics International Conferences (Japan-Korea-US-China)