Central Europe as a Mirror Reflecting Japan: Neoliberalism, Xenophobia, and the Crisis of Democracy

https://www.seijo.ac.jp/events/cvt4qu00000162a9.html

Date & Time: Sunday, May 24, 2026, 14:00-17:00 (JST)

Venue: Seijo University, Room 311 (In-person & Online)

Access: https://www.seijo.ac.jp/access/

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Opening Remarks:

Etsuko Kato (International Christian University)

Speakers:

Ivan Kalmar (University of Toronto)

　　　West-Adjacent, White-Adjacent: East Central Europe and Japan in the Racial Hierarchies of the West

Špela Drnovšek Zorko (Kobe University）

　　　Global "South-Easts"? Intersections of Gender and Race in Imagining "the Migrant"

Miloš Debnár (Ryukoku University)

　　　Racism or "just" Xenophobia?  Framing the "Foreigner Issue" in Japan and Parallels with Central and Eastern Europe

Discussants:

Kenta Suzuki (Kanda University of International Studies)

Hiroshi Fukuda (Seijo University)

Organized by

　　　Social Science Research Institute, International Christian University

　　　Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University

　　　Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University

Open to all, Pre-registration required (In-person & Online)

　　　Application Deadline: Friday, May 22 at noon (JST)

　　　Online access URL: To be sent on Saturday, May 23

Registration URL: https://forms.gle/73BybwFaRSkvEgBQA

Contact: Hiroshi Fukuda (hifukuda@seijo.ac.jp) 

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