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1.2019 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference
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- College and University Fund for the Social Sciences
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2.Abe Fellowship Setsumeikai 2019 - Osaka
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- Kansai University, Umeda Campus, Kandai MeRise
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- Abe Fellowship Program
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3.Abe Fellowship Setsumeikai 2019 - Tokyo
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- Japan Foundation, Sakura Hall
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- Abe Fellowship Program
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4.Abe Fellowship Colloquium- Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation
Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation (University of California Press, 2018), Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids, androids, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. She traces the early 20th century and wartime backstories informing the images, applications, and receptions of robots today. In addition, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. How robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal body” (gotai manzoku 五体満足) is discussed together with a critique of Mori Masahiro’s much-invoked but misconstrued concept of bukimi no tani (不気味の谷), or “uncanny valley”.
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- International House of Japan | Lecture Hall | 5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
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- Abe Fellowship Program
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5.Media, Technology, and Democracy in Historical Context
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- Social Science Research Council
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- Media & Democracy
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6.Abe Fellowship Colloquium - Difficult Subjects: Religious Freedom, the Allied Occupation, and Postwar Education
Focusing on postwar debates about morality education, changes to the Fundamental Law on Education, and constitutional revision, Dr. Jolyon Thomas (Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and 2017 Abe Fellow) argues that disagreements about how religion should be defined are central to understanding Japanese political life today.
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- International House of Japan, Seminar Room 404, West Wing 4F
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- Abe Fellowship Program
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7.Immigration: The Politics of Inclusion and the Politics of Threat
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- Social Science Research Council 300 Cadman Plaza West, 15 Fl
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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8.International Studies Association Conference (ISA) 2019, Toronto
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- Understanding Violent Conflict
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9.IGAD-UN Deliberate on Developments in the Horn of Africa (Djibouti)
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- CPPF Activities: Africa
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10.Great Lakes (Geneva)
In partnership with the Government of Switzerland and the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, CPPF convened the 4th Special Envoy Expert Retreat, in Geneva, from 27-28 February 2019. The expert workshop brought together a dozen Special Envoys and Special Representatives working on the Great Lakes region, as well as experts on and from the Great Lakes. They were joined by international decision makers from regional institutions, member states, and peace operations. The retreat primarily explored the role of the private sector, as well as regional mechanisms, in conflict prevention for the Great Lakes region.
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- CPPF Activities: Africa
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11.Identity, Community, and Political Participation
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- Social Science Research Council 300 Cadman Plaza West, 15 Fl
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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12.Sudan (New York)
On February 5, CPPF convened a one-day, closed-doors expert workshop on Sudan, which brought together UN officials and Sudan experts to discuss the ongoing crisis in Sudan, as well as current conflict dynamics. The meeting was held at the Penn Club of New York.
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- CPPF Activities: Africa
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13.2019 SSRC Fellow Lecture: Lorraine Daston
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- Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
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14.Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective
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- January 31st–
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- Columbia University School for International & Public Affairs
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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15.Paul Williams on "Fighting for Peace in Somalia: AMISOM and the War Against al-Shabaab"
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- Social Science Research Council 300 Cadman Plaza West, 15th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Main Conference Room
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- African Peacebuilding Network
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16.DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC Webinar
Measure of America and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York present DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC in the webinar "Unlocking Potential: New Health-Related Data for Decision Making & Community Well-Being." Measure of America and the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York present DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC in the webinar "Unlocking Potential: New Health-Related Data for Decision Making & Community Well-Being.".
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- Measure of America
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17.Race and Gender in American Politics
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- Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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- Media & Democracy
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18.APN Grantee Writing and Dissemination Training Workshop
The African Peacebuilding Network held a three-day Writing and Dissemination Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2018 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients from January 9 to 11, 2019.
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- United States International University-Africa
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- African Peacebuilding Network
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19.The Other Uncertainty: Social, Political, and Cultural Forms of Uncertainty in Weather Contexts.
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- American Meterological Society Annual Meeting
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- Uncertainty in Extreme Weather Events
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20.Bi-Annual Fellows Workshop
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- United States International University-Africa
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- Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa
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21.A Modern History of the Disinformation Age: Communication, Technology, and Democracy in Transition
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- Media & Democracy
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22.Stakeholder Workshop - Ways to Advance Green Purchasing In Japanese Municipalities
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- Waseda University
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- Abe Fellowship Program
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23.4th Annual CPPF-DPA MENA RC Forum (Geneva)
On 10-11 December, CPPF convened the 4th annual CPPF-DPA MENA Resident Coordinators’ Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The closed-door workshop came at a strategic moment for the UN system operating in the region, and focused on the theme of prevention. The discussion convened 13 UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators, decision-makers from diverse UN agencies, experts from academia, and key stakeholders from the region to examine cross-cutting challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa, the challenges of returning foreign fighters, and various socio-cultural shifts in the region.
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- CPPF Activities: Europe/Caucasus/Middle East
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24.Climate Change Working Group Meeting 2018
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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25.Governance-In-Conflict Network Annual Meeting
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- Ghent University
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- Understanding Violent Conflict