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Invited SpeakersKeynote Speaker Keynote SpeakerMamoru MohriJAXA Astronaut, Executive Director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan. Topic: Japan in the 21st Century and the Challenges of Technology, Education and Communication Biography: Dr Mohri was born in Hokkaido in 1948. He graduated from Hokkaido Yoichi High School in 1966; received bachelor and master of science degree in Chemistry from Hokkaido University, in 1970 and 1972, respectively, and a doctorate in Chemistry from Flinders University of South Australia, in 1976. Dr. Mohri joined the Faculty of Hokkaido University, Department of Nuclear Engineering in 1975, where over the next ten years he rose to the position of Associate Professor. In 1980 Dr Mohri was selected to participate in the first group of exchange scientists under the U.S./Japan Nuclear Fusion Collaboration Program which led to the publication of an irradiation damage study of nuclear fusion materials using a linear ion accelerator at the Physics Division of the Argonne National Laboratories, USA. In 1985, Dr. Mohri was selected by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) as a payload specialist for the First Material Processing Test project (Spacelab-J). Dr. Mohri was assigned as a prime payload specialist on STS-47, Spacelab-J in 1990. This cooperative mission between the United States and Japan, to conduct experiments in materials processing and life sciences, was launched in September 1992. Dr. Mohri performed 43 Spacelab experiments with NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor during the 8 day mission. In 2000 Dr Mohri flew again on Space Shuttle Endeavor as a NASA mission specialist and successfully participated in obtaining a three dimensional map of the earth. In October 2000 he was appointed as the Director of National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Among his literary works, over 100 papers in the diverse fields of material and vacuum sciences, and author of 14 books. Recognised with awards over the years for his achievements as a scientist and astronaut, Dr Mohri, in 2000, was honoured with the First Outstanding Achievement Award from the Japan Society of Applied Physics, and the 52nd NHK Broadcast Cultural Award. Plenary SpeakersHelen HardacreReischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Topic: Constitutional Revision and its Significance for Religion (to be confirmed) Chair: Professor Peter Drysdale (Founding Executive Director of the Australia Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University) Helen Hardacre is Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University. Her publications include Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan (1984), Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan (1986), Shinto and the State 1868-1988 (1989), Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan (1997), and most recently Religion and Society in Nineteenth-century Japan (2002). Her current interests include analyzing Japanese society and religion from the perspective of “civil society,” and the ramifications of possible constitutional amendments on religion in Japan. Kumiko TorikaiProfessor of Interpreting/Translation Studies & TESOL, Rikkyo University, Topic: The Challenge of Language and Communication in 21st Century Japan Chair: Professor Arthur Stockwin (Formerly Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College) Biography: Teaching experience: Rikkyo University, April 1997-present Work experience: Conference interpreter, 1969-1989 Degree: BA, Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, 1969 Research interests: Intercultural communication dimension of translation/interpreting, especially the role of interpreter in foreign relations. Selected publications: “Rekisih wo Kaeta Goyaku” (Mistranslation that Changed History), 2001, 2004. Tokyo: Shincho-sha. “Hajimete-no Shadowing” (Introduction to Shadowing), 2003. Tokyo: Gakken “Puro-Eigo Nyuumon” (Professional English — How Interpreters are Trained), 2001. Tokyo: Kodansha International. “Interpreter Training and Foreign Language Teaching in Japan” In Tsuyaku Riron Kenkyuu (Interpreting Studies) Vol.18: AILA Tokyo Special Issue. 1999.11.1. “Kotoba-ga Maneku Kokusai Masatsu” (Mistranslation and International Conflicts), 1998. Tokyo: The Japan Times. “TOEFL/TOEIC to Nihon-jin no Eigo-ryoku” ( TOEFL/TOEIC and the English Proficiency of the Japanese People), 2002. Tokyo: Kodansha. “Ibunka wo Koeru Eigo” (Overcoming Cultural Barriers with English), 1996. Tokyo: Maruzen. Professional/Academic Associations: Council member, International Federation of Translators (FIT) Government committees/councils: Member, Japan UNESCO Committee Others: President, Japan Congress/Convention Bureau Leslie HannahProfessor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo Topic: Atojie - and other biases - in the Tales we Tell: comparing Japanese twentieth century development with Europe and the USA Chair: Professor Jenny Corbett (Executive Director of the Australia Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University) Click here for Professor Hannah's CV (external site).
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