香港大學中、日、韓、朝關係研討會

香港大學日本研究系將於2009年5月舉辦中國、日本、韓國、朝鮮關係研討會。有興趣在大會發表論文的可以把論文大綱寄往港大日本研究系。下面是詳細的資料。

二次世界大戰後，兩韓關係一直是影響東亞以至世界穩定的重要因素，對中日關係尤為重要。正如下面研討會簡介中所提及，中日兩國在最近十多年來經歷了眾多的分歧，包括1995中國的核測試，台獨問題，釣魚台主權紛爭，東海油田的開發，以及中日歷史問題。但是，兩韓穩定卻是中日兩國共同關心及所樂見的事情。

期望這次會議的成果對中日關係的研究有所裨益。

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Call For Papers : 'The Koreas between Japan and China',

HKU Department of Japanese Studies Sino-Japanese Relations Research Symposium 2009 (II) Council Chamber, HKU 26-27 May 2009

Call For Papers

The Koreas between Japan and China-------------------------------------------------------------

The trajectory of Sino-Japanese relations over the past decade has left many concerned scholars and policymakers wondering if there could be any issue of strategic importance that Japan and China can agree upon. These two East Asian giants have disagreed on almost every single issue that has cropped up between them in the past decade –China's nuclear tests in 1995; the Taiwanese independence movement and the Taiwanese straits crisis in 1995/6; the annual disputes over Senkaku/Diaoyutai islands; the demarcation of their sea border; sovereignty and drilling rights in East China Sea from 1999 onwards inaddition to a host of issues to do with history, ranging from textbooks to apologies. Given the volatile political nature of Sino-Japanese relations in the past decade, it is difficult to perceive how Sino-Japanese relations can move concretely beyond diplomatic niceties to substantive co-operation on items of significant strategic importance.

There is however emerging consensus in the literature that there exists one issue that China and Japan do not have significant differences over – that is the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. Technically, North and South Korea are still at war. Their 1953 ceasefire has produced an abnormal situation as the uneasy tension belies the facade of peace and tranquility on the Peninsula and the general prosperity in Northeast Asia continues to build up. North Korea has shown that it is increasingly willing to disrupt this fragile peace with its nuclear belligerence throughout the 1990s; it's firing of the Taedopong-1 missile over Japan and its incursions into South Korea. Almost two decades have passed since the Berlin wall collapsed, but all the predictions of the Communist regime of Kim Jung-Il imploding have not materialized, and Kim Daejung's sunshine diplomacy seems to have had little effect. On the other side of the 38th parallel, South Korea has spent a disproportionate amount of resources preparing for the reunification across all scenarios – for a collapse of the regime in North Korea to reunification with a "one country two systems" scenario; from a peaceful political settlement to all out war. At the same time, it has also ambivalently sent aid worth billions of won to North Korea annually.
In practical terms, any security scenario or political solution between the North and the South is never just the business of the two Koreas. Any negotiation, conflict or settlement will involve the greatpowers in the region – namely the US, China, Japan and Russia. Out ofthese four powers, China and Japan stand to be most affected by anysettlement as the Korean peninsula effectively straddles the strategic location between China and Japan. As such, they are intimately concerned as neither wishes to be dragged into a war started by Korean belligerence, South Korean aspirations or US adventurism. The situation of Korea thus brings the same critical salience to both China and Japan and hence, this is one of the most pressing issues which could upset both their developmental agenda and political aspirations.

The HKU Department of Japanese Studies is proud to present an international symposium to explore the role Japan and China play onthe Korean Peninsula, and in turn, how the Koreas affect Japanese and Chinese foreign policy-making. The organisers invite submissions from social scientists working in the field of East Asian International Relations and Security, Chinese, Japanese and US foreign policies andother related disciplines to re-evaluate and re-assess the current assumptions and thinking within the symposium theme. Some of the sub-themes that could be scrutinised are as follows:

1. The Korean War in historical perspective and the legacies of the War in wider East Asian International Relations.

2. China and Japan's major interests and concerns with regards to both South Korea and North Korea before and after the Cold War. How is the brinksmanship exhibited by the North today understood from Beijing's and Tokyo's perspective.

3. The state of China and Japan's current relations with North and South Korea, both at the governmental and "people to people" levels.

4. Japan and China's respective interests and concerns with regards to the potential reunification of Korea. How do their view their own role(especially with regards to the US) in the event of Korean reunification.

5. What are their cost and benefit analysis for each of the different scenarios for reunification, and how do the various countries viewthese scenarios:

a) Political Settlement by UN and/or Six-Party talks (US, Russia, China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea).
b)The Collapse of the North Korean regime either through the concerted efforts by external powers (US intervening covertly, PRC shutting down their own supplies and crippling their economy) or through internal means (a coup d'état by the Army).
c) Use of Force (by the US most likely).

6. Scenarios of Post reunification Korea and the implications for NEAsia, especially for Japan and China.

The organizers are keen to invite established academics, young scholars and concerned officials working in the field of Sino-JapaneseRelations for this two-day symposium.

The 2008 Conference (http://www.hku.hk/japanese/sino/) was relatively successful, in that the research proceedings of the conference are in the process of being published by a UK-based publisher in English and a China-based publisher in Chinese. The organizers hope to build on this success in 2009 by getting more scholars from the wider community involved, andhave the research outcome from the conference published as well, mostlikely in 2010. The book would be published in English in the first instance, and subsequently translated into Chinese and Japanese.
The organizers have to subject any applications/proposals to an internal peer review process before they can be accepted. Given limited resources, only a small number of proposals will be funded, and scholars are encouraged to source for partial and/or alternate funding to attend this meeting.

To Apply

We intend that the proceedings of the Symposium be published. We will therefore require participants to send us the title of their paper, a 200 word abstract and a short bio by the 10th Jan 2009. Please send the documents to hhsamuel@gmail.com with the subject line (The Koreas between China and Japan Conference). The organisers will require a draft "working" paper (not more than 7000 words) by the 15th April 2009 for inclusion into the Symposium pack. Participants will be given time to revise their paper after the conference before the proceedings could be submitted for the peer-reviewed volume. Please direct allacademic enquiries to Dr Victor Teo (mailto: victorteo@hku.hk), and logistical enquiries to Mr Samuel Wong hhsamuel@gmail.com .

2007年在多倫多大學舉辦的中日關係研討會

2007年3月8日，在加拿大的多倫多大學（University of Toronto）舉辦了一場「中日關係研討會」（Sino-Japanese Conference），邀請了著名教授發表他們的研究成果。被邀請的講者包括中日關係名學者Joshua Fogel教授和Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi教授。

而我又跟中日留學生合作做了兩場圓桌討論（roundtable discussion），探討如何加深中國和日本年輕人對對方文化的認識，也集中檢討了媒體和教育制度對中日文化交流扮演了什麼角色。

整個學術會議的主要目的是促進中日兩國人民的相互理解。全場過程已經製作成DVD，以後會建立一個網站把精彩片段放上去。

組織這次會議的，不是著名教授，也不是大學的學院，而是一些關心中日問題的中日留學生。他們的主席，井澤賢人（Kent Masato Izawa）曾經選修了我教的一門叫「中日關係﹕歷史，文化，記憶」的大學課程。另外一位主席李濱（Derek Bin Li）是井澤君的好友。兩人花了很多心血，終於籌募了足夠的經費，舉辦了這個由「學生」和「民間」所發起的會議。參加會議的達二百多人，而且反應熱烈。這是連我也始料不及的。作為一個參與者，我感到很榮幸。

下面是《多倫多大學通訊》對是項活動的報道。

News@UofT -- Social Sciences Business and Law

Find this story on the web at: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/070328-3054.asp

Students build bridges between Chinese, Japanese communities

Conference marked a turning point, bringing forth mutual understanding between China and Japan

Mar 28/07
by Hayley Morrison

Building bridges between two great Asian nations, the University of Toronto’s 2007 Sino-Japanese conference marked “a turning point in the relationship between China and Japan,” said Derek Bin Li, co-president of the Sino-Japanese conference committee.

On March 9, the student-run committee presented a full day of speakers and roundtables to examine both the historical conflict and current relationship between China and Japan. The two nations have been at odds since the second Sino-Japanese war, a conflict over the Chinese mainland that lasted from 1937 to 1945.

“We wanted to give a long review of the conflict,” said Derek Bin Li, co-president of the committee and a fourth-year international relations student. Added Ashleigh Au, the committee’s marketing director, a fourth-year East Asian studies student, the committee “did not want to neglect the cultural exchange” that existed before the Sino-Japanese war.

While most of the attendees were graduate students, some faculty members and mature students also participated in the various seminars and lectures.

To promote mutual understanding and non-official dialogue between the two communities was no easy task for committee members. They approached Yu Chang of East Asian studies and Professor Joshua Fogel, Canada Research Chair in the History of Modern China at York University, to organize the conference sessions. Using their expertise, the committee constructed several roundtables debating issues of forbearance, justice and mutual understanding.

Offering personal accounts and engaging in intensive debate, students demonstrated how Sino-Japanese relations are not just about the war but “a contemporary issue that has followed from the time of this conflict up to the present,” Au said.

With a potpourri of individuals, the committee had to accommodate many different perspectives. About 80 per cent of the committee members were not Canadian born and were influenced by the Sino-Japanese war either directly through their grandparents or through the media.

Although it was difficult for students from Chinese and Japanese backgrounds to remain neutral and bias-free, given the emotion still associated with the topic, the committee worked “to make sure nobody was in the line of fire,” Au said.

Given the sensitivity surrounding war, the committee was very careful when choosing its sponsors and speakers. Since the war has remained a politically charged topic, the committee decided an academic institution, such as U of T would be an ideal setting to host the conference. Different from other social realms, said Weiqiao Zhang, a committee member and a third-year philosophy student, the university provided the conference with academic researchers searching for the truth, rather than politicians advancing their own interests.

In light of the conference the committee members have already noticed changes in relations between members in the two communities.

“We have come to a better understanding of why we have different perceptions about the past,” said Zhang. Additionally, the conference has helped “people see each other as other people, instead of categorizing or ‘villainizing’ them,” said Au. Moreover, with many different and personal perspectives brought to the table, Ashleigh believes the conference effectively “promoted a genuine understanding of Sino-Japanese relations.”

Overall, the student organizers were pleased with the results. Along with an excellent turnout and thought- provoking speakers, “it was a very positive experience that I believe we will all cherish as an undergrad project to remember,” Au said. In terms of any future collaborations between the two communities, she believes “there is definitely an intention to hold a similar event next year.”

Hayley Morrison is a political science student at St. Michael’s College.


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