Wednesday June 1

8:30 – 9:30 – Continental Breakfast and Welcome at Villa Alvarado
Dr. Michael Weiner, Program Director, Chair, Department of Asia Pacific Studies, San Diego State University
9:30-10:30 – Self Introductions
10:30-10:45 – Keynote Address
Mr. Dick Davis, President Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana.
10:50-11:00 – Welcome to SDSU
Professor Ed. Heck, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters
11:00-12:00 – Introduction of Institute Staff, Curriculum Project *, and Distribution of Course Packs
Professor Michael Weiner
12:00-1:30 – Lunch
1:30-3:00 – Campus and Library Tour

Thursday June 2

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide (Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University)

10:00-12:00 – Division, Unification and Consolidation: Establishment of the Tokugawa System
Professor Jonathan Lipman, (Department of History, Mt. Holyoke College)
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-3:15 – Japan under the Tokugawa Shoguns; the Perils of Success
Professor Jonathan Lipman
3:15-4:00 – FAQs about Modern Japan
Professor Jonathan Lipman **

Friday June 3

9:00-9:50 – Japanese Language
Hideko Yamaga and Kentaro Ide
10:00-12:00 – From “Expel the Barbarians” to “Civilization and Enlightenment
Professor Jonathan Lipman
12:00-1:15 – Lunch
1:30-2:30 – Calligraphy
Kumiko Hashiguchi (Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages, San Diego State University)
3:00-4:30 – Introducing Classical Japanese Music
Professor Lewis Peterman (School of Music and Dance, San Diego State University)

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