5th International Seminar for the Promotion of International Exchange

Exploring After Corona Influx of International Students at Higher
Education Institutions
Organized byInternational Affairs Office, School of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka
University, Osaka (Japan)
25th October 2023, 13:00 to16:00 (JST)Program
Time (JST):
Moderator: Mohammad Moinuddin (Osaka University)
13:00 - 13:02 Introduction of the Seminar
Dr. Mohammad Moinuddin (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of
Humanities, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
13:02 - 13:04

Opening Remarks & Welcome SpeechProf. Asako Kurihara (Head of the Division of Humanities, Graduate School ofHumanities / Dean of the School of Letters, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
13:04 - 13:07 Keynote SpeechProf. Michitaka Morimoto (Chief, Study Abroad Support Section, InternationalAffairs Office / International Exchange Center, Graduate School of Humanities,Osaka University)
13: 07 - 14:07 Special Lecture “Exploring the Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on
International Programs at Higher Education Institutions”
Prof. Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt (Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program,
Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

Break (14:07 – 14:10)
Academic Session / Paper Presentations

Discussant: Prof. Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt (Nagoya University)
Moderator: Mohammad Moinuddin (Osaka University)
14:10 - 14:25 “The Reference of Western Hydraulic Technologies in the Garden of Late Ming
Dynasty: Taking Qieyuan and Hydraulic Methods of the Far West as anExample”
Chen Yuting (M2, Department of Arts and Media, Graduate School of
Humanities, Osaka University)

14:25 - 14:40 “A Comparative Study of EMI and Cross-cultural Communication”
Edith Su (Associate professor, Department of Law, National Chung Hsing
University, Taichung, Taiwan)
Alexander Socop (Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology
and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
Yuan-Yu Liao (Research Assistant, Department of International andCompetitive Education, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)
14:40 - 14:55 “Orientalism and the Structure of Identity”
Filó Bence (MEXT Scholar, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka
University, Osaka, Japan)
14:55 - 15:05
Comments and Q&A
15:05 - 15:20 “Hong Kong and Global Decolonisation: Cathay Pacific and British Empire in
Post War Era”
Kazushi Ueno (Exchange student, University of Manchester; and B3,
Department of European and American History, School of Letters, Osaka
University, Japan)
15:20 - 15:35 “Hariprabha Takeda: A Trailblazing Woman in India-Japan Relations”
Varun Kumar (D1, Center for Japanese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,Delhi, India)
Nishtha Ahuja (D1, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi,Delhi, India)
15:35 - 15:50 “Representation of Japanese Art in Nordic Women Artists”
Yuka Kimura (M1, Department of Art History, Graduate School ofHumanities, Osaka University, Japan)
15:50 - 15:58 Comments and Q&A
15:58 – 16:00 Closing remarks & Vote of thanksProf. Eijirō Dōyama (Director, International Affairs Office / International
Exchange Center, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University, Osaka,Japan) (Osaka University)
Note: The time is calculated according to Japan Standard Time (JST). For other time zones,
please calculate accordingly.
Contact: International Affairs Office
School of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
inter@let.osaka-u.ac.jp