Summer Institute on Regional Integration at Waseda, 2008
Waseda University Global COE Program:
Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI)
August 25 (Monday) – August 30 (Saturday)
Call for Participants
The Waseda University Global COE Program, the Global Institute for AsianRegional Integration (GIARI), is accepting applications from PhD students toattend the Summer Institute on Regional Integration. The Institute will provide
students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge about regional integration inAsia and expand their research networks.

The Summer Institute encourages the application of PhD students conducting
theoretical and empirical research on issues related to regional integration in Asia fromvarious aspects, including but not limited to politics, security, economics, sociology,culture, and multidisciplinary studies. The Institute will provide a supportive
environment where students can share their ideas, receive feedback on their research
projects, and exercise their abilities to offer constructive and critical advice. The
seven-day program will also include advice on practical matters such as conducting
fieldwork. The program will include a number of panels, providing students theopportunity to present their work with the aim to potentially publish the best papers under
the GIARI Working Paper Series.
Program contents:
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Lectures & Discussion (Aug 25, 26, 28, 29)Morning sessions: Lectures by leading professors on the subjects
Afternoon sessions: Student presentations and discussion

Fieldtrips (Aug 27)
Site visit to a Ministry & Company

Free day for research (Aug 30)

Professors:Program Coordinator
Shujiro Urata (GIARI, Waseda University)

Commentator

Peter Drysdale (Australian National University)August 25 (Mon) Society/Culture
Dennis McNamara (Georgetown University)
In-jin Yoon (Korea University)August 26 (Tue) Politics/Security
Wang Yizhou (Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy ofSocial Science)
Tsuneo Akaha (Monterey Institute of International Studies; GIARI, WasedaUniversity)August 28 (Thu) Economics
Terreso S. Tullao (De LaSalle University)
Jong-Wha Lee (Asian Development Bank)August 29 (Fri) Multidisciplinary
Vitit Muntarbhorn (Chulalongkorn University)
Miao Chang (Tsinghua University)

Call for Participants:The Summer Institute is open to all PhD students interested in Asian regional
integration
Number of students: 20Fee and payment for those who apply from overseas universities: Airfare andaccommodation expenses (Seven Nights & Eight Days) will be covered byGIARI.

Application Procedure:Submit an application form as well as an abstract of the paper you will present
at the Summer Institute.
Deadline for the submission of necessary documents: July 7, 2008
The application form can be downloaded from the GIARI Web site.
http://www.waseda-giari.jp
The abstract should be a maximum of 250 words, including your name,affiliation, paper’s title, and the subject category to which you are applying.
Abstracts will be judged on strength and coherence of argument, originality,
appropriate use of methodology, and knowledge of existing debates.
Necessary documents for applying (application form and abstract) and any
inquiries should be sent to the GIARI Office: GIARI-Staff@list.waseda.jp