In 1990, joint research seminars were initiated in cooperation with the American University. The seminar is currently in its fourth phase. In the past phases, seminars and conferences were held alternately in Washington, D.C. and Kyoto. Furthermore, the 1995 Chicago Conference on the occasion of ISA meeting was especially successful. In Chicago, additional papers were submitted by new partners to this collaboration from South Korea and North Korea.
Graduate students read their papers as well.
The 1996 ISA Conference was held in San Diego in April. Ritsumeikan professors participated in a joint Ritsumeikan-American session. In May, the Institute hosted the General Conference of the International Political Research Association of Japan at Ritsumeikan. In September 1996, the ISA Makuhari Conference will be held in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. The Institute will send panelists to the conference.