Coming up in January 2003

COMING UP IN JANUARY 2003 AT THE EAST-WEST CENTER

• Korean Centennial Conference: “Enhancing the Partnership Between Korea and the United States in the 21st Century”
  
• Conference on “Institutional Change in Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn’t”
  
• Symposium on Global Income Growth in the 21st Century
  
• Seminar: College Quality and Earnings in the Japanese Labor Market
  
• New Publication: "The Demographic and Political Imperatives for Improving Crown-Maori Relations in Aotearoa-New Zealand"
  
• In the Arts . . .
  o -- Exhibition: Ramayana in the Arts of Asia
  
• Looking Ahead . . .

Korean Centennial Conference: "Enhancing the Partnership Between Korea and the United States in the 21st Century."
January 6-8, 2003 at the EWC. This conference will bring together scholars from Korea and the U.S. recognized for their contributions to Korean studies and the promotion of Korea-U.S. relations. The purpose of this conference is to assess the special relationship between Korea and the U.S. as part of the centennial celebration of Korean immigration to the U.S.

The Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States, The Asia Research Institute of Korea University, the University of Hawaii’s Center for Korean Studies, and the East-West Center’s Northeast Asia Development Program are jointly sponsoring this conference. Funded by The Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the U.S.

Coordinators: Choong Nam Kim, project coordinator, EWC Research Program
(808)944-7372, E-mail: KimCN@EastWestCenter.org
Edward Shultz, director of the University of Hawaii’s Center for Korean Studies

Conference on Institutional Change in Japan: Why It Happens, Why It Doesn't
January 5 - 6, 2003
John A. Burns Hall 3121/3125, East-West Center
The project's goal is to introduce the concept of institutional change as a significant factor for understanding Japan's ongoing economic crisis. Through a careful examination of the historical, political and economic roots of institutional change in Japan and discussions with policy analysts, the research team plans to provide a new framework for understanding contemporary Japanese economic policy. Coordinator: Sumner LaCroix
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi (808) 944-7510, E-mail:EguchiC@EastWestCenter.org

Symposium on Global Income Growth in the 21st Century
January 9-10, 2003 at the EWC.
The purpose of the symposium is to stimulate research on forecasting long-term economic growth. Scholars from Asia, the U.S., and Europe will be discussing preliminary work. Completed studies will be presented at a meeting being held in Stockholm, Sweden in September 2003. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Institute for Future Studies (Stockholm), the East-West Center, the Demographic Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. By invitation only.
EWC contact: Andrew Mason (808) 944-7455, E-mail: amason@hawaii.edu

Seminar: College Quality and Earnings in the Japanese Labor Market Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 12:00-1:00 p.m., John A. Burns Hall Room 3012, 3rd floor
Hiroshi Ono, assistant professor, The European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, is the speaker. His specialty is economics and sociology of education, family, and labor. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1999.

Abstract: The motivations underlying the pursuit of college prestige in Japan presumes a labor market that rewards workers according to the quality of the college that they attended. Yet, studies that examine the relationship between college quality and earnings in Japan remain few and riddled with shortcomings. This paper examines the returns to college education among Japanese men. Using a 1995 cross-sectional data of Japanese workers, I find that college quality significantly improves earnings. My findings confirm that college quality plays a crucial role in shaping both incentives and earnings in the Japanese labor market. The paper also examines the so-called distinctive features of the Japanese labor market, and confirms the significant impact of tenure and firm size on earnings, and the similarity in the earnings profiles between blue- and white-collar workers.

Full text versions of the paper and accompanying tables:

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For further information, please contact Sumner La Croix at 944-7508.
E-mail: lacroix@EastWestCenter.org

New Publication:

"The Demographic and Political Imperatives for Improving Crown-Maori Relations in Aotearoa-New Zealand," AsiaPacific Issues, No. 64, November 2002 by Harry A. Kersey, Jr., Honolulu: East-West Center. 8 pages.

Summary: Nearly a decade has passed since the United Nations declared International Year of the World’s Indigenous People. Yet issues of social and economic marginalization, inequality, cultural survival, and change related to indigenous peoples continue to challenge the global community. In Aotearoa-New Zealand the Pakeha (Caucasian) settler population for many decades dominated the political landscape, leaving little voice for the nation’s indigenous Maori people struggling for greater rights. Today, however, the growing Maori population makes New Zealand the only First World country in which the indigenous people’s movement for self-determination is sufficiently large to promise the possibility of major societal transformations. Over the past quarter century, regardless of which political party or coalition held power, escalating Maori demographic trends and increased political activism have encouraged the Crown to address Maori concerns and grievances. Today, with one out of four children under the age of five a Maori, the government has little option but to negotiate with a growing indigenous community.

CONTACT:
Harry A. Kersey, Jr., professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.
(561) 297-3859. E-mail: kersey@fau.edu PDF file available online at www.eastwestcenter.org/res-rp-publicationdetails.asp

In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: Ramayana in the Arts of Asia

This exhibition -- running through January 3 -- in the EWC Gallery features numerous art works from South and Southeast Asia depicting scenes from the classical Hindu epic story, the Ramayana. The visiting scholar and guest curator is EWC alumnus Garrett Kam, a resident of Bali.

EWC arts programs are made possible by support from the Hawai'i Pacific Rim Society, the Hawai'i Community Foundation, the Jackie Chan Foundation, the Arthur Goodfriend Fund, Hawaiian Airlines, and by generous contributions to the EWC Foundation.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday Noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays. Admission is free. Visitor parking on the adjacent UH campus is $3 and is usually easily available after 4 p.m. weekdays; Sunday parking is normally free and ample.
EWC ARTS CONTACTS: Pattie Dunn (808) 944-7584 or William Feltz.
E-mail: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org

L o o k i n g A h e a d . . .

2003

February 12: “An International Affair," EWC Foundation annual dinner, Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom.

February 13-14: East-West Center Board of Governors Meeting.

February 19-20: Regime of Military Activities in the EEZ: The Tokyo Round in Japan.

February 19-21: Air Pollution Risk Analysis – Needs Assessment Workshop for Developing Countries.

February 20-22: EWC International Graduate Student Conference: “A Sense of Place in the Pacific and Asia: Socioeconomic, Cultural, Political and Environmental Identities.” See the website: EWC International Graduate Student Conference.

February 20-21: In Whose Interests? -- The Future of the U.S. Military in Asia (Planning Workshop at EWC).

March 18 - April 2: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships (EWC 3/19-20, Hong Kong & China 3/21-4/2).

March 20-22: Internal Conflicts in Asia: II (Aceh and Papua Study Groups, Bali, and Jakarta Indonesia).

March 24-25: Internal Conflicts in Asia: II (The Southern Philippines Study Group, Manila Philippines).

April (tentative): APEF Workshops, 2 U.S. Mainland cities.

April 9-13: Regional Workshop on Traditions of Dissent in Asian Societies. National Endowment for the Humanities.

April (TBA): U.S.-Japan Overseas Development Agency Dialog Seminar (2 ½ days at EWC).

May 5-6: Internal Conflicts in Asia: II (Xinjiang and Tibet Study Groups, Mongolia, China or Singapore).

May 4-31: Spring 2003 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC 5/4-11).

May 29 – June 28: 34th Summer Seminar on Population.

June 1 - 28: 10th Workshop on Community-based Management of Forest Lands (Bangkok, Thailand).

June 19-22: Annual Meeting of ASPAC (Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, the West Coast Regional Affiliate of Association of Asian Studies) hosted by EWCA, EWC, and UH (at EWC).

July 23-August 1: Pacific Islands Management Training Seminar.<br.>
August 3-6: 5th Senior Policy Seminar (at EWC).

August 10-24: 2nd Women’s Leadership Program (EWC 8/10-16 and Sydney, Australia 8/17-24).

August 19-23: Internal Conflicts in Asia: III (at EWC).

August 28-29: Asian Global Energy Markets Conference (at EWC).

September (TBA): Asia Pacific Conference on Information and Communication Technology (Seoul, 2 ½ days).

September 1-14: 13th New Generation Seminar (EWC 8/1-6, Asia 8/7-14).

September 9-21 (tentative): 4th Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships (EWC, Singapore & Taipei, Taiwan).

October 5 – Nov. 1: Fall 2003 Jefferson Fellowships.

1st half of October: 3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum (2-3 days, New Delhi, India).

November 10-14: 30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) (with Pacific Disaster Center, 5 days, Honolulu).

November 14-19 EWCA Reunion for 1960's Grantees. </br.>