HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: HISTORY, CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
2007 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Symposium
HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: HISTORY, CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
The Asian Division of the Library of Congress and The Embassy of Japan are proud to present a symposium on the history of U.S.-Japan Cultural Exchange on Friday, April 6, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Featured speakers include esteemed violinist Ms. Midori Goto, Professor Naoyuki Agawa of Keio University and Professor Michael Auslin of Yale University. The symposium is free and open to the public (the Members Room, first floor, Jefferson Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C).
The schedule for the symposium follows:
Moderator:
Dr. Dick K. Nanto
Specialist, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
9:00–9:30 Registration and refreshments
9:30–9:45 Opening remarks
Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief, Asian Division
Library of Congress
The Honorable Ryozo Kato
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Japan to the United States of America
9:45–10:00 Welcoming remarks
Dr. James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
The Honorable Norman Mineta
Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton, Inc
Former Secretary of Transportation
10:00–10:30 The Presence of Western Music in Japan: Then & Now
Ms. Midori Goto, Violinist, Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin, Professor of Strings/Harp, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
10:30–10:40 Questions & Answers
10:40–11:10 One and a Half Centuries of the Japan-U.S. Cultural Exchanges: Libraries across the Sea
Professor Naoyuki Agawa
Professor, Department of Policy Management, Keio University, Tokyo
Former Minister of Public Affairs, the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.
11:10–11:20 Questions & Answers
11:20–11:40 Break
11:40–12:10 Pacific Cosmopolitans: U.S.-Japan Cultural Exchange in the 20th Century
Dr. Michael Auslin, Associate Professor of Japanese History
Yale University
12:10–12:30 Questions & Answers
Please contact Kiyoyo Pipher or Eiichi Ito for more inforamtion.
E-mail: kpip@loc.gov; eito@loc.gov
Telephone: (202)707-3541; 8054
Fax: (202)707-1724
(For ADA accommodations, please contact (202)707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov five days in advance.)