At the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies at Meiji University, June 1, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the June Fourth and Tiananmen Square incident , and the following international symposium will be held at Meiji University.
“June 4th 30th Anniversary Symposium.”
“Considering the June Fourth and Tiananmen Square Incident.”
Date and Time: Saturday, June 1, 2019, 10:00~17:00
“Speaker Biography.”
Andrew J. Nathan（アンドリューJ.ネイサン）
Born in the United States in 1943. Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Political Science. His areas of expertise include Chinese politics, diplomacy, human rights, and political culture. He studied History (B.A), East Asian Studies (M.A.), and Political Science (Ph.D.) at Harvard University. Since 1971, he has taught at Columbia University, serving as Director of the East Asian Institute (1991-1995) and Dean of the Department of Political Science (2003-2006), and currently serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of the Human Rights Research Center at Columbia University. His major works include The Tiananmen Papers (Japanese translation: Zhang Liang (ed., A.J. Nathan, ‘Tiananmen Documents’, Bungeishunjusha) (2001), Negotiating Culture and Human Rights: Beyond Universalism and Relativism (2001), and How East Asians View Democracy (2008). ) with Robert Ross, The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress, second edition (2009) with Andrew Scobell. China’s Search for Security (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012), etc
Wang Dan
Born in 1969 in Beijing, China. Human rights activist and historian. During the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, he became known worldwide as the supreme leader of students, alongside Wu Arkaishi and Chai Ling, disciples of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo. Visiting Assistant Professor at National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan). He holds a PhD from Harvard University.
Ko Hei
Born in 1947 in Beijing, China, he currently resides in New York, USA, and serves as the honorary editor-in-chief of ‘Beijing Spring.’ Honorary Director of the Independent Chinese Pen Club. In 1978, he entered the Graduate School of Philosophy at Peking University. He majored in the history of Western philosophy and earned a master’s degree in philosophy. After working at Beijing Publishing House and the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, he entered the doctoral program at Harvard University in 1987. He held positions such as Chairman of the China Democratic Unity League and Editor-in-Chief of the magazines ‘China Spring’ and ‘Beijing Spring.’
Zhang Boxhu
Born in Beijing, China in 1955. In 1991, he completed the doctoral program at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. PhD in philosophy. Until 2010, he was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and is currently a visiting professor at Columbia University. Political Science (Chinese Politics). His major works include ‘A Study on the Feasibility of China’s Constitutional Reform’ (Hong Kong, Nong Zhong Bookstore), ‘Altering China—Chinese Political Thought Since the 1969 June 4th Incident in China’ (Japanese translation: ‘The Intellectual History of New Totalitarianism: Lectures on Modern China at Columbia University,’ Hakusuisha, 2019) (Hong Kong, Soyuan Bookstore), among others.
Susumu
Yabuki
Born in 1938. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo in 1962. After serving as a reporter for Toyo Keizai Inc., researcher at the Institute of Developing Economies, and professor at Yokohama City University, he became Professor Emeritus at Yokohama City University. Director of the 21st Century China Research Institute and representative director of the Kanichi Asakawa Memorial Association. His major works include ‘Unraveling Okinawa’s Territory’ (Kyōkyō Publishing), ‘Xi Jinping’s Dream’ (Kadensha), ‘South China Sea Territorial Disputes and Japan’ (same publisher), and ‘The Origin of Submission to the United States: Perry’s White Flag’ (same publishing), among others.
Organizer: Meiji University Institute of Modern Chinese Studies
will hold the June 4th 30th Anniversary Symposium | Meiji University (meiji.ac.jp).