Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) at Harvard University is a research center focusing on Japan. It provides a forum for stimulating scholarly and public interest.[1]
The Institute's function is to develop and coordinate activities concerning Japan among the various faculties at Harvard. RIJS responds to scholarly and public interest in Japan from outside Harvard; and RIJS supports outreach activities such as lectures, conferences, symposia, exhibitions and films.[1]
History
In 1973, Edwin Reischauer established the Japan Institute at Harvard.[1] In honor of his 75th birthday in 1985, the Harvard Board of Trustees renamed it The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, to honor Reischauer's contributions to the institute.[2]
Directors
The RIJS Directors are selected from its senior faculty.[3] Through 2015, there have been ten Institute Directors serving twelve intervals:
- Edwin Reischauer, 1974-1981
- Donald Shively, 1981-1983
- Albert M. Craig, 1983-1985
- Howard Hibbett, 1985-1988
- Harold Bolitho, 1988-1991
- Akira Iriye, 1991-1995
- Helen Hardacre, 1995-1998
- Andrew Gordon, 1998-2004; 2011-2012
- Susan Pharr, 2002-2003; 2004-2011
- Theodore C. Bestor, 2012–present
Selected works
RIJS's published list of occasional papers on Japanese Studies encompasses 51 works in 83 publications in 1 language and 410 library holdings.[4]
- Multiple Logics of the Welfare State: Skills, Protection, and Female Labor in Japan and Selected OECD countries (1999) by Margarita Estévez-Abe
- Cost Reduction in Transmission and Distribution: a Key Issue for Liberalization of the Power Market (1999) by Shinya Nishigata
- Compliance from Within : MITI's Transition and Japan's Changing GATT Behavior (1999) by Amy Searight
- The Social Responsibility of Corporations (1999) by Masatoshi Taguchi
- Japan's Future Employment System: Recommendations Based on a Study of the Japanese and U.S. Labor Markets (2000) by Koki Hayakawa
- Exploration of Management Methods for Sustainable Development in Regional Governments (2000) by Nobuo Ino
- Style Differences at International Negotiations: a Comparison between Japan and the United States: Case Study of the International Negotiations on Global Climate Change (2000) by Takashi Kageyama
- Toward a More Desirable System of Foreign Exchange Management in Asia: Possible Roles for Japan and the United States (2000) by Yasuhiro Maki
- Reflections on Modern Japanese History in the Context of the Concept of "Genocide" (2001) by Gavan McCormack
- Policy Legacies: Japan's Responses to Domestic and International Environmental Problems (2000) by Isao Miyaoka
- Foreign Direct Investment Strategies of Japanese High-technology Firms in East Asia (2000) by Patricia A Nelson
- The Evolution of Japan's Politico-security Role in the Asia-Pacific Region: an Insider's View (2000) by Seiichiro Otsuka
- Respect for the Elderly's Votes: Theories of Interests and the Elderly in Japanese Healthcare Policy, 1995-2000 (2000) by Paul David Talcott
- Management of Internet Domain Names (2000) by Hidekazu Tanaka
- Rediscovering Women in Tokugawa Japan (2000) by Yutaka Yabuta
- From Feudal Fishing Villagers to an Archipelago's Peoples: the Historiographical Journey of Amino Yoshihiko (2005) by William Johnston
See also
- Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins
Notes
References
- Deptula, Nancy Monteith and Hess, Michael M. (1996) The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies: a Twenty-year Chronicle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 041181357
Further reading
- RIJS. (2001) Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University, 2000-2001 Annual Report. OCLC 061741419