Past Events at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan
May 2019
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Friday, May 3rd Glenn Gould Roundtable 2019: Japanese and Other Perspectives on the Canadian Icon of Music and Technology
Date Time Location Friday, May 3, 2019 2:00PM - 4:30PM Seminar Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place + Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
A gathering of colleagues, friends, writers/artists and scholars of Glenn Gould (1932-1982) to develop new perspectives by sharing memories, recent news and achievements as well as forthcoming events and projects. The event will involve presentations and a film screening.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Glenn Gould and Japan: A Two-Way Street”
Junichi Miyazawa
Junichi Miyazawa, Ph.D., is music/literary critic and award-winning professor of humanities at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. In 2018/19 he is Visiting Scholar at Massey College; Visiting Professor at Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, and St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. He is one of the world’s leading Glenn Gould scholars. His major books are: Glenn Gould: A Perspective (Tokyo, 2004), McLuhan’s View (Tokyo, 2008), and Thinking Music (co-authored, Tokyo, 2017).“Malleability and Machines: Glenn Gould and the Technological Self”
Edward Jones-Imhotep
Edward Jones-Imhotep is a cultural historian of science and technology and Associate Professor of History at York University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His book,The Unreliable Nation: Hostile Nature and Technological Failure in the Cold War (MIT Press), won the 2018 Sidney Edelstein Prize for the best scholarly book in history of technology.“Evolving Interpretative Approach in Glenn Gould’s Recordings of Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata”
Michael Thibodeau
Dr. Michael Thibodeau is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto. Equally at home in the library carrel as on the piano bench, Michael has spent unreasonable amounts of time researching the interpretative processes performers use to bring notation into sound. His dissertation is an ontological examination of concepts belonging to common practice—namely, musicality and authenticity.“Matter of North: An Anthology”
Anthony Cushing
Anthony Cushing received his Ph.D. in musicology from Western University in 2013. He completed an undergraduate degree in music at Acadia University where he majored in composition and cello performance. In 2003, he had the distinction of being the first graduate student in music at the University of Southern Maine where he studied composition with J. Mark Scearce and Elliott Schwartz. His current research interest is in Glenn Gould’s Solitude Trilogy radio documentaries.FILM SCREENING:
Radio as Music (1975)
A long-forgotten film in which Gould talks about composing radio documentaries with interviewer John Thompson and sound technician Donald Logan. (30 minutes)
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Wednesday, May 8th Prospects for Japan's G20 Osaka Summit
Date Time Location Wednesday, May 8, 2019 9:00AM - 6:00PM The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, + Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Japan hossted the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka on June 28-29, 2019. In anticipation of that meeting, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan and the G20 Research Group of the University of Toronto hosted a one-day symposium on May 8, 2019 to survey the agenda for the summit and provide an assessment of its prospects. In addition to leaders of G20 countries, other leaders and the heads of many international organizations were invited. It was the largest summit Japan has ever hosted. According to Prime Minister Abe, “At the Osaka Summit, Japan is determined to lead global economic growth by promoting free trade and innovation, achieving both economic growth and reduction of disparities, and contributing to the development agenda and other global issues. Furthermore, we will discuss how to address the digital economy from an institutional perspective and issues that arise from an aging society. We will introduce Japan’s efforts, including the productivity revolution amid a “Society 5.0” era, towards achieving a society where all individuals are actively engaged.” The day-long U of T symposium was held in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place on May 8, beginning at 9AM. A range of distinguished officials and scholars from Japan, Canada, Europe, and the United States discussed the evolving G20 agenda. All were welcome to attend. View a live webcast of the symposium here.
PROGRAM | PROSPECTS FOR JAPAN’S G20 OSAKA SUMMIT 8:30AM | REGISTRATION 9:00-9:15AM | WELCOME Consul-General Takako Ito, Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto OVERVIEW John Kirton, Co-Founder and Director, G7 Research Group Co-Founder and Director, G20 Research Group and Interim Director, International Relations Program, University of Toronto Louis Pauly, Interim Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy J. Stefan Dupré Distinguished Professor of Political Economy, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto 9:15-10:30AM | G20 SUMMIT PERFORMANCE, 2008-2019 Chair: John Kirton Evolution of the G20 Len Edwards, G20 Sherpa for Canada (2008-10) Japan, the United States, and the G20 Economy Robert Fauver, US G7 Sherpa (1993-94) President, Fauver Associates, LLC Do G20 Commitments Count? The 2019 Compliance Report Alessandra Cicci and Ji Yoon Han, Co-Chairs, Summit Studies, G20 Research Group (2019 Osaka Summit), University of Toronto 10:30-11:00AM | BREAK 11:00AM-12:15PM | PREPARATION AND PROSPECTS FOR THE OSAKA SUMMIT Chair: Louis Pauly The Agenda for Osaka Shotaro Oshima, G7 Sherpa (2002) Chairman, Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Osaka G20 Conception and Hopes Jonathan Fried, Current G20 Sherpa for Canada Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative, World Trade Organization Japan and Global Economic Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World Motoshige Itoh, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan Professor, International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University, Japan 12:15-1:15PM | LUNCH BREAK 1:15-2:30PM | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY: CHALLENGES IN TRADE AND FINANCE Chair: Tiff Macklem, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Challenges in the Trading System Matthew Goodman, Senior Vice President; Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC The World Economic Outlook & G20 Options Patrick Cirillo, Principal Assistant to the Secretary, International Monetary Fund Multilateral Cooperation for Financial Stability: A Historical Perspective and Prospect Sara Konoe, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University, Japan 2:30-3:45PM | SOCIETY 5.0: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PROMISE OF INCLUSION Chair: David Welch, University Research Chair and Professor of Political Science, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo New Frontiers for Economic Governance and the Promotion of Diversity Paola Subacchi, Professor, International Economics, Queen Mary University London Visiting Professor, University of Bologna, Italy Science in Global Health and Wellness Mal Evans, Chief Scientific Officer, KGK Science, London, ON Sustainable Oceans and the Management of Plastic Waste Atsushi Sunami, President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation Executive Advisor to the President and Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan Performance and Possibilities for G20 Gender Governance Julia Kulik, Director of Research, G20 Research Group, University of Toronto 3:45-4:15PM | BREAK 4:15-5:30PM | SOCIETY 5.0: TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND FUTURE PROSPERITY Chair: Alan Alexandroff, Director, Global Summitry Project; Senior Editor, Global Summitry: Politics, Economics and Law in International Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto Governance of AI in Society 5.0: Japan’s Domestic Challenge and International Strategy Hideaki Shiroyama, Professor, Public Administration, Graduate School of Public Policy and Graduate School for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan The G20’s Governance of Climate Change Ella Kokotsis, Director of Accountability, G20 Research Groups, University of Toronto Innovation in a Global Digital Environment Carin Holroyd, Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan President, Japan Studies Association of Canada 5:30-5:45PM | CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS The Honourable William C. Graham, Chancellor of Trinity College, University of Toronto 5:45-6:30 | RECEPTION
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