Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2013
Head to the leafy surroundings of the ICU campus in Mitaka this Saturday for a weighty meeting of minds. “Human Security In Crisis?” is an international academic symposium, featuring world-renowned Columbia University Professor Saskia Sassen, and conference organizer, Human Security expert Giorgio Shani.
The theme is as follows:
“The global financial crisis has resulted in what Saskia Sassen describes as a “savage sorting of winners and losers” on a global scale. In Japan after 3/11, restoring a sense of security among the Japanese population and wider global community remains an urgent task. Yet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ambition to revise Article 9 of Japan’s constitution hints at a return to traditional security concerns. Human security, in short, may be a casualty of a return to power politics.”
- When? Sat, Jan 26, 9:30am-6pm
- Where? ICU (International Christian University)
- Address? 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi [map below]
- Nearest stn? Musashi-sakai
- More info? http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/ssri
