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RCAST Security Seminar #08 Special Lecture and reception on contemporary Israeli politics featuring Prof. Akifumi Ikeda

Event Information

Date and Time March 22, 2019 13:30 - 16:00
Venue

ENEOS Hall, 1st. floor of 3-s bldg., RCAST, The University of Tokyo

RCAST is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Akifumi Ikeda, a leading political scientist specialized in Israeli politics and international security of the Middle East. He talks about current Israeli politics and its policy on regional and international security. Lecture will be followed by reception.

13:30-14:30
Lecture “Israeli Politics and its Security Policy”
by Prof. Akifumi Ikeda moderated by Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi
14:30-16:00
Reception

Speaker: Akifumi Ikeda, President and Professor of Toyo-Eiwa University in Yokohama, Japan

Moderator: Satoshi Ikeuchi, Professor of Religion and Global Security, RCAST, the University of Tokyo

Language:
The lecture will be delivered in Japanese. The speaker and moderator are happy to respond to questions and comments in English.

Reception:
Join us after-the-lecture meeting in conjunction, sharing the interests on Israel and the Middle East.

Refreshments will be served.

Speakers Bio:
Professor Akifumi Ikeda is President of Toyo-Eiwa University in Yokohama, Japan. He teaches International Relations and Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics. He has been a leading scholar on Israeli politics and its security policy. He was involved in many confidence building measures sponsored by Japanese governmental agencies and NGOs mediating between Israel and Palestinian people. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1984-86, and again in 1995-96. He serves as a Vice President of the Japan Israel Friendship Association (JIFA).

Categories: Open to members of public, RCAST and The University of Tokyo Staff, Faculty & Students

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