International Symposium
“Ethnicities in China and their Interaction with Global Society in the era of BELT and ROAD INITIATIVE”

Date: November 4th, 2018

13:30～17:00

Place: Waseda University International Conference Center,
1-20-14, Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo

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Fee: Free of Charge

Participants: Registration is not required

Language: English

Agenda:
13:30 ~
Opening Address———–MATSUMOTO, Masumi (Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology)
Chair Person————–SHIMBO, Atsuko (Professor, Waseda University)

Keynote Speech
13:40 ~ 14:10
Ethnicity as Soft Power: the Role of Migrating Hui to the Belt and Road Initiatives
————- MA Qiang (Professor of Institute for Western Frontier Region of China,　Shaanxi Normal University)

14:10 ~ 14: 40
A Change in Ethnicity/Religiosity of Hui People and Tourism Development:
A Case Study of Hui Muslim Society in Yunnan Province, China
———— NARA, Masashi　(Associate Professor of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University)

14:40 ~ 14:55 Tea Break

14:55~ 15:25 Brokers of the ‘New Silk Road’?: A Case Study of Kazakhstani Dungans
————Assel G. BITABAROVA　(PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University)

15:25~ 15:55 Chinese Muslim Women’s Networking on the Global Arena in the Era of BELT and ROAD INITIATIVE. The case of Little Mecca’s nuxiao’s overseas students in Malaysia
——-Francesca ROSATI, (PhD Candidate, Leiden University, University Institute of Area Studies- Paris EHESS CECMC)

15:55 ~ 16:15 Comments
—–UNNO, Noriko (Postdoctoral research fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Chuo University))

16:15 ~ 16:35 Answers from Presenters

16:35 ~ 16:55 Discussions

16:55 ~ 17:00 Closing Remarks———– MATSUMOTO, Masumi

This International Symposium is financially supported and sponsored by Grants‐in‐aid for Scientific Research (B), Project Number 16H03460 “A Study of the Legacy of Belt and Road Initiative of China and her Cultural Strategy toward Outer World through Ethnic Networking” (Principal Investigator: MATSUMOTO, Masumi, Professor of Muroran Institute of Technology)
This Symposium is also supported by Organization for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda University

Inquiry to MATSUMOTO, Masumi
Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585
Phone: 0143-46-5817
E-mail: m-matsumoto□mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp　　(Please change □ into @)