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There is a growing consensus among scientists
that ‘race’ is not a valid biological concept that applies to human beings.
New scientific knowledge, especially in human and population genetics, confirms
the view that human beings are not divided into discrete and exclusive biogenetic
groups as the word ‘race’ implies. If human races are not a biological reality,
how and why did the idea come to be applied to the human population, what
were the conditions in which ideas of human races gained currency ? In this
Kyoto symposium, our primary focus will be on the relationship of the idea
of race to colonialism and the rise of nation-states. Racial theories began
to be developed in Europe and North America in the 18th century, and ‘scientific
racism’ reached its peak in the 19th and early 20th centuries, whilst these
ideas also became deeply rooted in many societies including Japan, India,
and East Africa, as we will be seen in this symposium. Is ‘race’, however,
simply an idea imported from Europe and North America or is it an idea that
arises out of some similar political or economic conditions? As the first
attempt of its kind in Japan, scholars specializing in these issues from
different disciplines in the US, UK, India, East Africa, and Japan will assemble
to discuss this important issue.September 19, 2002 at Kyoto International Conference Hall Room D Tel.075(705)1234 No registration fee required.
Please contact by e-mail or fax, indicating your name, affiliation,
address, fax number, |
| 10:00 Opening Welcome Address
Sakagami Takash (The Director of the IRH, Kyoto
University)
Yasuko Takezawa(Organizer, Kyoto University) |
| Part I. (10:00〜11:45) Chair: Kazumichi Katayama (Kyoto University, Japan)
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| １．“Is Race a Universal Idea?: Issues and Challenges” |
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Yasuko Takezawa (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| ２．“Race : Social Construct vs. Biological Reallity ” |
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BRACE, C. Loring （University of Michigan, USA）
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| ３．“Farewell to Races” |
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Naruya Saitou (National Institute of Genetics, Japan) |
| 11:45 Lunch Break |
| Part II. (12:45〜14:15) Chair: Kozo Watanabe (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
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| １．“Race and Inequality in
19th century Europe: |
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Robert Moore(University of Liverpool, UK) |
| ２．“Racial Ideology in North America” |
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Audrey Smedley (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) |
| ３．“Race and Racism in Imperial Japan” |
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Ichiro Tomiyama (Osaka University, Japan) |
| 14:15 Short Break |
| Part III. (14:25〜15:55)
Chair: Masakazu Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan)
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| １．“Racism and Buraku Discrimination (Discriminated Hamlet) in Japan” |
|
Midori Kurokawa (Shizuoka University, Japan) |
| ２． “Colonialism, Casteism
and the Myth of Race: A Historical Perspective |
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Subhadra Channa (University of Delhi, India) |
| ３． “The Residue of Racist Images of Africa: 'Semitic', 'Hamitic'
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Eisei Kurimoto (Osaka University, Japan) |
| 15:55 Coffee break |
| Discussion (16:10〜17:30) Chairperson: Kozo Watanabe (Ritsumeikan University,
Japan)
16:10 Commentator: Shin'ichi Yamamuro (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| 17:30 End of Conference 18:00 Reception 20:00 End of Reception |