Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar

Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar

Osaka University

Date: 11 June 2019 (Tuesday)

Venue: Academic Exchange Room, 3rd floor of Building E, Minoh Campus, Osaka University

https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access/index.html#minoh (access map)

https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access/minoh/minoh.html (campus map: #3)

For more information, contact:

Yoneyuki Sugita ( sugita@lang.osaka-u.ac.jp )

10:30-12:00 Session 1

Mapping out the landscape of China’s bilateral relations in the new era:

The case of the Western Balkans

(Jelena Gledić, Senior Instructor, University of Belgrade)

Discussant: Victor Teo (Assistant Professor, U. of Hong Kong)

12: 0 5-1 2 : 5 5 Lunch Meeting (Younger scholars’ brief presentations etc.)

13: 00 -14: 30 Session 2

Europe’s connectivity strategy and the China challenge

(Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs)

Discussant: Victor Teo (Assistant Professor, U. of Hong Kong)

*Seminar papers for both sessions are available for prospective participants.