Tenth ASEF University, Tokyo, Japan, May - June 2004
The tenth edition of the ASEF University (AU10) was co-organised with Keio University from 22 May – 5 June 2004 in Tokyo, Japan, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.
The theme of the AU10 was ‘ 'Enlarging European Union and Asia ''. During the two-week programme, a total of 38 participants from 35 universities in 23 ASEM member countries participated in the programme. They attended lecturers delivered by the academics and practitioners from Asia and Europe, which were divided into two parts: (1) Enlarging EU and the Future and Europe; and (2) Regional Integration in Asia and Asia-Europe Relations.
For the first time, two symposia, one on "Enlarging EU and the Future of Europe", and the other on "Regional Integration in Asia and Asia-Europe Relations", were organised in line with the programme theme. The former touched on EU-related issues such as the impact of EU enlargement on European economic, monetary, and political integration as well as the less integrated and more contentious field of security while the latter focused on EU's approach and contributions to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
One of the highlights of the AU10 programme was a special lecture by Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, on the occasion of receiving the honorary doctorate from Keio University.
Apart from academic lectures, the cultural programme included visits to the Great Buddha in Kamakura, historic district of Asakusa and the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation etc. Participants also attended a performance of the ancient Japanese art form of Kabuki as well as an overnight stay in a traditional Japanese Inn (Ryokan).
The AU10 lectures comprised of:
- H.E. Mr Bernhard Zepter, Ambassador and Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission in Japan
“The Process of European Integration and the Draft European Constitution” - Professor Finn Laursen, Professor of International Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
“The Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Why, How and Implications” - Professor Sahoko Kaji, Professor of International Economics, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
“The Euro, the Enlarged EU and Asia” - Professor Emil Kirchner, Jean Monnet Professor and Co-ordinator, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Essex
“Security Within and Beyond EU Borders” - Associate Professor Dr Apirat Petchsiri, Director, European Studies Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University and President of ECSA
“How European Integration is Perceived in Asia: The Academicians' Point of View” - Professor Brian Bridges, Department of Politics and Sociology, Lingnan University
“Learning from Europe: Lessons for Asian Pacific Regionalism”
(Presented by Professor Fukunari Kimura, Faculty of Economics, Keio University) - Dr Bernhard May, Deputy Director, Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations
“Trilateral Relations in a Globalising World: ASEM and the United States” - Professor Alfredo C. Robles, Jr, Professor, Department of Political Science, De La Salle University – Manila
“The ASEAN Free Trade Area and the Construction of a Southeast Asian Economic Community in East Asia" - Professor Sung-Hoon Park, Professor of Economics and European Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University
“ASEM and the Future of Asia-Europe Relations: Backgrounds, Main Characteristics and New Challenges” - Dr Julie Gilson, Lecturer in International Studies, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
“Asia Meets Europe: the View from Europe” - Professor Yoshihide Soeya, Professor of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Law, Keio University
“Regional Co-operation in Northeast Asia” - Dr Michael Reiterer, Minister, Delegation of the European Commission in Japan
”Asia-Europe, Do they Meet?: Revisited”