Graduate School of International Relations held the PCM training session as part of International Organizations Workshop on November 15th.　

Project Cycle Management is well known as the management method for professional fields of development and international cooperation, covering problem identification in a community, causes and effects analysis, building a project design (resource input), and evaluation. This training session was conducted in English with many international students from Myanmar, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Liberia, Sudan, Germany and the United States.In this diverse environment, students work in jointly developing improvement plan for the areas of developing countries.

Professor KOYAMA commented that the PCM method was a practical common knowledge needed for experts working in international development and cooperation fields, and it could be adopted in a variety of issues to be solved. Foreign students seemed enjoyed practicing this workshop.  

International Organization Workshop

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gsir/eng/education/first/feature.html/

Special Lecture. Title: "The Implications of Abe's Nationalism Domestically and Diplomatically".

Guest Speaker: Professor Jeff Kingston. Professor Kingston is the Director of Asian Studies and Professor of History at Temple University Japan. He has written extensively on modern Japan including a second edition of his monograph Contemporary Japan (2013) and his edited volume, Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (2014) which has just been published. He also writes a weekly column “Counterpoint" for the Japan Times. Professor Kingston's op-eds and book reviews appear in the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Japan Times and Bangkok Post.

This lecture examines how the current Abe’s nationalism has affected Japanese politics and diplomacy.  The lecture was held in Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, on November 10, 2014, hosted by the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) and Ritsumeikan University's Graduate School of International Relations.

Approximately 30 participants attended the lecture.

This lecture was held in Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus on November 10, 2014. 

Ritsumeikan University's College of International Relations and the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) under research program namely "Research Core for Peace with Ritsumeikan Interdisciplinary Studies" were the hosts of this lecture.

Approximately 50 participants attended and listened attentively to the resourceful insight and detail material of professor Hinton’s lecture.               

The Admission Guidance Session of the Graduate School of International Relations will be held as described below:

Date:November 20, 2014
Time:12:15-12:55
Place:Koshinkan728, Kinugasa Campus

In this session, a faculty member of the graduate school will introduce the graduate school and a staff member of the Administrative Office will explain about admissions. They will answer any of your questions such as "what can we learn at the graduate school?"

If you are interested in going on to the Graduate School of International Relations, this session will be a great opportunity. Please come and join us!

The College of International Relations and the Graduate School of International Relations will participate in the Japan Education Fair 2014 on Sat, November 15 in Hanoi and Sun, November 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Please come and visit our booth.

For more details, visit the following link at:

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/info_fair_vietnam_2014_e.html

Students from a variety of cultural backgrounds are learning together at the School of International Relations.

Since 2013, the cafeterias at Kinugasa Campus started to offer a Haral food menu.

In respect for our student body, the Administrative Office of College and Graduate School of International Relations has established a meditation space on the 4^th floor of the Koshinkan building since this summer. We believe that this space will help make campus life more comfortable for students.

In the future, we will continue working at building a better environment for students with students and faculty members.

 September 2014

Administrative Office of College and Graduate School of International Relations

 On Tuesday, September 23, the Ritsumeikan University Undergraduate and Graduate School Spring Graduation Ceremony 2014 was held at Suzaku Campus. There, 22 students from the College of International Relations and 17 students from the Graduate School of International Relations were awarded Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
At the University-wide graduation ceremony, Ms. Kaori Kimura gave a speech as the student representative. Mr. PARK WONKWANG and Mr. SPROUL Spenser R. gave a speech as graduate/undergraduate student representative at the departmental ceremony. Many family members and friends of graduates, faculty and staff members were there to celebrate.

 Graduates will soon start their new careers here in Japan and around the world.

Dean’s Message

 On August 25, 2014, 15 graduate students dispatched by APSIA (Association of Professional School of International Affairs) and 5 Graduate School and College of International Relations Ritsumeikan University　(GS Major) students exchanged opinions on the present state of international relations over lunch in a convivial atmosphere at the restaurant, Kyoto Nagomikan. Professor Keiji Nakatsuji, Dean of Graduate School of International Relations, also joined and gave a welcome address.

  The visiting students, selected by leading American universities that are members of APSIA, were able to come to Japan thanks to assistance from The Japan Foundation. They underwent 10 days of training in Japan with the primary aim of studying East Asian international relations and security issues. During that time, the students visited a disaster area in Miyagi Prefecture, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and also Kyoto.

  Although only 5 students from Ritsumeikan participated due to the summer recess, as confirmable from the photo, the visiting students and College/Graduate School of IR students were not easy to differentiate as both groups included a variety of nationalities. At APSIA member universities, including Ritsumeikan, internationalization is progressing, and discussions, including ones on international relations, have advanced beyond being based on simple nationalism into ones predicated on diversity. It was precisely an event that foretells the start of a new generation.

 *APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs: an association of universities and graduate schools around the world leading in international relations education and research. Members include top-level schools such as Harvard University and Yale University. The Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, the only official member of APSIA in Japan, is a globally-recognized school leading Japan in international relations education and research.

 *The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)

The Center for Global Partnership (CGP) was established within the Japan Foundation to promote collaboration between the people of Japan, the United States, and beyond in order to address issues of global concern. “Japan Expert Development in the US” is a program running since 2009 that, as part of efforts to address topics necessary for expansion and development, invites to Japan exceptional students studying international relations at American graduate schools.

The Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University is now being featured in “Foreign Affairs”*, a magazine published by the Council on Foreign Relations.

You can visit our page at the online magazine here.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/about-us/sponsors/gradschoolforum/2014/ritsumeikan

* Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) six times annually. The CFR is a private-sector group established in New York City in 1921, with the mission of promoting understanding of foreign policy and America’s role in the world.

The College of International Relations and the Graduate School of International Relations will participate in the Japan Education Fair 2014 on Fri, August 29 in Chiang Mai and Sun, August 31 in Bangkok, Thailand. Please come and visit our booth.

For more details, visit the following link at: 

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/info_fair_thailand_2014_e.html

Chiang Mai: Booth No.27　The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel

Bangkok: Booth No.47　Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld