Events

Program Title: Waseda University Reconciliation Studies Summer Program 2025
Theme: Reconciliation towards Sustainable Peace

Dates: Wednesday, September 17 – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Location: Arlington, Virginia (Carter School, George Mason University) and various sites in Washington D.C.

Reports from Participants

KUMAGAI Naoko	Summer Intensive Program 2025
TOMIZUKA Ayako	Reflections on the IIRS Summer Research Program 2025
IKEGAMI Keitoku	Contestations over National Values and Insights toward Reconciliation
Pau Sian Lian	Waseda–IIRS Summer Program Report: Tokyo and Washington, D.C., September 16–23, 2025
Dolinšek, Sašo	Report from the 2025 summer school
Jeon Yeojoo	Report on the Washington, D.C. Trip
JunHyun Jasmine Ryu	2025 IIRS Summer Program: Integrating Peace and Reconciliation into Educational Practice: Toward an Ethos of Engagement
Hisashi SHIGEMATSU	Participation Report for the Summer School 2025

Tentative Schedule

■ September 16 (Tue)

• Arrival in Washington D.C. (IAD) from Tokyo Haneda (ANA NH102)
• 18:00 Welcome Dinner in Arlington

■ September 17 (Wed): Carter School – Waseda Seminar (Day 1)

• Lectures and workshops on reconciliation studies, ethnonational conflict, book project planning

■ September 18 (Thu): Carter School – Waseda Seminar (Day 2)

• Topics: Peace Education, International Education, Gender & Ethnicity
• Afternoon: Visit to U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)

■ September 19 (Fri)

• Morning: Visit to Embassy of Japan
• Afternoon: Roundtable & Networking at the Wilson Center

■ September 20 (Sat)

• Visit to National Museum of African American History and Culture (self-guided)

■ September 21 (Sun)

• Visit to either Holocaust Memorial Museum or Asian Pacific American Center exhibitions (self-guided)

■ September 22 (Mon): Carter School Peace Week

• Young researchers’ presentations (panel format)
• Closing remarks (Prof. Asano and Prof. Korostelina)
• 18:30 Farewell Dinner

■ September 23 (Tue): Carter School Peace Week

• Continuation of young researchers’ panel presentations

■ September 24 (Wed)

• 12:15 Departure from IAD to Tokyo (ANA NH101)

Required Reading (Tentative)

Korostelina, K. V., et al. (2025). Identity and Religion in Peace Processes. Routledge.