Chinese Association for East European, Russian, and Central Asian Studies Japanese Council for Russian and East European Studies

and Korean Association of Slavic Studies

First East Asian Conference for Slavic Eurasian Studies 2009

“Resurgence of Russia and the Future

of Eurasia ━ Views from the East”

Preliminary Program

February 5-6, 2009 Hokkaido University

Conference Hall

Hokkaido University Conference Hall Organizational Committee is located at

Slavic Research Center Hokkaido University Kita-9, Nishi-7, Kita-ku Sapporo, Japan 060-0809

Queries on this program should be addressed to: eac@slav.hokudai.ac.jpQuestions for the participation in this conference should be addressed to eac_org@slav.hokudai.ac.jp

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Program Summary Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4

February 5

Opening

Session

9:30-10:30

Opening Session

9:30-10:30

Session I

10:45-12:45

The Korean Peninsula

in the Nineteenth

Century

Untraditional Security

Issues in Eurasian

Region

Language Contact and

Intercultural

Communication

Dissemination of

Russian Orthodoxy in

Modern Society

Lunch

12:45-14:00

Session II

14:00-16:00

The Global Financial

Crisis of 2008 and

Russia

Reflections on the

Russianness

The End of Autonomy?

Regional Politics in

Russia after Putin.

The Revival of Islam

and Its Socio-Religious

Meaning in Post-Soviet

Countries

Session III

16:15-18:15

Oligarchy or Personal

Power? Russia and

Ukraine in the

Twenty-first Century

Integrating Empire:

Religions, the Army and

Legal Systems

Migration Issues and

Security in Central Asia

and Russia

Comparative

Perspective on

Language Policies

Reception

18:30-20:00

Aspen Hotel

February 6

Session IV

8:30-10:30

Russian Development

and Global Economy

Global Dynamics of

Regional Conflicts in the

Post-communist Space

Between Ukrainian

History and History of

Ukraine

Narrative and

Language as Literary

Devices

Session V

10:45-12:45

Russian Writers and the

East

Was Russia

Un-democratized?

Regime, Elections and

Political Culture

Rethinking the

Bolshevik Visions of the

Private-Intimate Sphere

Energy Security of

Russia, China, and

Central Eurasia

Luncheon

12:55-14:10

Centennial Hall

Session VI

14:15-16:15

Transformation of

Russia’s Asian Policy

Social Dynamics in

Post-Soviet Russia

Between Empires:

Trans-border

Nationalities and

Frontier States

Politics under Putin and

Medvedev

Special

Session

16:30-18:00

Dawn of Slavic Studies

in East Asia (The

1950s-70s)

Thursday 5

February

Registration Desk Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

OPENING SESSION ・ ROOM 1 ・ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Welcome Speech: Hakamada, Shigeki, Aoyama Gakuin U, President of JCREES 9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

Greetings from Hokkaido University: Hondo, Takeo, Vice-president of Hokkaido University 9:40 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Organizational Report: Matsuzato, Kimitaka, Hokkaido U 9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Commemorative Speech: Vasily Saplin, Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Sapporo 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Organizational Announcement: Aoshima, Yoko, Hokkaido University 10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

SESSION I ・ THURSDAY ・ 10:45 a.m. – 0:45 p.m.

I – 1 The Korean Peninsula in the Nineteenth Century: The “Traditional” International Order and the Russian Empire as a “Western Impact”

Chair: Sakon, Yukimura, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Fumoto, Shin-ichi, Niigata U

“Japan's East Asia Policies During the Early Meiji Era: Changes in Relations with Korea”

Pak, Bella, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS

“The ‘Opening’ of Korean Ports and Russia's Position in the Late Nineteenth Century”

Seok, Huajeong, Keukdong U

“International Rivalry in Korea and the Reflection of Power Politics in Cartoons”

Disc.: Okamoto, Takashi, Kyoto Prefecture U

I – 2 Untraditional Security Issues in Eurasian Region: Institution, Resources, and Social Policies Chair: Hakamada, Shigeki, Aoyama Gakuin U

Papers:

Daria Ushakolva, Institute for Economics, RAS

“Institutional Competition in the Post-Soviet Space”

Li Chenghong, East China Normal U

“Sino-Russian Military Technology Cooperation: Present, Problems and Prospects”

Xiao Huizhong, East China Normal U

“Food Safety Management: Comparison and Cooperation among China, Russia and Europe”

Disc.: TBA

I – 3 Language Contact and Intercultural Communication in the Slavic World

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Chair: Nomachi, Motoki, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Kim, Wonhoi, Hankuk U of Foreign Studies

“Intercultural Communication through the Language Use and Language Changes between Russian and Bulgarian”

Sasahara, Ken, Reitaku U

“German ‘Borrowings’ in the Colloquial Upper Sorbian Language in the Context of Language Contact”

Jelisava Dobovsek-Sethna, Tokyo U of Foreign Studies

“Maintenance of Linguistic Diversity in the Alpine-Adriatic Region of Central Europe”

Disc.: Terajima, Kenji, Tokyo U of Foreign Studies

I – 4 Dissemination of Russian Orthodoxy in Modern Society Chair: Goto, Masanori, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Takahashi, Sanami, Hokkaido U

“Church or Museum?: National Museums in Religious Architecture.1965-1985”

Mikhail Shkarovsky, Hokkaido U

“Миссионерская деятельность Русской Православной Церкви в XX веке”

Evgeny Arinin, Vladimir State U (Russia)

“Russian Orthodox Church and the School Education: Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia”

Disc.: Christopher Marsh, Baylor University (USA)

<Lunch 0:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.>

SESSION II ・ THURSDAY ・ 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

II – 1 The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and Russia Chair: Takeda, Yuka, Waseda U

Papers:

Qu Wenyi, Liaoning U, Shenyang

“Эволюция российской просышленной структуры и влияние финансового кризиса”

Li Xin, Shanghai Institute for International Studies

“A Strong Blow from the Global Financial Crisis on the Ambitions of Russia's Rise in the International Arena”

Liu Junmei, Fudan U

“Влияние мирового финансового кризиса на Россию: Трансмиссионный механизм, антикризисные меры и

потенциал финансового сотрудничества между Россией и Китаем”

Chuluunbat Narantuya, Maryland University

“Resurgence of Russia and Its Implications on Mongolia: Before and After the Global Financial Crisis”

Disc.: Konno, Yugo, Mizuho Research Institute

II – 2 Reflections on the Russianness Chair: Koshino, Go, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Lee, Kyong Wan, Seoul National U

“Осмысление «Русскости» в русской литературе в свете библейской герменевтики (на материале

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произведений Н.В. Гоголя и Ф.М. Достоевского)”

Nam, Hye Hyun, Yonsei U

“Эмоциональность русского менталитета, отраженная в языке: с фокусом на соматические фразеологии,

выражающие эмоции”

Kim, Jin Kyu, Korea U

“Особенности русской ментальности через ключевые слова русской культуры”

Disc.: Iwamoto, Kazuhisa, Wakkanai Hokkai Gakuen U

II – 3 The End of Autonomy? Regional Politics in Russia after Putin

Chair: Feng Shaolei, East China Normal U

Papers:

Aburamoto, Mari, Tokyo U

“The Partial Federalization of United Russia in the Putin Era: The Case of Khabarovsk Krai under the Monetization

of L'goty”

Chuman, Mizuki, Keio U

“The Rise and Fall of Power-Sharing Treaties between Moscow and Regions, 1994-2007”

Yang Cheng, East China Normal U

“Is Regions’ Para-Diplomacy Still Viable? The Russian Far East and China’s North East”

Disc.: Kim, Seongjin, Duksung Women’s U

II – 4 The Revival of Islam and Its Socio-Religious Meaning in Post-Soviet Countries

Chair: Inoue, Takehiko, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Goto, Masanori, Hokkaido U

“The Traditional Religion and Divination in Post-communist Chuvash”

Kikuta, Haruka, Hokkaido U

“Islam or Ancestor Worship? :The Ruh Ritual in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Park, Hye Kyung, Hallym U

“The Generation Conflicts in the Islam Society in Post-Soviet Russia” (in Russian)

Disc.: Igaue, Nao, Osaka U

SESSION III ・ THURSDAY ・ 4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.

III – 1 Oligarchy or Personal Power? Russia and Ukraine in the Twenty-first Century Chair: Olena Nikolayenko, Stanford U

Papers:

Ogushi, Atsushi, Hokkaido U

“From the CC CPSU to Russian Presidency: Development of Semi-presidentialism in Russia”

Park, Soo-Heon, Kyung Hee U

“Strong Presidency in Russian Politics in Comparative Perspective”

Matsuzato, Kimitaka, Hokkaido U

“Semi-presidentialism and Parliamentary Oligarchy in Post-Orange Ukraine”

Disc.: Shiokawa, Nobuaki, Tokyo U

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III – 2 Integrating Empire: Religions, the Army and Legal Systems Chair: Aoshima, Yoko, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Jung, Sejin, Hanyang U

“Исследование суфизма по историческому аспекту XIX века на Северном Кавказе”

Tanaka, Yoshihide, Takushoku U

“The Military Elite in the Russian Empire: From a New Perspective of the Military History”

Azlizan Mat Enh, National U of Malaysia

“The Russo – Turkish War in 1877-78 and Its Implications to the Ottoman Empire in Europe”

Asano, Toyomi, Chukyo U

“The Legal System of the Japanese Empire: Its Functions and Implications for Describing Modern Imperial and

Regional History”

Disc.: Maeda, Hirotake, Osaka U

III – 3 Migration Issues and Security in Central Asia and Russia

Chair: Ohtsu, Sadayoshi, Osaka Sangyo U

Papers:

Kim, Seongjin, Duksung Women’s U

“The Concept of Societal Security and Migration Issues in the Central Asia and Russia”

Yuasa, Takeshi, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan

“Constructing Post-Soviet Boundaries”

Timur Dadabaev, Tsukuba U

“Migration, Border, and Citizenship in Central Asia”

Disc.: Elena Tyuryukanova, Center of Migration Studies, Russia

Chuluunbat Narantuya, Maryland University

III – 4 Comparative Perspective on Language Policies in Slavic Eurasian Countries Chair: Hashimoto, Satoshi, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Oshima, Hajime, National Institute for Japanese Language

“Linguistic Situation of Hungarian Minority in Burgenland (Austria) and its relation to Language Policy in Hungary”

Yoo, Syeng Mann, Hanyang U

“Language policy in Central Asia of the Twenty-first Century”

Tanaka, Takashi, Tsukuba U

“Linguistic Mosaic in Mid-Volga: A Sociolinguistic Perspective of the Mari”

Disc.: Arai, Yukiyasu, Hokkaido U

RECEPTION・ASPEN HOTEL・6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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Friday 6

February

Registration Desk Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SESSION IV ・ Friday ・ 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. IV – 1 Russian Development and Global Economy Chair: Konno, Yugo, Mizuho Research Institute

Papers:

Takeda, Yuka, Waseda U

“Russian Economic Growth and Its Effect on Poverty Reduction”

Ono, Shigeki, Hokkaido U

“Oil Price Shocks and Stock Markets in Russia and Other Large Emerging Economies”

Lee, Sang Joon, Kookmin U

“Strong State and Big Business in Russia: Is It Enough for the Development?”

Kim, Taehwan, Korea Foundation

“Back to the Past?: Rise of State Capitalism in Russia”

Disc.: Tabata, Shinichiro, Hokkaido U

IV – 2 Global Dynamics of Regional Conflicts in the Post-communist Space: Caucasus and Balkans in Comparison

Chair: Maeda, Hirotake, Osaka U

Papers:

Xu Hongfeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

“The Russian-Georgian Conflict in 2008 and Its Impact on the Russia-US Relations”

Feng Shaolei, East China Normal U

“Russia-Georgia Conflict and Its Impact on Trends of Russia’s Foreign Policy”

Kubo, Keiichi, Waseda U

“Why Kosovar Albanians Took up Arms against the Serbian Regime: The Genesis and Expansion of the UCK

in Kosovo”

Mesut Idriz, MPH Group Publishing (Malaysia)

“A Review on Malaysian and Bosnian Relations"

Disc.: Yoshimura, Takayuki, Tokyo University for Foreign Studies

IV – 3 Between Ukrainian History and History of Ukraine: Rethinking National Historiography Chair: TBA

Papers:

Hahn, Jeung-Sook, Seoul National U

“The Meaning of Cossacks in the Formation of the Ukrainian National Identity : A Consideration on Intellectual

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History of the Nineteenth Century”

Shimada, Tomoko, Lviv U

“Who was Hrushevs’ky? Reconsideration of Mykhailo Hrushevs’ky as the Father of the Third Universal of the

Ukrainian Central Rada”

Kataoka, Hiroshi, Kyiv U

“Об отношении к проблеме Великого Голода 1932-1933 гг. (Голодомора) в современном украинском

обществе”

Disc.: Andreas Renner, Hokkaido U

IV – 4 Narrative and Language as Literary Devices

Chair: Nonaka, Susumu, Saitama U

Papers:

Kang, Meong Soo, Cheongju U

“Пауза и история Ананьева в повести А. П. Чехова «Огни»”

Kim, Kyuchin, Hankuk U of Foreign Studies

“An Analysis of Karel Čapek’s Novel Hordubal”

Choo, Sukhoon, Hankuk U of Foreign Studies

“Word Formation Models in Xlebnikov’s Poetry”

Disc.:

Boris Lanin, Kobe U

Numano, Mitsuyoshi, Tokyo U

SESSION V ・ Friday ・ 10:45 a.m. – 0:45 p.m.

V – 1 Russian Writers and the East Chair: Mochizuki, Tetsuo, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Moon, Seok-Woo, Chosun U

“Chekhov and Travel to Sakhalin”

Mochizuki, Tsuneko, Hokkaido U

“Иван Бунин и Восток”

Zhang, Jianhua, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

“Perception and Erroneous Understanding of the Orient among the Russian Intelligentsia in the Nineteenth and

Twentieth Centuries”

Petr Podalko, Aoyama Gakuin U

“Chinese Factors” in the Nurturing of Russian Orientalists and Diplomats”

Disc.: Kimura, Takashi, Kyoto U, professor emeritus

V – 2 Was Russia Un-democratized? Regime, Elections and Political Culture Chair: TBA

Papers:

Guan Guihai, Peking U

“Political Culture and the Falls of Democrats in Post-Soviet Russia”

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Lin Yung-Fang, National Chengchi U (Taiwan)

“The 2007-2008 Elections and Political Order in Russia”

Olena Nikolayenko, Stanford U

“Citizens in the Making: Adolescents and Patriotic Upbringing in Russia and Ukraine”

Disc.: Miwa, Hiroki, Tsukuba U

Kang, Yoon Hee, Kookmin U

V – 3 Rethinking the Bolshevik Visions of the Private-Intimate Sphere Chair: Shiokawa, Nobuaki, Tokyo U

Papers:

Ki, Kyehyeong, Hanyang U

“In Search of Socialist Space - Everyday Life and Kommunalka in Early Soviet Russia”

Lee, Jeong Hi, Yeungnam U

“A Study on the Communist Sexual Morality in the Early Soviet Period” Kawamoto, Kazuko, Tokyo U

“The Legal Status of Illegitimate Children: The Politics of Soviet Family Law Reform after the Second World War”

Disc.: Matsui, Yasuhiro, Kyushu U

V – 4 Energy Security of Russia, China, and Central Eurasia

Chair: Tabata, Shinichiro, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Feng Yujun, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

“Энергетическая дипломатия России: взгляд из Китая”

Gao Shuqin, Beijing U

“The Chinese Energy Security and the Geopolitical Transformation of Central Eurasia”

Liu Xu, Hokkaido U

“Oil Development in the Eastern Region of Russia and the Oil Market in East Asia under New Economic

Circumstances”

Disc.: Motomura, Masumi, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Cooperation

LUNCHEON ・CENTENNIAL HALL・0 :55 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Kindly hosted by Professor Park, Soo-Heon, President of Korean Association of Slavic Studies

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SESSION VI ・ Friday ・ 2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

VI – 1 Transformation of Russia’s Asian Policy

Chair: Nakano, Junzo, Suzuka International U

Papers:

Shin, Beom-Shik, Seoul National U

“Russian Foreign Policy and Northeast Asia”

Zheng Yu, IREECAS, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

“China's Policy toward Russia and Eurasia”

Kato, Mihoko, Hokkaido U

“Russia and the APEC: Ten Years of Cooperation and the Vladivostok Summit in 2012”

Kim, Doug Joong, Kyonggi U

“Russo-Chinese Collaboration against American Dominance”

Disc.: Iwashita, Akihiro, Hokkaido U

Ha, Yongchool, U of Washington

VI – 2 Social Dynamics in Post-Soviet Russia Chair: Chang, Duck Joon, Kookmin U

Papers:

Kang, Yoon Hee, Kookmin U

“State - Civil Society Relations: A Case of Environmental NGOs”

Choi, Woo Ik, Kookmin U

“Social Network Analysis of Russian Economic Elite” (in Russian)

Lee, Moon Young, Kookmin U

“Nostalgia as the Social Phenomenon in Post-Soviet Russia”

Disc.: Ogushi, Atsushi, Hokkaido U

VI – 3 Between Empires: Trans-border Nationalities and Frontier States Chair: Suda, Masaru, Hokkaido U

Papers:

Choi, Dokkyu, Northeast Asian History Foundation

“Царская Россия: восприятие Азии и политика по отношению к ней. На примере азиатской и европейской

солидарности”

Kim, German, Hokkaido U

“Russian Language Internet as a Tool of Russia’s Influence in Post-Soviet Central Asia (Kazakhstan as an

Example)”

Li Xing, Beijing Normal U

“Сравнительный анализ больших стратегий США и России в Центральной Азии и контрмеры Китая”

Disc.:

Yuasa, Takeshi, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan

Wada, Haruki, Tokyo University, professor emeritus

VI – 4 Politics under Putin and Medvedev

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Chair: TBA

Li Yongquan, Development Research Center of the State Council of the PRC

“Партийная система в политической жизни современной России”

Pang Dapeng, IREECAS, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

“«Cуверенная демократия» - идеология в России”

Disc.: Matsuzato, Kimitaka, Hokkaido U

SPECIAL SESSION ・ ROOM 1 ・ 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. “The Dawn of Slavic Studies in East Asia: the 1950s-70s”

Chair: Kimura, Takashi, Kyoto U, professor emeritus

Panelists:

Li Fenglin, Director, Euro-Asian Development Research Institute of the State Council of the CPR, former

ambassador to Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova

Ha Yongchool, U of Washington, Adjunct Professor at Seoul National U, former President of the Korean

Association for International Studies (2007)

Wada, Haruki, Tokyo U, professor emeritus

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Abstracts of Papers

I – 1 The Korean Peninsula in the Nineteenth Century: The “Traditional” International Order and the Russian Empire as a “Western Impact”

Organizer: Sakon, Yukimura, Hokkaido U

The aim of this panel is to reveal the influence of the Russian Empire on modern East Asia by examining

changes in the international environment around the Korean peninsula. In this context, historians have mainly

focused on “the path to the Russo-Japanese War” after the Chino-Japanese War, regarded as a watershed in

Asian history, while most have neglected the influence of Russia’s advance to East Asia before 1894. This panel

focuses on the international relations around Korea in the second half of the nineteenth century with the

emphasis on the Russian Empire’s diplomacy.

I – 2 Untraditional Security Issues in the Eurasian Region: Institution, Resources, and Social Policies Organizer: Yang Cheng, East China Normal U

Since the end of the Cold War, non-traditional security issues, such as “institutional security,” “resource security,”

and “social security” have become an increasing threat to social harmony, political stability, economic

development, and even people-to-people exchanges in Eurasia and are therefore attracting scholars’ attention.

At the same time, traditional and non-traditional security issues in this region are becoming intermingled. In order

to understand accurately the complex situation in Eurasia, it is very important to include non-traditional security

issues in the scholarly agenda.

I – 3 Language Contact and Intercultural Communication in the Slavic World Organizer: Nomachi, Motoki, Hokkaido U

This panel sheds light on the unity and diversity of the Slavic world from the viewpoint of mutual contacts in the

linguistic and cultural fields. Special attention is paid to such aspects as 1) Slavic-Slavic contacts, i.e.

Russian-Bulgarian, Slovene-Serbo-Croatian; 2) Slavic-Non-Slavic contacts, i.e. Upper Serbian-German,

Slovene-Italic, and German and Hungarian. We take into account both the internal (grammatical and semantic

influences) and external (social influence) linguistic factors.

I – 4 Dissemination of Russian Orthodoxy in Modern Society Organizer: Takahashi, Sanami, Hokkaido U

This panel attempts to examine the social activities of the Russian Orthodox Church and religious politics. S.

Takahashi illustrates museum activities in the closed churches and thus paradoxes of Orthodoxy’s popularization

in the late Soviet Russia. M. Shkarovsky analyzes the Russian Orthodox Church’s worldwide activities, which

should be reconsidered in the context of the ecumenical movement in the twentieth century. E. Arinin focuses on

the vision and reality of religious education at schools after Perestroika, relying upon his own experience as a

school teacher during the last 25 years.

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II – 1 The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and Russia Organizer: Takeda, Yuka, Waseda U

Russia has enjoyed economic growth since the 1998 financial crisis. The global contagion from the financial

crisis in the US, however, is weakening the 2008 growth rate of Russia. In this panel, we discuss how the

contagion affects Russian economic development, and how Russian development has affected and will affect

the Asian region around the country. How does Russian industrial structure dominated by the oil and gas sectors

affect economic development? What measures could be taken by Russo-Chinese cooperation as transitional

countries in solving the problems? What role should the Russian government play in solving the problems

caused by the contagion? How does Russian economic development affect a country such as Mongolia? The

discussions will hopefully show whether the catastrophic contagion could stimulate more radical reforms for

sustainable development.

II – 2 Reflections on the Russianness Organizer: Kim, Jin Kyu, Korea U

This panels aims to reflect Russianness, including strong emotionality and some Russian mentality as its

essential characteristics, from biblical, philological, culturological angles in order to understand Russia more

penetratingly and activate the many attractive and universal points of Russianness in the direction of improving

the sustainability and peaceful coexistence of all nations. To do this, the first paper attempts to reflect the

Russianness represented vividly and conceptualized logically in modern Russian literary works from the

viewpoint of biblical hermeneutics. The second paper examines the fundamental semantic themes of the

Russian language as “emotionality” on the basis of Russian collocations and idioms of the human body. And the

third paper will study how the Russian philological tradition about “Key Words and Concepts” has been

established by studying many Russian scholars’ works.

II – 3 The End of Autonomy? Regional Politics in Russia after Putin

Organizer: Aburamoto, Mari, Tokyo U

Many observers maintain that Russia’s regions have lost their significance in the political scene since a series of

centralizing reforms under ex-President Putin. However, the consequences of the reforms are far more complex

than they seem. In this panel, presenters will investigate the various aspects of the centralization - 1) the relations

between the United Russia and regional politics, 2) the effects of institutional reforms on federalism, and 3) the

autonomy of regions in the diplomatic sphere. Taking these aspects into consideration, we intend to determine

the purpose and process of the centralization and its consequences towards the future.

II – 4 The Revival of Islam and Its Socio-Religious Meaning in Post-Soviet Countries Organizer: Park, Hye Kyung, Hallym University

The aim of this panel is to analyze the religious and social meaning of Islam in the Post-Soviet era. With the

collapse of the Soviet regime, the Muslims of Russia and the former Soviet countries have experienced several

changes both religiously and socially. Most of all, Islamic society tries to restore traditional Islamism and religious

purity by criticizing the Muslims secularized as a result of the anti-religion policy of the Soviet government. The

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first paper examines the meaning of the religious nature in the process of revitalizing the traditional religion in

Chuvash, the second paper analyzes how ancestor rituals play a role in maintaining the Muslim identities among

Central Asians, and the third paper studies the generation conflicts in Islamic society focusing on the new

generation equipped with the theology and Arabic.

III – 1 Oligarchy or Personal Power? Russia and Ukraine in the Twenty-first Century Organizer: Ogushi, Atsushi, Hokkaido U

Undoubtedly, the Presidency has been playing the central role in the political system of post-communist states.

Why did these countries adopt the (semi-)presidential system? What are the characteristics of this institution? Is

its power based upon personal charisma or the oligarchic structure? How does it work? We will discuss these

questions by examining the cases of Russia and Ukraine. Ogushi will focus on the presidential administration,

which, it will be argued, is the successor of the apparatus of the Central Committee of the CPSU. The influence

of the extraordinarily strong Russian presidential power on the political system will be discussed by Soo-Heon.

And Matsuzato will investigate the oligarchic structure of the Ukrainian semi-presidentialism. III – 2 Integrating Empire: Religions, the Army and Legal Systems

Organizer: Tanaka, Yoshihide, Takushoku U

After having been imperialized, the Russian State absorbed a number of factors alien to its tradition. As a result of

the Seven Years War, this empire became a leading power in European international politics, but this empire

needed to integrate highly diversified internal elements in order to secure and enhance its status. Tanaka and

Jung will discuss how the Russian Empire achieved or did not achieve this integration through the prism of the

military and Islam. Moreover, our panel tries to elucidate the problem of integration from a comparative

perspective. Azlizan Mat Enh argues that the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-78 was an inevitable result of these

empires’ intermingled colonial policies ranging from the Balkans to the Near East. Based on the experience of

the Japanese Empire, Asano proposes a method of analyzing empires through the prism of multiple law

territories.

III – 3 Migration Issues and Security in Central Asia and Russia

Organizer: Yuasa, Takeshi, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan

International migration has become an important agenda for global security. Human mobility among Russia and

Central Asia is also a critical factor for assessing the political order in the region. In this panel, each presentation

will analyze issues on migration, border control, and citizenship as regional security agendas. Dr. Kim will present

a general view on migration issues in Central Asia from the standpoint of the societal security theories. Prof.

Yuasa will discuss the institutionalization of border control policy in Russia and Central Asia. Dr. Dadabaev will

also analyze migration issues, connected with identity politics in the region.

III – 4 Comparative Perspective on Language Policies in Slavic Eurasian Countries Organizer: Oshima, Hajime, National Institute for Japanese Language

Since the fall of communism, linguistic situations in the former Soviet Union and East European countries have

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undergone dramatic changes. Accordingly, the language policies in those countries have met "old but new”

problems such as 1) language planning in the new regime, 2) language minorities and linguistic human rights,

and 3) multilingualism within communities. The presentations of this panel cover and analyze these issues from a

comparative viewpoint, taking into consideration both synchronic and diachronic linguistic facts.

IV – 1 Russian Development and Global Economy Organizer: Ono, Shigeki, Hokkaido U

Oil price increases in the world enabled Russia to achieve rapid economic growth. This panel aims to discuss the

impact of oil price shocks on the Russian economy from the viewpoints of production, labor, and money. The

presentations of this panel cover issues ranging from poverty to institutions and capital markets.

IV – 2 Global Dynamics of Regional Conflicts in the Post-communist Space: Caucasus and Balkans in Comparison

Organizer: Kubo, Keiichi, Waseda U

The year 2008 has clearly shown that the regional military conflicts in the post-communist space involve global

dynamics. This panel attempts to analyze the global dynamics of the regional conflicts in the post-communist

space, particularly the Caucasus and the Balkans. As for the Caucasus, the dynamics of the Russia-Georgian

conflict and its impact on the Russia-US relations and Russian foreign policy will be analyzed. Regarding the

Balkans, the transnational Albanian network in the Kosovo conflict and the Malaysia-Bosnian relations during

and after the Bosnian war will be discussed. The comparative endeavor of the panel will be furthered and

enriched by the discussant, specialized in yet another conflict-torn country in the Caucasus, namely Armenia.

IV – 3 Between Ukrainian History and History of Ukraine: Rethinking National Historiography Organizer: Shimada, Tomoko, Lviv U

The panelists identify the most “popular” phenomena in post-Soviet Ukrainian historiography: Cossacks,

revolution and Holodomor (The Great Famine). All of these topics have operated as catalyses in the making of

post-communist Ukrainian historiography. In Soviet historiography, the idea of the Ukrainian Revolution was

illegitimate, since it was regarded as a component of the single Russian Revolution. The term Holodomor was

simply taboo; even the Cossacks had negative connotations. The three paper presenters, Hahn, Shimada, and

Kataoka focus on these three issues, and elucidate how they encouraged the generation of national identity and

what problems these narratives suffer. Critical examination of the narratives around these three “favorites” of

national history will facilitate the making of alternative interpretations of Ukrainian history.

IV – 4 Narrative and Language as Literary Devices Organizer: Koshino, Go, Hokkaido U

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885-1922), and Karel Čapek (1890-1938), although they

were writers of completely different talent, largely lived in the same age of modernism. It is widely recognized that

artists of that time were increasingly concerned with the form and manner of art. This panel focuses on narrative

and language as a literary device. Khlebnikov’s use of unfamiliar neologism and pauses in the narrative of

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Chekhov’s novel confront us with the question of cognitive limitation. The multiple-viewpoint narrative in Čapek’s

novel leads us to the labyrinth of the relativity of facts. These writers’ literary works are carefully designed to play

the game of interpretation with readers.

V – 1 Russian Writers and the East

Organier : Tsuneko, Mochizuki, Hokkaido U

Images of the East have always been ambiguous and problematic for Russians. To some people the East meant

the world of the Byzantine Empire and Orthodox Church, while to others it meant the Ottoman Empire, and to

some it meant Asian countries, which sometimes include the eastern part of Russia itself. Many Russian writers

up to Tolstoy’s generation located their “orient” in the Caucasus or, as in the case of the Decembrists and

Dostoevsky, in Siberia, except for a few cases such as Goncharov’s, who traveled over to the Far East and

Japan. In most of cases, the image of the East was more conceptual than geographic, and had much to do with

the problem of the writers’ own national identity, i.e. the location of the East automatically decided Russia’s place

between the West and the East. But toward the last decades of the nineteenth century, the writers gained more

empirical knowledge of Asian countries and acquired a realistic attitude towards them. We can see such cases of

facing Asia and the correction of its false images in, for example, Tolstoy’s perception of Chinese philosophy,

Chekhov’s visit to Sakhalin and Bunin’s experience of India. To study Russian writers’ experience of the East in

this period is very important because it is followed by the somewhat ironical re-mystification of the East by the

Scythians and the Eurasianists in the twentieth century.

V – 2 Was Russia Un-democratized? Regime, Elections and Political Culture Organizer: Chuman, Mizuki, Keio U

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, experts on Russian politics have questioned and continue to question

whether the new Russia has become or is going to become a democratic country, or is acquiring all the more

authoritarian features. Although we do not reject attempts to judge aspects of another country’s democraticness,

based on universal criteria, as is apparently done, for example, by Freedom House, Russian politics seems to

require more substantial understanding from within. This approach is closely combined with the enigma of how

Russians perceive or legitimize the authorities. This panel is dedicated to this issue by analyzing the recent

electoral cycle, the failure of democrats in the past decade, and the patriotic upbringing of adolescents in Russia.

V – 3 Rethinking the Bolshevik Visions of the Private-Intimate Sphere Organizer: Matsui, Yasuhiro, Kyushu U

The private-intimate sphere in the Soviet context and its interaction with the public or official realm are key

research areas for a deeper understanding of Soviet history. This session examines several aspects of the

private-intimate sphere in terms of the Bolshevik/Communist visions. Dr. Ki reconsiders the kommunalka

(communal apartment) from the perspective of the construction of socialist space. Dr. Lee examines

issues of a new Communist morality surrounding the intimate sphere, focusing on A. Kollontai, a famous

Bolshevik feminist. Dr. Kawamoto traces the process of Postwar Family Law Reform, which led to a

contradictory combination between the concept of “strengthening of the family” and Communist ideas.

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V – 4 Energy Security of Russia, China, and Central Eurasia

Organizer: Liu Xu, Hokkaido U

VI – 1 Transformation of Russia’s Asian Policy

Organizer: Kato, Mihoko, Hokkaido U

This panel compares Russia’s foreign policy toward Northeast Asian countries from each perspective of Chinese,

Japanese and South Korean scholars. The panelists focus on Russia’s new role and interests in the changing

regional and global order. Beom-Shik Shin outlines Russia’s role in Northeast Asia. Yu Zheng deals with the

international relations between Eurasian powers from China’s viewpoint. Doug Joong Kim examines how

Russia’s relations with China interact with the United States’ dominant role in the world. Mihoko Kato focuses on

the new dimension of Russia’s Asian policy after the collapse of the Soviet Union, emphasizing that Russia

intends to engage in this region through not political but economic leverage and motivation.

VI – 2 Social Dynamics in Post-Soviet Russia Organizer: Lee, Sang Joon, Kookmin U

The panel focuses on the social dynamics in Post-Soviet Russia, especially in the Putin Era. Professor Kang’s

paper analyzes relations between the state and civil society, mainly based on the activities of environmental

NGOs and their confrontation and coalition with the state. The main finding of the study is based on an in-depth

interview with NGOs activists. Dr. Choi has tried to provide a complex social network of economic elites. The

major contribution is bridging individuals and social structures using the empirical evidence of economic elites. It

also shows that a circle of close ties intertwines the decision making process of Russian economic elites. The

purpose of Dr. Lee’s research examines nostalgia in post-socialist Russia. The objective of the research includes

an overview of nostalgia and nostalgia phenomenon in social changes in the Putin era.

VI – 3 Between Empires: Trans-border Nationalities and Frontier States Asada, Masafumi, Hokkaido U

The purpose of this panel is to explain Russia’s influence in Asia throughout the previous centuries. First, Choi

Deok Kyu will discuss the immigration policy of the Russian Empire towards Koreans. He argues that Russia’s

immigration policy was highly dependent on the character of the Priamur governor and the international setting of

the time. Over a century later, Russia is using the Internet to exert cultural and political influence on Central Asia.

German Kim will show how this new instrument is used to maintain Russian influence on information. In contrast,

Li Sin describes that Russia has already lost its hegemony in Central Asia, and China and the USA are also

competing for dominance of this region. Finally, this panel will clarify the flux and reflux of the tides of the Russian

influence in Asia.

VI – 4 Politics under Putin and Medvedev Organizer: Li Yongquan, Development Research Center of the State Council of the PRC

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Few will doubt that the party system and the leading state ideas are the two main factors determining the

features of the Putin-Medvedev regime. Li Yongquan overviews the development of Russia’s party system after

the collapse of the socialist regime, while Pang Dapeng analyzes the formation and logics of the state ideas,

“sovereign democracy.” Both paper presenters try to understand why the present Russian political regime

emerged, rather than judge it from universalist perspectives.

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