Gender and Politics Workshop with Lisa Baldez

March 27, 2015

On Saturday, March 21, 2015, we held a workshop at Mita Campus, inviting Professor Lisa Baldez of Dartmouth College, a renowned scholar in the field of gender and politics. Professor Baldez's visit to Tokyo was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's (MEXT) "Top Global University Project." At the workshop, chaired by Professor Mikiko Eto of Hosei University, Professor Baldez gave a presentation based on her recent book, Defying Convention: U.S. Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights (Cambridge University Press). In addition, three emerging scholars of gender and politics active in Japan and South Korea also presented their research. Furthermore, Professor Jackie Steele of the University of Tokyo and Professor Yuki Tsuji of Kyoto University served as commentators on the presentations. The names of the presenters and their titles are as follows.

Lisa Baldez (Dartmouth College)

How the UN Women's Rights Treaty Works: Process, Not Policy

Kimiko Osawa (Yonsei University)

Traditional Gender Norms and Women's Political Participation: How Conservative

Women Engage in Political Activism in Japan

Phoebe Holdgruen (German Institute for Japanese Studies/ co-authored with Barbara Holthus, University of Vienna)

Gender and Political Participation in Post-3/11 Japan

Naoko Oki (Ochanomizu University)

Women and Political Party Candidate Recruitment in Local Assemblies in Japan