| Dr. Stephen R. Nagy has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies since December 2009. He obtained his Ph.D. from Waseda University, Japan in International Studies in January 2009 for his dissertation entitled “Analysis of the Multicultural Coexistence Ideas and the Practices of Local Governments in the Tokyo Metropolis/東京都に於ける区・市のレベルの多文化共生の思想及び実践.” He worked as a Research Associate at Waseda University’s Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies from October 2007 to November 2009. |
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His research is centered on the implications of migration in non-traditional countries of immigration such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the manner integration will take place and future constructs of national identity, nationality, citizenship and the ability of these countries to navigate through this process. He is also interested in research linking human security and migration to Asian regional integration. Dr. Nagy also has a research interests in the historical, cultural and practical development of Japanese Budo.
In conjunction with his research focus on Asian regional integration he was appointed a Senior Fellow with the Global Institute of Asian Regional Integration (GIARI), Waseda University.
For more information: http://www.waseda-giari.jp/index.html
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Message for students:
"Japan is synonymous with paradoxes. It can be viewed through the prisms of its vibrant, colourful youth, fantastical Manga, as well as its avant-guard pop culture. We can also explore Japan by examining its adherence to tradition, formality and ritual, as well as abstract concepts revolving around organizational structure, identity and self. In my case, my research interests are centred on the growing ethnic diversity in Japan, Japanese as a non-traditional country of immigration, constructs of national identity, nationality and citizenship, and Japan's international relations and potential role in Asian regional integration.
However we delve into our study of Japan, we are certain to be struck by the distinct similarities and differences that Japan has with our native countries and cultures. I encourage students to explore the dissimilarities and parallels that exist with their native culture and Japan that they encounter, find opportunities to experience Japanese culture directly, and when possible attempt to personalize their studies in order to cultivate and enrich themselves. "
Research key words: Migration, Asian regional integration, Japan, East Asia
Current position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Japanese Studies
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
[Tel. No.: (852) 2696-1215]
[Fax No.: (852) 2603 5118]
Email: nagystephen (at) cuhk.edu.hk
Current Research Projects 最近の研究プロジェクト：
- International Relations Perspectives on Migration
- Immigrant Policies in East Asia (Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, etc)
- Non-state level cooperation in the areas of human security and migration and its potential contributions for Asia regional integration
- Non-traditional security: Human Security, Environmental Security
Teaching
- JASP 1010 Introduction to Japanese Studies
- JASP 1100-C/ UGEC 1232-CT01 Japanese Culture and Society
- JASP 2710 Japanese Martial Arts (BUDO): Tradition and Transformation from the Tokugawa Period to Present
- JASP 2800 The making of Japanese Foreign Policy and its Global Impact
- JASP 4601/ 4602 Field Research-Based Project (Thesis supervisor)
- GEUC 4011 United College General Education Office "Senior Seminar"
Academic Positions
| 2011 (April-) |
Editorial Board of our Journal, Asia Pacific World: The Journal of the International Association for Asia Pacific Studies. |
| 2010 (Sept.) |
Chair of the Comparative Asian Research Network (CARN) |
Selected Journal and Book Chapter Publications
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Nagy, S.R. 2011. “Multicultural Coexistence Policies of Local Governments in the Tokyo Metropolis: A Comparative Examination of Social Integration in Response to Growing Ethnic Diversity,” in Migration and Diversity in Asian Contexts. Lai Ah Eng, Brenda Yeoh, Francis Collins. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of South East Asian Studies). (In press)
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Lim, Tai Wei and Stephen Nagy, “A Literature Review of selected studies on the Japanese media and a Preliminary Scope Survey of Japanese Media Coverage of 2011 Elections in Asia- with selected case study of international election” in the Global Studies Institute Journal Vol. 4 on Singapore Elections (Hong Kong: Roundtable Publishing (Yuanzuojingying chubanshe)), 2011, [translated into traditional Chinese by publisher] (In press)
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Nagy, S.R. 2011. “Regional Regime and Norm Building: Redefining Japan's Regional Role in East Asia through Environmental and Human Security,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs 15:1 2011.07, pp. 1-38.
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“Multicultural Coexistence Activities: Responses of local governments in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to the pressures of migration” in Global Movements in the Asia Pacific. KEE Pookong (eds). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. 2010. pp. 147-179. |
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Nagy, S.R. “Local Government and Multicultural Coexistence Practices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: Integrating a Growing Foreigner Minority Population,” in Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia:Reality and Challenges, Huhua Cao, ed., International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Publication Series, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 2009. pp.165-183. |
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“Local Government Multicultural Coexistence Practices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: An analysis of the multicultural coexistence policies of Adachi Ward, Shinjuku Ward and Tachikawa City,” in Inclusion and Harmony: Improving Mutual Understanding of Development in Minority Regions, Zhang Cheng Yi, Cao Huhua, Foggin Peter and Ma Sheng Quan (eds.), Beijing : The Ethnic Publishing House. 2008. pp. 393-424. |
Articles
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Nagy, S.R. “Migration and the Potential for International Cooperation in East Asia: A Comparative Examination of State Integration Policies in Japan and Korea,” in Asian Regional Integration Review,Tsuneo Akaha, Stephen R. Nagy, eds., Tokyo: Global COE, Global Institute for Regional Integration, 2009. Vol. 1, pp.1-19. |
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“National Exclusion, Local Inclusion: Examining the Disconnect between National Immigration Policies and Local Integration Policies,” La Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (REMI), 2009. Vol. 24, N.3.
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“Understanding ‘Internationalisation’ within the Context of Japan.” Journal of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies. Waseda University. December 2006. |
Academic Forum
Stephen Robert Nagy, “Opportunity in Crisis: Sino-Japanese Relations after the Earthquake,” East Asia Forum, June 02, 2011, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=18565
Non-academic Publications
| 2011 |
Nagy, S.R. “Pedagogical Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching Budo,” Kendo WorldVol. 5 Issue 4, Bunkasha International, (2011) pp. 31-38
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| 2010 |
“The attraction of the Way of the Sword” Kendo World. December. 2010 |
| 2009 |
“Waseda University Kendo Club and Takano Sensei.” Kendo World. December 2008. [Article] |
| 2008 |
“Classical Iai Seminar: Are all styles created equal?” Kendo World. June: pp.106-109. [Article] |
| 2008 |
“Experiencing Zen,” Kendo World. December: pp. 31-33.[Article] |
| 2007 |
“Internationalisation of BUDO Culture: Important Questions for the Future of BUDO,” Kendo World. June, pp. 31-33. [Article] |
| 2007 |
“Zen Meditation Experience,” Kendo World. December: pp. 76-77. [Article] |
| 2006 |
“The 2005 June Iaido Regional Training Seminar,” Kendo World. December: pp. 31-33. [Article]
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Special Appointments
- Senior Fellow, Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI) , Waseda University
- Salzburg Global Fellow
| 2011 (August-) |
Editorial Board of the DLSU Business & Economics Review |
| 2011 (April-) |
Editorial Board of our Journal, Asia Pacific World: The Journal of the International Association for Asia Pacific Studies. |
| 2010 (Sept.) |
Chair of the Comparative Asian Research Network (CARN) |
| 2005- Present |
Kendo World Editorial Committee and Staff Writer |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2011 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Direct Grant |
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“Human Security Paradigm in Japan: Exploring the Challenges and Possibilities of International Cooperation in Northeast Asia”
HK$100,000
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| 2010 |
Lee Hysan Foundation Research Grant |
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“Investigating the Role of Local Governments immigration and Migrant Policies in Hong Kong and Tokyo”
HK$15,288
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| 2009 |
Waseda University Special Research Grant |
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A comparative examination of social integration practices in East Asia as a response to demographic change and increased levels of migration |
| 2008 |
Waseda University Special Research Grant |
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Research project on Canadian and Japanese migration/ social integration policies |
| 2008 |
Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration Grant |
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Travel to Korea for research purposes, NY for International Studies Association Conference |
| 2008 |
Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration Grant |
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Travel to Singapore and Korea for research purposes |
| 2008 |
21st Century Trust Scholarship |
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21st Century Trust Conference “Migration: The neglected dimension of Globalisation?” |
| 2007 |
Japanese Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) |
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Klaus Pringsheim PhD Student Paper Award (Runner-up) |
| 2007 |
Japanese Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) |
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Travel Grant to attend above conference |
| 2007 |
Waseda University Expense Stipend |
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Student representative to the 7th Annual Doctoral Student Conference in Singapore |
| 2006 |
Japanese Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) |
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Klaus Pringsheim PhD Student Paper Award (First Place) |
| 2002-2007 |
Japanese Ministry of Education Scholarship |
| 2002-2003 |
Waseda University Honors Scholarship |
| 2002 |
Waseda International Student Scholarship |
| 1989-1992 |
Petro-Canada Athletic Scholarship |
Conference Papers and Invited Lectures
| 2011 |
“The Compatibility of Japanese Human Security Norms in Northeast Asia and their Implications in Protecting Migrants in the Region.” Japanese Association of Human Security Studies (JAHSS), Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. (2011-09-18) |
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“Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Human Security as a Platform for Cooperation?.” New York Conference on Asia Studies 2011, University of Buffalo. (2011-09)
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“Transnational Migration and Asian Regional Integration: Examining the Migration Policies of Hong Kong and Tokyo.” Institute of Comparative Culture (ICC), Sophia University. (2011-07-20) (Invited Lecture)
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“Japan’s regional role in East Asia through Environmental and Human Security.” Senior Seminar, Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University. (2011-07-18) (Invited Lecture)
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| 2011 |
“Regional regime and norm building: Redefining Japan’s regional role in East Asia through Environmental and Human Security.” 4th Annual International Relations Association of Taiwan. Tamkang University, Taiwan. (2011-6-9) (Invited Lecture) |
| 2011 |
“Immigration best practices: Why pragmatic immigration policies are good for immigrants and good for Japan.”Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference 2011, Hawaii. (2011-3) |
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“The Sustainability of Multiculturalism in Japan?” for Globalization & Sustainability: Impact on Environment, Society and Businesses De La Salle University, Manila (2011-2-17) |
| 2011 |
“The Sustainability of Homogeneity: An International Relations Perspective on Immigration Policy in Japan.” for the 2011 International Winter Conference on Environmental Innovations and Sustainability Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan (2011-1) |
| 2010 |
“Transnational migration, Regional Integration and Human Security: Investigating the role of local governments in promoting the human security of migrants in Hong Kong and Tokyo.” Human Security Consortium (HSC) 2010, University of Tokyo, Japan. (2010-09) |
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“Immigration and National Prosperity: The Challenges and Opportunities for Japan.” for The Asiatic Society of Japan, Tokyo. (2010-12) (Invited Lecture) |
| 2010 |
“Human Security Concepts in North East Asia: The Challenges and Possibilities of Cooperation.” Senior Seminar, Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University. (2010-12) (Invited Lecture) |
| 2010 |
“Movement of people in the Asia Pacific: Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Transnational Migration.” inInternational Association for Asia Pacific Studies (IAAPS), Asia Pacific University, Japan (2010-11) |
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“Transnational Migration and Asian Regional Integration: Examining the Migration Policies of Hong Kong and Tokyo.” inLiving Together: Civic, Political and Cultural Engagement among Migrants, Minorities and National Populations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives organized by Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism(CRONEM) and Runnymede Trust (2010-06)
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“Policy of Dichotomization?: Japanese Local Government Multicultural Coexistence Policies toward Immigrants in the Tokyo Metropolis.” in Urban Affairs Association 40th Conference - Sustaining Cities in a Time of Globalization; Social, Economic and Political Realities organized by Urban Affairs Association (2010-03)
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“The Social and Political Impacts of Migrants on their Chosen Societies” in Global Labor Migration and Its Impacts on Asia on 26-28 March 2010, hosted by the University of Asia & the Pacific in Manila, Philippines, Salzburg Global Seminar (2010-03) (Invited Lecture)
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| 2009 |
“The Possibilities and Limitations of Japanese Multicultural Coexistence: An Analysis of Contemporary Approaches to Diversity Through the Prism of Multiculturalism.” Conference on Japanese and Canadian Research into Immigration and Foreign Workers Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia. November 18-21,2009. (Invited Lecture)
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“Transnational activism’s role in Asian Regional Integration,” Canadian Asian Studies Association (CASA), Vancouver, Canada, October 8-11, 2009
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“Multiculturalism policies in non-traditional countries of immigration: A case study of the possibilities and limitations of Japanese multicultural coexistence,” Japanese Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Lethbridge, Alberta Canada, October 1-4, 2009
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| 2009 |
「日本の多文化共生の可能と限界：多文化主義と社会統合を通じての分析」、多文化社会研究会、大東文化大学2009年7月15日
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| 2009 |
「日本の共生現場の取り組と多文化主義」、日本国際文化学会第八回全国大会、佐賀大学、2009年7月4-5日
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| 2009 |
“Inter-regional Asian Emigration and the Potential for International Cooperation in East Asia: A Comparative Examination of State Integration Policies in Korea and Japan.” With Tsuneo, Akaha. International Studies Association Annual Convention 2009. New York, February 15-18, 2009.
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| 2008 |
“A Comparative examination of Social Integration Practices of three local governments in the Tokyo Metropolis,”Canadian Asian Studies Association (CASA) Annual Conference. University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada Nov. 13-16, 2008. |
| 2008 |
“Searching for a substantive social integration policy: Examining Japanese multicultural coexistence through the lens of multiculturalism and social integration frameworks,” Global Migration & Multiculturalism in East Asia. Korea University, Nov. 7-8 2008.
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“Paper tiger or substantive social integration policy? A comparative examination of the sociological dimension of multiculturalism and Japanese multicultural coexistence.” Japanese Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference.University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, October 3-5, 2008.
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“Demographic change and immigration in contemporary Japan.” with David Edgington, Japanese StudiesAssociation of Canada Annual Conference. University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, October 3-5, 2008. |
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“Local Government Social Integration Practices: A case study of three local governments in the Tokyo Metropolis.”Workshop on Migration and Diversity in Asian Contexts. National University of Singapore, September 25-26, 2008. |
| 2008 |
“Examining the role of local governments in Ethnic Relations in Multiethnic Cities: A Comparative Examination of Social Integration Practices at the Local Government Level in Japan.” 9th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference: “Leading Research for a Better Future: Pacific Scope, Global Impact.” Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, July 14-18, 2008. |
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“Examining the Role of Local Governments in Social Integration: A comparative examination of social integration practices at the local government level in Japan.” The 12th Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), Rikkyo University, June 21st-22nd, 2008.
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“Examining the Role of Local Governments in Social Integration: A comparative examination of social integration practices at the local government level in Japan.” Waseda University Doctoral Student Network Symposium on Migration in East Asia: Case Studies from Japan, China and Taiwan.Waseda University, June 21st-22nd, 2008. |
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“Japanese Multicultural Coexistence: Emblematic of a Liberal Democratic Society?” Socio-political Transformation in Globalizing Asia: Integration or Conflict? Waseda University,Japan.February, 2008 |
| 2007 |
“Searching for the meaning of multicultural coexistence through ideas.” Japanese Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference. York University. Ontario, Canada. August, 2007. |
| 2007 |
Local Government Multicultural Coexistence Practices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: Integrating a Growing Foreigner Minority Population.” Exclusion or Inclusion? Improving Mutual Understanding of Development in Minority Regions, Fifth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 5): Sharing a Future in Asia.”Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. August, 2007. |
| 2007 |
“Local Government Multicultural Coexistence Practices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: An analysis of the multicultural coexistence policies of Adachi Ward, Shinjuku Ward and Tachikawa City.”The Eleventh Asian Studies Conference Japan. Meiji Gakuin University. Tokyo, Japan. June, 2007. |
| 2006 |
“Multicultural Coexistence Activities: Responses of local governments in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to the pressures of migration.” Global Movements in the Asia Pacific Conference. Ritsumeikan University. Japan. November, 2006. |
| 2006 |
“The Development of Internationalization in Japan since 1945: From Cultural Exchange to Multicultural Co-existence,” “Asia: Navigating Universality and Particularity” Canadian Asian Studies Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. November, 2006. |
| 2006 |
“National Exclusion, Local Inclusion: Examining the Disconnect between National Immigration Policies and Local Integration Policies,” Japan Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Thompson University, Canada. October, 2006. |
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“Domestic Internationalization in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: Japanese Roadmaps to Achieving an Inclusive and Pluralistic Society.” “Inventing the Future: Trends, Perspectives and Enterprise from the Pacific Rim” 7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference. National University of Singapore. July, 2006. |
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