Ars Vivendi E-mail Magazine No.174 (October 28, 2019)

■East Asia Disability Studies Forum 2019 Successfully Organized in China

East Asia Disability Studies Forum 2019, focusing on inclusion in society, was successfully organized on 12 and 13 October 2019, in Wuhan, China,

The Forum, organized in parallel to the Workshop on Disability Research and Social Inclusion, was hosted by Wuhan East-Lake Institute for Social Advancement, Institute of Social Inclusion of Wuhan University, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and was co-organized by the Institute of Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University.

The panels included the following themes in the context of inclusive society, (1) rule of law, (2) education, (3) employment, (4) mental and intellectual disabilities, (5) gender and sexuality, and (6) ageing with disability, The closing roundtable was entitled “East Asia Perspective(s) on Disability and Inclusion?”.

The programme and presentations are available at;

　　　http://www.arsvi.com/a/20191011.htm

East Asia Disability Studies Forum met in Taipei last year and will meet again in Kyoto next year.

Our recent Research Highlights are available at the following;

• History of Settlers and Memories of the Japanese Empire in East Asia: The 15th International Conference of the East-Asian Agricultural History
• Toward the realization of a society where a person does not trap and/or tie another person
• Practice of Social Movements by LGBT Persons with Disabilities in Taiwan
• A Solution for Aging Provided by China: A Housing Complex for Low-Income People
• Considering What We Understand Others/Are Understood by Others: Sociological Study on Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• People of Homelessness: the “field of study” of Masamichi Shinmei
• The future of nanbyō [intractable disease] activism