8:30 – 9:00                Check-in and Registration, Buffet Breakfast

9:00 – 9:25                “It’s All Relative: Japan’s Position in the Pacific Rim”,

                                    Dr. Eric Spears, International Programs, Mercer University

9:30 – 10:30              “Growing Democracy in Japan”, Dr. Brian Woodall, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,   Georgia Institute of Technology

10:30 – 10:45           Coffee Break

10:45 – Noon            “Yamato-yo Yamato-e: Japanese Aesthetics in Architecture,

                                    Painting, and Sculpture”, Dr. Beth Stewart, Professor of Art History,

                                    Mercer University

Noon – 1:00              Lunch

1:00 – 2:00                “East Meets West in São Paulo: Japanese Culture Brazilian Styles”,

                                      Ms. Natalia de Souza Sterci, Visiting Fulbright Scholar

The Asia Initiative Committee would like to thank the Office of International Programs and the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts for their support of this workshop. In addition, we wish to thank Jack Tarver librarian Lee Twombly for the development of the Japan Bibliography and for the exhibition of Japanese art and artifacts for our library display. We owe a debt of gratitude to all of our supporters.