私の大学院の修士号は、ハーバード公衆衛生学大学院で取得したのですが【その節には、College Women's Association of Japanに奨学生として、お世話になりました】、その母校同窓イベントです。
申し訳ないながら、英語のイベントですが、出席者の半分は日本人で、外国人の方々でも、若い方々は、大体日本語はおできになります。
当会も、デスクを設けていただくことになりました。当日、ぜひ、ご挨拶させてください。
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 18:30-21:00
Africa: Challenges and Change Amidst Timeless Beauty
Please join the Harvard community in Japan for an event focusing on Africa!
Our main speaker will be Shunichi Murata, Director, United Nations
Development Programme Tokyo Office who will speak about his organization's
efforts in Africa.
Joining Mr. Murata will be Taiji Igarashi, a Japanese photographer who lived
many years in Kenya and whose photos of Africa have appeared in National
Geographic and other leading publications.
The event will be held at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Yurakucho.
Event fee including buffet dinner is 7,000 yen, with cash bar available.
Full details including registration information can be found below.
Shunichi Murata holds a graduate degree in political science/international
relations from George Washington University and a Master of Public
Administration degree from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
After joining UNDP in 1981, he served as Assistant Resident Representative,
UNDP China; Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Mongolia and UNDP
Philippines; and UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative,
Bhutan. After serving for four years as a Professor in the School of Policy
Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, he assumed his current post with UNDP in
November 2006.
Taiji Igarashi
Born in Nemuro City, Hokkaido, Japan. After graduating from the Nippon
Photography Institute in 1995, has been working on the theme "the beauty of
Africa" centered around Kenya and Tanzania. His main publications in
photographic magazines and papers include National Geographic, Mainichi
Weekly, etc. He is also working as a fixer for National Geographic TV &
Magazine, BBC, SafariMedia, etc. Lived in Kenya for 6 years and currently
resides in Tokyo. Understudy to the photographer Kenji Higuchi.
PLACE: Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ), Yuraku-cho
ADMISSION: 7,000 (6,000 yen for due-paid members)
REGISTRATION:Please register by noon Feb 23rd to e-mail or fax below.
e-mail: veritas@fa.catv-yokohama.ne.jp
fax: 03-5727-1397
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