4th International Conference on Okinawan Studies

Date	Contents
March 25, 2002	18:00- Reception at the Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall)
March 26, 2002	9:00-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:45 Opening Ceremony Moderator: Axel Klein (Ass. Prof. Univ. of Bonn) Address of welcome by Professor Christa Müller (Vice-Rector of the Univ. of Bonn) Address of welcome by his Excellency Issei Nomura, Ambassador of Japan Greetings by the representative of the non-Japanese researchers Professor Gregory Smits (Pennsylvania State Univ.) Greetings by the vice-president of the conference-committee on Okinawan side Professor emeritus Hiroe Takamiya (Okinawa International Univ.) Greetings by the vice-president of the conference-committee on European side Professor Josef Kreiner (Bonn Univ.) 10:45-12:30 Memorial lectures Masataka Kohagura (Professor emeritus, Meiô Univ.) The Japanese Constitution and the peace-ideology of Okinawa Josef Kreiner (Univ. of Bonn) Some thoughts on Ryûkyûan History and Historiography 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-18:00 Papers (for details see the timetable)
March 27, 2002	10:00-15:30 Papers (for details see the timetable) 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Closing lectures 15:30-17:00 Summary and final discussion 18:00- Finisage of the Exhibition „Inrô of the Ryûkyûs” in the Federal Exhibition Hall 20:00- Performance of classical dance and music of the Ryûkyûs in the Forum of the Federal Exhibition Hall

During the conference there’ll be an exhibition on warazan (lit. “calculation straw”) in the main building of the University