I was recently asked to share some of my experiences as a Rotary Peace Fellow in Japan with my local district in the UK – here is the result! “What does peace mean?” is one of the first questions I was asked as I sat nervously in my first seminar at International Christian University (ICU)…
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Wow, it is April
Wow…my last post was in January, and now it is (almost) April. What have I been doing with myself?! Oh yaaahhhh…second term, three thesis chapters, the mother visiting Japan for the first time, organising summer field research only to have that unravel at the hands of a casual global pandemic. Wow, what a first three…
Term One – Learning About Peace
Poor Our Japan Story has taken a back-seat this term. This is reflective of almost everything, other than studying, taking a back seat. I knew graduate school would be difficult, but I had no idea how all-consuming it would be! Firstly, the sheer amount of reading required has been overwhelming. An academic article that is…
Rotary Class of XVI, Annual Peace Conference: 15th June 2019
On the 15th June 2019, Dan and I attended the Rotary Peace Centre at International Christian University for the 17th Annual Peace Conference. This also marked the graduation of the class of 16 cohort. The conference was a chance for graduating fellows of the 16th cohort to share their research findings and reflect on their…
Spotlight: Kalika Kastein, Class of XVI Rotary Peace Fellow
Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and 50 for certificate studies at premier universities in six locations around the world. In the summer of 2019, Kalika Kastein, an outgoing Class of XVI Rotary Peace Fellow from International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, will graduate from her master’s degree. Kalika…
10 Reasons to Apply to ICU
As I have started on the process of becoming a Rotary Peace Fellow in the summer of 2019, I have started to engage with Rotary through writing a few blogs. This is my first one, which went LIVE on #Rotary and #PCDNetwork and so I can now share it. Please please please feel free to…