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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES -- Akihiko Kimijima

Akihiko Kimijima
E-mail: kimijima@american.edu
Phone: 202-885-2632

Professor Kimijima is a Visiting Professor of International Relations at SIS for the 2007-2008 academic year. He is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Ritsumeikan University's College of International Relations in Kyoto, Japan. Professor Kimijima's research interests include international human rights, peace studies, and the role of NGOs in international affairs. His recent publications include: The Concept of Human Security and the Role of NGOs as Peacebuilder (1999), Actors and Approaches of Peacebuilding: Toward Nonviolence and Democracy in Global Society (2004), and The Peace Vision of the Japanese Constitution: How can Peace Be Achieved in East Asia (2004). Kimijima received his B.A. and M.A. in Law at Waseda University, an LL.M. from the University of Chicago, and completed a Doctoral program from Waseda University. He is a board member of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and Japan Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and serves as the Co-chair of Nonviolent Peaceforce Japan.

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