Center for the Study of International Cooperation in EducationHiroshima University

JICE Writers’ Workshop 2026 – Presentation Announcement

The Journal of International Cooperation in Education (JICE) Editorial Board is pleased to announce the selected presentations for the JICE Writers’ Workshop 2026.
 
First Session
June 8–9, 2026
17:00–20:00 (JST)
Online via Microsoft Teams
           DAY 1: June 8, 2026 (17:00–20:00 JST)
            Microsoft Teams Link:
            https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/43856665701468?p=Qh1ZVaKD7Dkhx8ah06
            Meeting ID: 438 566 657 014 68
            Passcode: 3UA9kj2e
 
         DAY 2: June 9, 2026 (17:00–20:00 JST)
         Microsoft Teams Link:
         https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/49743475208031?p=H380uTUKTuqpcGhdDm
         Meeting ID: 497 434 752 080 31
         Passcode: mu6QN6FA
 
 
Presentations include:
 
DAY 1
• “Navigating Challenges: The Impact of Islamic Education on the Next Generation of Muslims in Maryland” — Hagar
• “Transfer, Translation, and Transformation: Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Japan and the Case of Okayama University” — Mayan Kotaro Hirakita
• “From International Understanding to School Readiness: Receiving Culturally Diverse Students in Japan” — Rika Nakamura
• “Making Respectable Girlhood: Stability, Slippage and Moral Boundary-Work in a Pakistani School” — Joham Aziz
 
DAY 2
• “Beyond Access: Conditional Freedoms, Gendered Barriers, and Migratory Impacts on Rural Nepali Girls” — Vandana Singh
• “Rethinking Global Citizenship Education through Affective Relational Dimensions” — Euna Lim
• “A Productive Disagreement? Secular and Religious Paradigms Intersecting in Education for Sustainable Development” — Iurchenko Mariya
• “Sustaining Low-Cost Private Schools under Financial and Policy Constraints: Evidence from Nigeria” — Sheu-Tijani Aminu Opeyemi
 
Observers are welcome to join online.
 
Future sessions:
SECOND SESSION
Focus: Full Manuscript Discussion and Editorial Feedback
Participants will present and receive comments on complete draft papers (~8,000 words).
September 17, 2026 | 17:00–20:00 (JST)
Participants:
Hagar / Mayan Kotaro Hirakita / Rika Nakamura / Joham Aziz
September 18, 2026 | 17:00–20:00 (JST)
Participants:
Vandana Singh / Euna Lim / Iurchenko Mariya / Sheu-Tijani Aminu Opeyemi
 
 
Hosted by: Journal of International Cooperation in Education (JICE)
Supported by: Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education (CICE), Hiroshima University