LECTURE SERIES
(October 2010 – March 2011)
| October 18, 2010 (Monday) |
“Killer Kitsch: Kamishibai in the Fifteen Year War, 1931–1945” Sharalyn Orbaugh, Professor of Asian Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies, University of British Columbia 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 |
| November 16, 2010 (Tuesday) |
“Making ‘1968’ in Japan: The Political Alchemy of Violence” William Marotti, Associate Professor, Department of History, UCLA 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building , Room 918 Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business |
| November 30, 2010 (Tuesday) |
“Japan Circa 1959: The High-Growth Economy and the Social Effects of Television” Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 Co-sponsored by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business |
| December 6, 2010 (Monday) |
“From Three-Legged to Two-Legged Races: The Emergence of Women’s Competitive Sports in Japan (1910s-20s)” Robin Kietlinski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, Baruch College; Visiting Researcher, Weatherhead East Asian Institute 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 |
| February 15, 2011 (Tuesday) |
“Telling War Stories: Manufacturing Corporate History on the Yokohama Waterfront” Christopher Gerteis, Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 |
| February 17, 2011 (Thursday) |
“Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan: The Revival of a Defeated Society” Rieko Kage, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Advanced Social and International Studies, University of Tokyo; Toyota Visiting Professor, University of Michigan 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 |
| March 23, 2011 (Wednesday) |
“Transforming Japan: How Feminism and Diversity are Making a Difference” Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow, Professor of Education and Women’s Studies, Toyo Eiwa University 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 |
