Meet the Authors of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lecture "Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar" Akiko Takenaka, Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky Moderated by Kim Brandt, Associate Professor of Japanese History, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration … [Read more...]
Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Akiko Takenaka (University of Hawaii Press, 2015) For information from the publisher, please click here. This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial shrine’s role in waging war, promoting peace, honoring the dead, and, in particular, building Japan’s modern … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Akiko Takenaka’s “Yasukuni Shrine”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar, published by The University of Hawaii Press. The book’s author is Akiko Takenaka, an associate professor of history at the University of Kentucky. Professor Takenaka’s book offers the first extensive … [Read more...]
