STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Ethan Mark (Bloomsbury Press/SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War draws upon written and oral Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch and English-language sources to narrate the Japanese occupation of Java as a transnational … [Read more...]
Sōseki: Modern Japan’s Greatest Novelist
ASIA PERSPECTIVES: NEW HORIZONS IN ASIAN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE John Nathan Sōseki: Modern Japan's Greatest Novelist (2018) "Sōseki captures the soul of Japan’s greatest modern writer in the best tradition of biography. Here the venerated figure comes fully alive with his infuriating failings and astounding intelligence, his maddening ambitions and biting … [Read more...]
“Fascism in East Asia: New Approaches in Research and Teaching”
Workshop "Fascism in East Asia: New Approaches in Research and Teaching" Maggie Clinton, Middlebury College Reto Hofmann, Waseda University James Homsey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Janis Mimura, Stony Brook University Louise Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison Discussant: Victor Louzon, Columbia University April 13, 2018 1:00 - 5:00 PM International … [Read more...]
Resurrecting Nagasaki: Reconstruction and the Formation of Atomic Narratives
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Chad R. Diehl (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl examines the reconstruction of Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Diehl illuminates the genesis of narratives surrounding the bombing by following the people and groups … [Read more...]
The Merchant’s Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan
ASIA PERSPECTIVES: NEW HORIZONS IN ASIAN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE Simon Partner The Merchant's Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan (2017) "To an already lively cast of Restoration characters—rascals and rebels, poets and fighters—The Merchant’s Tale adds a new voice: that of the rural entrepreneur. Long on dreams but short on capital, Chūemon decamped … [Read more...]
