We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Li Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics and Yoshikuni Igarashi's Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
“Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan’s Lost Soldiers”
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Author Lecture "Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers" Yoshikuni Igarashi, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University Moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. ----- Soon … [Read more...]
Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan’s Lost Soldiers
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Yoshikuni Igarashi (Columbia University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. Honorable Mention: 2018 John Whitney Hall Book Prize (Japan), Association for Asian Studies Soon after the end of World War II, a majority of the nearly 7 million Japanese civilians and serviceman who had been posted overseas … [Read more...]
