Bringing the Archives of Wartime and Occupied Japan to Life: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

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Events — Bringing the Archives of Wartime and Occupied Japan to Life: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

April 30, 2018/ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Presentation Room, (YRL Rm 11348)

Bringing the Archives of Wartime and Occupied Japan to Life: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

As part of its 70th anniversary celebration program UCLA Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library presents a panel discussion on Japanese archival materials. This panel brings together several different approaches to Japanese archival materials from the wartime and occupation periods (ca. 1940-1952). The panel was originally held at the 2018 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference.

Open to Public | Limited Seating and Registration Required | Refreshments Provided

Presentations:

Censored Interpretations: Reading the Prange Collection Censor by Censor
by Eric Siercks, PhD Student, Dept. of Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA

How Can the Private Sector Promote Social Contribution Using Historical Materials at the National Archives? One Example from a Research Project: War Dead on Iwo Jima
by Yoko Nagasaka Myers, Director, Nichimy Corporation

Incorporating Japan into World History Curriculum
by Kristine Dennehy, Chair, Dept. of History, California State University, Fullerton

A Critical Engagement in the Pacific War History from the Southern Hemisphere
by Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi, Professor, Global Japanese Studies, Osaka University, Japan & Honorary Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

Sponsored by UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and UCLA Library

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Any questions? Contact Tomoko Bialock, Japanese Studies Librarian

Download file: EAL-Panel-Discussion-04-30-2018-2x-xkd.pdf

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