In a week!
Sayaka Chatani (National University of Singapore) on her new book “A Nation Within: North Korean Zainichi in Postimperial Japan”, in conversation with Yumi Kim (University of California Berkeley) and Joseph Seeley (University of Virginia).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6602790
For anyone interested, MJHA's recent roundtable on the history behind myths about the ninja and the samurai is now available on the MJHA YouTube Channel!
Featuring Ran Zwigenberg (Penn State), Polina Barducci (Cambridge), Rob Tuck (ASU), and Oleg Benesch (York University).
Link in the replies!
For anyone interested, MJHA's recent roundtable on the history behind myths about the ninja and the samurai is now available on the MJHA YouTube Channel!
Featuring Ran Zwigenberg (Penn State), Polina Barducci (Cambridge), Rob Tuck (ASU), and Oleg Benesch (York University).
Link in the replies!
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Next week!
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books from Japan" discussion with Matsuzawa Yusaku regarding his recent「日本近代社会史」("A Social History of Modern Japan") is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
Please have a look, and feel free to share this link with anyone else who might be interested.
May 28!
松沢裕作 (Matsuzawa Yusaku, Keio U) on his new book 『日本近代社会史 -- 社会集団と市場から読み解く 1868-1914』(A Social History of Modern Japan: Social Groups and a Market Economy), in conversation with M. Anderson (Smith College) and 池田真歩 (Ikeda M., Tokyo Metropolitan U).
Register here: mjha.org/event-6654259
Link: youtu.be/xWUqQv1UEbg
Happening now!
In one week!
Sandra Wilson (Murdoch U) and Robert Cribb (Australian National U) on their new book “Twelve Japanese War Criminals and One Who Got Away”, in conversation with Sarah Kovner (Columbia U) and Kirsten Ziomek (Adelphi U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6693624
First was a great talk (in Japanese) by Matsuzawa Yusaku on the social history of Japan during the Meiji era, with commentary (in English) from @msanders.bsky.social at @modernjapanhist.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLAK... (2/5)
May 28!
松沢裕作 (Matsuzawa Yusaku, Keio U) on his new book 『日本近代社会史 -- 社会集団と市場から読み解く 1868-1914』(A Social History of Modern Japan: Social Groups and a Market Economy), in conversation with M. Anderson (Smith College) and 池田真歩 (Ikeda M., Tokyo Metropolitan U).
Register here: mjha.org/event-6654259
On May 20!
Midori Ogasawara (U of Victoria) on her new book "Colonial Surveillance: Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan’s Empire", in conversation with Miriam Kingsberg Kadia (U of Colorado) and Nick Kapur (Rutgers U Camden).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6614303
