IJS Lecture: JPIC/Japan Library, "Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography"

November 7, 2016

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Faculty Club Grand Lounge (181 South Oval Dr)

Add to Calendar 2016-11-07 17:00:00 2016-11-07 19:00:00 IJS Lecture: JPIC/Japan Library, "Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography" The Institute for Japanese Studies presents"Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography"Panel Presentations on Early Showa Japan4:00-6:00 pm: Panel Presentations6:00-7:00 pm: ReceptionFlyer: IJS-JPIC Flyers for Japan Library Event.pdfWhy did Showa Japan march to the Pacific War? What were the keys to Japan’s policy failures? To shed light on these questions 70 years after the war, five panelists will offer the most up-to-date research findings using the recent historiography featured in Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan. The panelists will cover Japan’s foreign policy, party politics, and public opinion in the early Showa period and place them in the broader context of modern history. The Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library has organized the US tour of this panel discussion, and will have Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan available during the reception. This event at OSU is hosted by the Institute for Japanese Studies and the East Asian Studies Center.PanelistsKaoru Iokibe, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, received a PhD in Law from University of Tokyo. His research fields are the political and diplomatic history of Japan and the history of local societies.Sochi Naraoka, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, received a PhD in 2004 from Kyoto University. He is currently Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research area is the political and diplomatic history of Japan in the Taisho and early Showa period.Tomoki Takeda, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Daito Bunka University, received a PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2000. His research fields are international relations and the history of Japanese politics and foreign diplomacy. Kiyotada Tsutsui, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts, and Chair, Graduate School of Language and Cultures, Teikyo University, has published widely on modern Japanese politics and culture, ranging from the February 26 Incident to discourses on Japanese film. He is the editor of Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan.Kevin M. Doak, Professor and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, holds the Nippon Foundation Chair in Japanese Studies. He received a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 1989, and is the co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies. He has published widely both in English and Japanese, and given numerous lectures and interviews on modern Japanese politics, religion, thought and culture. In addition to over forty articles, he has published four books including his latest, Xavier’s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture. Free and Open to the PublicThis event is sponsored by the Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library, and the hosting by the Institute for Japanese Studies is partially supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center. Faculty Club Grand Lounge (181 South Oval Dr) OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2016-11-07 16:00:00 2016-11-07 18:00:00 IJS Lecture: JPIC/Japan Library, "Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography" The Institute for Japanese Studies presents"Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography"Panel Presentations on Early Showa Japan4:00-6:00 pm: Panel Presentations6:00-7:00 pm: ReceptionFlyer: IJS-JPIC Flyers for Japan Library Event.pdfWhy did Showa Japan march to the Pacific War?  What were the keys to Japan’s policy failures?  To shed light on these questions 70 years after the war, five panelists will offer the most up-to-date research findings using the recent historiography featured in Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan.  The panelists will cover Japan’s foreign policy, party politics, and public opinion in the early Showa period and place them in the broader context of modern history.  The Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library has organized the US tour of this panel discussion, and will have Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan available during the reception.  This event at OSU is hosted by the Institute for Japanese Studies and the East Asian Studies Center.PanelistsKaoru Iokibe, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, received a PhD in Law from University of Tokyo.  His research fields are the political and diplomatic history of Japan and the history of local societies.Sochi Naraoka, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, received a PhD in 2004 from Kyoto University.  He is currently Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research area is the political and diplomatic history of Japan in the Taisho and early Showa period.Tomoki Takeda, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Daito Bunka University, received a PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2000.  His research fields are international relations and the history of Japanese politics and foreign diplomacy. Kiyotada Tsutsui, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts, and Chair, Graduate School of Language and Cultures, Teikyo University, has published widely on modern Japanese politics and culture, ranging from the February 26 Incident to discourses on Japanese film.  He is the editor of Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan.Kevin M. Doak, Professor and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, holds the Nippon Foundation Chair in Japanese Studies.  He received a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 1989, and is the co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies.  He has published widely both in English and Japanese, and given numerous lectures and interviews on modern Japanese politics, religion, thought and culture.  In addition to over forty articles, he has published four books including his latest, Xavier’s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture.   Free and Open to the PublicThis event is sponsored by the Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library, and the hosting by the Institute for Japanese Studies is partially supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.      Faculty Club Grand Lounge (181 South Oval Dr) East Asian Studies Center easc@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Institute for Japanese Studies presents

"Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography"

Panel Presentations on Early Showa Japan

4:00-6:00 pm: Panel Presentations
6:00-7:00 pm: Reception

Flyer: PDF icon IJS-JPIC Flyers for Japan Library Event.pdf

Why did Showa Japan march to the Pacific War? What were the keys to Japan’s policy failures? To shed light on these questions 70 years after the war, five panelists will offer the most up-to-date research findings using the recent historiography featured in Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan. The panelists will cover Japan’s foreign policy, party politics, and public opinion in the early Showa period and place them in the broader context of modern history. The Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library has organized the US tour of this panel discussion, and will have Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan available during the reception. This event at OSU is hosted by the Institute for Japanese Studies and the East Asian Studies Center.

Panelists

Kaoru Iokibe, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, received a PhD in Law from University of Tokyo. His research fields are the political and diplomatic history of Japan and the history of local societies.

Sochi Naraoka, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, received a PhD in 2004 from Kyoto University. He is currently Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research area is the political and diplomatic history of Japan in the Taisho and early Showa period.

Tomoki Takeda, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Daito Bunka University, received a PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2000. His research fields are international relations and the history of Japanese politics and foreign diplomacy.

Kiyotada Tsutsui, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts, and Chair, Graduate School of Language and Cultures, Teikyo University, has published widely on modern Japanese politics and culture, ranging from the February 26 Incident to discourses on Japanese film. He is the editor of Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan.

Kevin M. Doak, Professor and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, holds the Nippon Foundation Chair in Japanese Studies. He received a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 1989, and is the co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies. He has published widely both in English and Japanese, and given numerous lectures and interviews on modern Japanese politics, religion, thought and culture. In addition to over forty articles, he has published four books including his latest, Xavier’s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture.

Free and Open to the Public

This event is sponsored by the Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture/Japan Library, and the hosting by the Institute for Japanese Studies is partially supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.