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Upcoming Events at the Sigur Center:
September 8: Embedding Memory in Culture
September 9: American POWs of the Japanese
September 15: Historical Dialogue and Reconciliation in East Asia
September 18: New Energy for the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies Presents:
Title: Embedding Memory in Culture: Japan's Hiroshima & Korea's Kwangju
In the Sigur Center's Lecture Series on Subnational Asia
Speaker: Mikyoung Kim, Assistant Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute- Hiroshima City University
Mikyoung Kim is a U.S.-educated Korean sociologist teaching in Japan. Before assuming her current position in 2005, she taught at Portland State University as a Fulbright Visiting Professor. She also served at the U.S. Department of State from 2000 until 2004, specializing in U.S.-ROK-DPRK relations. She has published more than 20 articles on North Korea, women and historical memory with refereed journals. Her book, Securitization of Human Rights: North Korean Refugees in Northeast Asia, is forthcoming (2009, Praeger). Her edited volume with Barry Schwartz, East Asia’s Difficult Past: Essays in Collective Memory, is currently under review. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology and multiple MA's in international relations, sociology and women’s studies from the U.S. and Korea.
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008
Time: 12:30 - 1:45 pm
Place: Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Friday, September 5, 2008.
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and Asia Policy Point Present:
Title: American POWs of the Japanese: World War II Experiences
With Commentary from Survivors:
Howard Brooks, USS Houston sinking and Thai-Burma Railway survivor
Edward Jackfert, Battle of the Philippines and bombing of Clark Airfield survivor
Lester Tenney, Battle of the Philippines and Bataan Death March survivor
And Historians:
Kelly Crager, Head, Oral History Project at the Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University
Shawn McHale, Associate Professor of History & International Affairs, Elliott School for International Affairs, The George Washington University and Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Time: 2:30-3:45 pm
Place: Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Monday, September 8, 2008.
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA Present:
Title: Historical Dialogue and Reconciliation in East Asia
An Asian Voices Seminar
Featuring:
Bu Ping, Dean, Center for Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Kawashima Shin, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Lim Jie-hyun, Professor, Hanyang University, ROK
Mitani Hiroshi, Professor, University of Tokyo
Daqing Yang, Associate Professor, The George Washington University
Moderated By:
Mike Mochizuki, Associate Professor, The George Washington University
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008
Time: 3:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Reception to follow
Place: Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW
This event is supported in part by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Friday, September 12, 2008.
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies' India Initiative and the U.S.-India Business Council Present:
Title: New Energy for the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: Policy & Business Implications
Featuring:
Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, the Elliott School for International Affairs, The George Washington University
Michael Krepon, Co-founder, the Henry L. Stimson Center
Ron Somers, President, U.S.-India Business Council
Moderated by:
Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Place: Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW
Co-sponsored by the Asia Society
RSVP: Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Tuesday, September 16, 2008.
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