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Jacques Hymans (University of Southern California), “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs”

U.S. ET: September 3 (Wednesday), 8 – 9 PM JST: September 4 (Thursday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Author(s): Jacques Hymans (University of Southern California) Abstract: Much of the literature on collective historical memory assumes that official historical memory discourse has important impacts on mass attitudes, but scholars have […]

Shusuke Ioku (University of Rochester), “Weapons of the Weak: Population Mobility and the Construction of the State in Early Modern Japan”

U.S. ET: June 19 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: June 20 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Shusuke Ioku (University of Rochester) Abstract: Throughout history, subjects’ exit threats have constrained state power, yet this mechanism has received far less scholarly attention than collective confrontational resistance. I address this […]

Sangyong Son (NYU), “Extreme Wartime Violence and Attitudes toward the Use of Force: Evidence from Atomic Bomb Survivors”

U.S. ET: May 29 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 30 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Sangyong Son (NYU) Abstract: Previous studies have examined how conventional wartime violence influences human attitudes toward the use of force. However, despite the frequent past and potential future use of excessively […]