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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 […]

Erik Wang (New York University), “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan”

U.S. ET: November 13 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: November 14 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link  Paper: Link Author(s): Erik H. Wang (New York University) and Weiwen Yin (University of Macau) Abstract: How does state-building fail? Existing scholarship emphasizes both territorial reach and administrative capacity as keys to state-building, but these […]

Yuji Idomoto (UCSD), “The Military That Isn’t: Legalized Anti-Militarism and Limits of Japan’s Defense Policy”

U.S. ET: March 5 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: March 6 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: Idomoto paper Author & Presenter: Yuji Idomoto Abstract: Japan’s postwar security identity has been defined by anti-militarism, rooted in Article 9 of the Constitution. Existing scholarship has examined its normative foundations, erosion under regional […]