Public Lecture by Professor Yujin Yaguchi, University of Tokyo

Starts: November 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Location: James Blair 223
Contact: [[hxjutam, Hiroshi Kitamura]]

Summary

"Remembering Pearl Harbor: The Image of Hawaii in Japan during World War II." Professor Yujin Yaguchi is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He earned an MA (1991) and Ph.D (1999) in American Studies at WM. His current research concerns the history of Hawaii and transpacific relations. He has published widely on Hawaiian history, the hula boom in Japan, memories of Pearl Harbor, and Japanese tourism in Hawaii.