The first East Asian Colloquium of the spring semester is this Friday, the 11th of January. Please note the first colloquium will take place in Ballantine Hall Room 004.
PRESENTER: Lori Watt (Departments of History and the International and Area
Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis)
TOPIC:
Embracing Defeat in the Colonies: The Allies and the Dismantling of the
Japanese Empire after World War II
DATE: Friday, January 11
DATE: Friday, January 11
TIME: 12:00-1:15 p.m.
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
One of the
distinctive aspects of the end of the Japanese empire in 1945 is the intersection
of defeat, foreign occupation, and decolonization. After defeating the
Japan's military, the Allies occupied all of its colonies as well as the home
islands. In this way, the Allies inserted themselves between the colonizers and
the colonized at a critical moment in the decolonization process, and oversaw
many of the tasks of the end of the empire, including the handover of political
power, the redrawing of borders, and the transfer of newly displaced
populations. Through case studies, this lecture explores the ways in which
Japanese military defeat complicated, and also simplified, the dismantling of
the empire.
Lori
Watt is associate
professor of history and international & area studies at Washington
University in St. Louis. She is the author of When Empire Comes
Home: Repatriation and Reintegration in Postwar Japan (Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009). With the support of an
ACLS Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship, she is working on The Allies and the
Decolonization of the Japanese Empire, which explores the intersection of
decolonization, foreign occupation, and population transfers throughout the
Asia-Pacific region. She holds degrees from Columbia University,
Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, and Reed College.
Persons with disabilities interested in attending our events who may require assistance, please contact us in advance at (812) 855-3765.
East
Asian Studies Center
Indiana
University
1021
East Third Street
Memorial
Hall West 207
Bloomington,
IN 47405
Phone:
(812) 855-3765
Fax:
(812) 855-7762
E-mail:
easc@indiana.edu
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