Modern Japan History Association
@modernjapanhist.bsky.social
A member-run, non-profit organization open to anyone interested in modern Japan or Japanese history.
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Next Tuesday!!!
On December 2!
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next Tuesday!!!
On December 2!
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
On December 2!
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
Akiko Takenaka (U of Kentucky) on her new book, "Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Cold War Japan", in conversation with Chelsea Szendi Schieder (Aoyama Gakuin U) and Sara Kang (Princeton U).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314073
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A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Barak Kushner on "The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
New Books on Japan: Barak Kushner (Cambridge) on "The Geography of Injustice"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Barak Kushner on "The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Barak Kushner on "The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
New Books on Japan: Barak Kushner (Cambridge) on "The Geography of Injustice"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Barak Kushner on "The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
youtu.be/EJlYhPWELpk?...
Starts in one hour!!
Happening in one week!
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Modern Japan History Association - New Books on Japan: "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan"
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November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Starts in one hour!!
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Happening in one week!
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Modern Japan History Association - New Books on Japan: "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan"
mjha.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Happening in one week!
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Happening in one week!
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Modern Japan History Association - New Books on Japan: "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan"
mjha.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Happening in one week!
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) discusses her new work, "In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan," as part of the MJHA's New Books on Japan series.
Information and Registration:
mjha.org/event-6314068
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Are you interested in #Kona, #coffee, #glohalhistory, #Japanese #empire? On November 6, we
@modernjapanhist.bsky.social
will invite Prof. Mariko Iijima (Sophia Univ.) to a book talk about those themes. We will be joined by Prof. Nadin Heé (Leipzig) as a discussant. I will moderate the talk.
@modernjapanhist.bsky.social
will invite Prof. Mariko Iijima (Sophia Univ.) to a book talk about those themes. We will be joined by Prof. Nadin Heé (Leipzig) as a discussant. I will moderate the talk.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Are you interested in #Kona, #coffee, #glohalhistory, #Japanese #empire? On November 6, we
@modernjapanhist.bsky.social
will invite Prof. Mariko Iijima (Sophia Univ.) to a book talk about those themes. We will be joined by Prof. Nadin Heé (Leipzig) as a discussant. I will moderate the talk.
@modernjapanhist.bsky.social
will invite Prof. Mariko Iijima (Sophia Univ.) to a book talk about those themes. We will be joined by Prof. Nadin Heé (Leipzig) as a discussant. I will moderate the talk.
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Thrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!
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This is happening!!!! December 2: just in time for Christmas present season. I am still in the anxiety stage, not yet in the Saoirse Ronan as Jo March watching her book get published scene-stage, but I'm glad other people are excited already!
Excited to dig into Hannah Shepherd's new book, out in December from UC Press:
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-na...
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-na...
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is happening!!!! December 2: just in time for Christmas present season. I am still in the anxiety stage, not yet in the Saoirse Ronan as Jo March watching her book get published scene-stage, but I'm glad other people are excited already!
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A video of this year's Distinguished Lecture, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History," given by Andrew Gordon is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel.
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
2025 Annual Lecture: Andrew Gordon, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A video of this year's Distinguished Lecture, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History," given by Andrew Gordon is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel.
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
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A fully referenced, full-text version of Andrew Gordon's 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History" can now be found on the MJHA website!
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A fully referenced, full-text version of Andrew Gordon's 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History" can now be found on the MJHA website!
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
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Watch the video of MJHA's @modernjapanhist.bsky.social annual Distinguished Lecture, delivered by Faculty Associate Andrew Gordon, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History." youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Watch the video of MJHA's @modernjapanhist.bsky.social annual Distinguished Lecture, delivered by Faculty Associate Andrew Gordon, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History." youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
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In one week!
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
October 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In one week!
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
A fully referenced, full-text version of Andrew Gordon's 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History" can now be found on the MJHA website!
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A fully referenced, full-text version of Andrew Gordon's 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History" can now be found on the MJHA website!
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
Click here: tinyurl.com/32z6mzmr
In one week!
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
October 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In one week!
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
高媛 (Ko En/Gao Yuan, Komazawa U) on a new book, 帝国と観光―「満洲」ツーリズムの近代 (Empire and Tourism: Modern Japanese Tourism in Manchuria), with Ken Ruoff (Portland State U), 蘭信三 (Araragi Shinzo, Sophia U), and Tadashi Ishikawa (U of Central Florida).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6206315
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On October 14/15, we @modernjapanhist.bsky.social
invite Prof. Ko En/Gao Yuan (Komazawa Univ.) to a book talk about the #Japanese #empire, #Manchuria, and #tourism. We will be joined by two discussants, Ken Ruoff and Araragi Shinzo. Mark your calendars!
invite Prof. Ko En/Gao Yuan (Komazawa Univ.) to a book talk about the #Japanese #empire, #Manchuria, and #tourism. We will be joined by two discussants, Ken Ruoff and Araragi Shinzo. Mark your calendars!
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On October 14/15, we @modernjapanhist.bsky.social
invite Prof. Ko En/Gao Yuan (Komazawa Univ.) to a book talk about the #Japanese #empire, #Manchuria, and #tourism. We will be joined by two discussants, Ken Ruoff and Araragi Shinzo. Mark your calendars!
invite Prof. Ko En/Gao Yuan (Komazawa Univ.) to a book talk about the #Japanese #empire, #Manchuria, and #tourism. We will be joined by two discussants, Ken Ruoff and Araragi Shinzo. Mark your calendars!
A video of this year's Distinguished Lecture, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History," given by Andrew Gordon is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel.
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
2025 Annual Lecture: Andrew Gordon, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A video of this year's Distinguished Lecture, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History," given by Andrew Gordon is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel.
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested
youtu.be/EN8tx8J8KzA
On October 2nd!
Barak Kushner (Cambridge U) on his new book “The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History” in conversation with Daqing Yang (George Washington U) and Emer O’Dwyer (Oberlin College).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314066
Barak Kushner (Cambridge U) on his new book “The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History” in conversation with Daqing Yang (George Washington U) and Emer O’Dwyer (Oberlin College).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314066
September 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On October 2nd!
Barak Kushner (Cambridge U) on his new book “The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History” in conversation with Daqing Yang (George Washington U) and Emer O’Dwyer (Oberlin College).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314066
Barak Kushner (Cambridge U) on his new book “The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History” in conversation with Daqing Yang (George Washington U) and Emer O’Dwyer (Oberlin College).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6314066
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A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
New Books on Japan: Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
New Books on Japan: Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A video of the recent MJHA "New Books on Japan" discussion with Angus Lockyer on "Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
youtu.be/mWQ7WlcpBCQ
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Thrilled to finally get my hands on this brand new treatment of postwar Japanese history by one of the leading experts in our field, Simon Avenell!
Can't wait to read this one!
Can't wait to read this one!
September 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thrilled to finally get my hands on this brand new treatment of postwar Japanese history by one of the leading experts in our field, Simon Avenell!
Can't wait to read this one!
Can't wait to read this one!
Thanks again to Andrew Gordon and our moderator, Daniel Botsman, for a fantastic event yesterday!
Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a video version of Prof. Gordon's talk, and a text version with citations.
Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a video version of Prof. Gordon's talk, and a text version with citations.
Mark your calendars!
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thanks again to Andrew Gordon and our moderator, Daniel Botsman, for a fantastic event yesterday!
Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a video version of Prof. Gordon's talk, and a text version with citations.
Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a video version of Prof. Gordon's talk, and a text version with citations.
Today!!!
Mark your calendars!
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
September 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today!!!
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Next Monday!!!
Mark your calendars!
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
The 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture will be given by Andrew Gordon (Harvard) on Monday, September 15, 2025, and is titled "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History."
REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6201539
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Next Monday!!!