Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date: 

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Japan's Imperial Household and Abdication: The Contemporary Controversy in Historical Perspective"

Speaker:

Ken Ruoff, Professor of History; Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, Portland State University.

Discussant:

Andrew GordonExecutive Committee; Faculty Associate. Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; Victor and William Fung Acting Director, Harvard University Asia Center (2016-2017).

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

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Moderator:

Susan PharrDirector, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.