Event

The Modern Japan History Workshop is the premier annual regional assembly of students and specialists of modern Japan along the U.S. northeast corridor.  This year's Workshop is co-sponsored by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto) and will feature:

• Eiichiro AZUMA (University of Pennsylvania)
• Frederick DICKINSON (University of Pennsylvania)
• Sheldon GARON (Princeton University)
• Nanyan GUO (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
• Jooyeon HAHM (University of Pennsylvania)
• Hikari HORI (Columbia University)
• Robert KANE (Niagara University)
• Ayako KANO (University of Pennsylvania)
• Miriam KINGSBERG (University of Colorado at Boulder)
• Yayo OKANO (Doshisha University)
• Yuichiro SHIMIZU (Keio University)
• Takashi SHOGIMEN (Otago University)
• Kazuhiro Takii (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
• Ryoichi TOBE (Teikyo University)

For more information, please visit:  http://modernjapanhistoryworkshop2014.weebly.com/  All panels and meals are free and open to the public, but we ask that you register for the event by Friday, October 8. Workshop registrants also receive access to all conference papers, currently available on-line. Due to University alcohol policy, undergraduate students may not attend the dinner.