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The Great Connector: Shirley Geok-Lin Lim’s Contributions to Japanese American Life

This week, Professor Shirley Geok-Lin Lim is celebrating a big birthday. She has not only disting…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 26, 2024

academics (persons) Asian American studies authors generations literature Malaysians Nisei poetry poets scholars Shirley Geok-Lin Lim writers

Daniel Saucedo Segami, Connecting Research in Peru and Japan — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Ritsumeikan PRCRC Will Promote Research on Immigration between Japan and Peru The …

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • June 5, 2024

academics (persons) archaeology Daniel Saucedo Segami Japanese Peruvians Nikkei in Japan Peru Ritsumeikan University

Daniel Saucedo Segami, Connecting Research in Peru and Japan — Part 1

In late February of this year [2024], Daniel Saucedo Segami, a fourth-generation Peruvian Nikkei …

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • June 4, 2024

academics (persons) anthropology archaeology Daniel Saucedo Segami Japanese Peruvians Nikkei in Japan Ritsumeikan University social sciences

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 3: Postwar Community Revitalization and Redress Movement

Read Part 2 >> As a historian, Izumi says that the ongoing use of euphemistic language to descri…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 18, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 2: Japanese American vs Japanese Canadian Internment/Incarceration

Read Part 1 >> Izumi first learned about the Japanese American incarceration experience in 1984: …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 11, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 1: Family Background

I had the honour of interviewing History Professor Masumi Izumi earlier this year. Dr. Izumi is …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 4, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The bombing of Pearl Harbor turned Professor Yukuo Uyehara’s life around, as it d…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 27, 2022

academics (persons) armed forces arts generations Hawai'i Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan kabuki migration military Oahu performing arts theater translations United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa World War II Yukuo Uyehara

Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 1

Before U.S. entry in World War II, a small group of Japanese immigrants found work as academics in …

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 26, 2022

academics (persons) generations Hawai'i Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Oahu prewar United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Yukuo Uyehara

Kyoko Norma Nozaki Sensei: “A Minority of Minorities” - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> I am curious about what prompted you as a third year high school student to return …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 13, 2022

academics (persons) families fathers generations Japanese Americans Sansei World War II

Kyoko Norma Nozaki Sensei: “A Minority of Minorities” - Part 1

“Mr. Commissioner….So when you tell me I must limitTestimonyWhen you tell me when my time is up,I…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 12, 2022

academics (persons) families fathers generations Japanese Americans Sansei World War II

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