Professor Koshiro in Kirby 104 at public lecture

Professor Koshiro examines materials in Special Collections, Skillman Library

Seminar with Lafayette students and faculty

 Updates:

Useful links about the wartime chronology provided by Professor Koshiro after the lecture:

• Mainichi Newspaper: Since 1945, Looking at the War with Data (in Japanese). Numerous statistical graphics about the war in Asia, with explanatory material.  http://mainichi.jp/feature/afterwar70/pacificwar/data1.html
• Yomiuri Newspaper: Investigation: Wartime Responsibility (in Japanese). Slideshow, photos, timeline–a capsule history of the wars in China and the Pacific 1931-1945 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/special/70yrs/
• Asahi Newspaper: “70-Year Postwar.” Slideshow, maps, chronology of the 1931-1945 war. http://www.asahi.com/special/sengo/chapter1/#/top

Schedule of Events and Materials

Noon-1:00pm at Kirby 104

“The Place of the Atomic Bombs in Japan’s War and After.”

Students, Faculty and Public Invited: Pizza will be served.

Readings:

Yukiko Koshiro, “Eurasian Eclipse: Japan’s End Game in World War II,” The American Historical Review 109, no. 2 (April 2004): 417-444.  Link

“Beyond an Alliance of Color: The African American Impact on Modern Japan,” positions 11:1 (2003) positions-2003-Koshiro-183-215

“Japan’s World and World War II,” Diplomatic History Vol. 25,No. 3 (Summer 2001) Diplomatic History_Korshiro

4:10-5:30pm at Ramer 103 (by invitation)

Discussion: Imperial Eclipse:Japan’s Strategic Thinking about Continental Asia before August 1945 

Participants can pick up a copy of this book from Paul Barclay while supplies last. Here is a pdf for pages 1-81: Link.