Tag Archives: WWII

Book Announcement: Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family

Posted on September 6, 2015 by LM

Via University of Washington Press YOSHIKO UCHIDA INTRODUCTION BY TRAISE YAMAMOTO $18.95 PAPERBACK (9780295994758) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: April 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian American Studies; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 184 pp., 21 bandw photos, 5.5 x 8.5 in. SERIES: … Continue reading →

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Resource: Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Messages from Hibakusha

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Paula

A few years ago we did a resource post on the Hiroshima archive, which includes extensive digital resources for studying the bombing of Hiroshima. This week, we would also like to introduce the site “Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Messages from … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Peace Learning Archive in Okinawa

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Travis

Paula brought to my attention this beautiful site, which describes itself as following: The Peace Learning Archive in OKINAWA is a culmination of the creation methods of “pluralistic digital archives” established with the workings of the archives related to Nagasaki, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Contested Visions of Justice: Allied War Crimes Trials in a Global Context, 1943-1958

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Paula

Conference: Contested Visions of Justice: Allied War Crimes Trials in a Global Context, 1943-1958 Venue: Boston College in Ireland, Dublin, 25-27 September 2015 Conveners: Franziska Seraphim, Boston College; Kerstin von Lingen, Heidelberg University; Wolfgang Form, Marburg University; Barak Kushner, Cambridge University … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: War Kimono

Posted on July 12, 2013 by LM

Cranes, carp, cherry blossoms…Zero fighters? I guarantee you haven’t seen kimono motifs like these before! Wolfgang Ruf of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, collects rare wartime kimono from roughly 1894-1942 with soliders, weapons, and military vehicles. Today’s fun link, “Kimonos reveal Japanese … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Fighting Women during and after the Second World War in Asia and Europe

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Paula

Fighting Women during and after the Second World War in Asia and Europe, June 12-13, 2014 Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam This is a call for papers for the above conference, to be held on June 12-13, 2014, at the Institute for War, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Twelve Views from the Distance

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Paula

TWELVE VIEWS FROM THE DISTANCE An incandescent memoir of a boy’s coming of age in wartime Japan By Mutsuo Takahashi Translated by Jeffrey Angles University of Minnesota Press | 256 pages ISBN 978-0-8166-7936-2 | paperback ISBN 978-0-8166-7277-6 | cloth | … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: The Pacific War 1941-5: Legacies, Heritage, Culture

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Paula

Location:  Australia CFP: The Pacific War 1941-5: Legacies, Heritage, Culture 5-7 December 2011, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia This conference aims to bring together scholars working on the cultural, social and political implications of the Pacific War, and to stimulate debate … Continue reading →

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