Subtitle:
World History Center Speaker Series: East Asia, Eurasia, and the World
Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut
Date:
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 12:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
3703 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
World History Center
Contact Phone:
412-624-3073
Contact Email:
worldhis@pitt.edu
From a global perspective, even using the term "empire" in relation to Japanese history is not just about the past but about modernity—colonial modernity—and its implications for the present. My talk will consider various recent trends in approaching the Japanese empire writ large. Particular focus rests on the enduring problem with many broader imperial studies' continued failure to examine and/or incorporate Japan's experience into their theoretical frameworks, which only perpetuates exceptionalist ideas about Japan as "different" from home pre-supposed norm.
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
World History Center
World Regions:
Asia
East Asia