Dislocated Nikkei: New Understandings of Race and World War II

Tue, October 13, 2020 5:00 PM - Tue, October 13, 2020 6:00 PM at https://msu.zoom.us/j/98053980812

Recording of the event: https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/WWII+Roundtable/1_kbbj5zik 

The experiences of Nikkei, people of Japanese descent in the United States, are key to understanding World War II on the US home front. However, Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans experienced World War II in many locations and many ways that have not previously been explored. On the 75th anniversary of the end of the war, this panel discussion will start with short comments that highlight new perspectives. What can we learn about Japanese American internment camps from archeology? Why were Japanese New Yorkers imprisoned on Ellis Island? Who were Japanese American survivors of the Atomic Bomb and how were their experiences different from Japanese and Korean survivors? What can we learn if we also consider the role of gender, family, disability, physical, and mental health in Nikkei experiences? We will have plenty of time for discussion, so please join us to enter into a conversation about new understandings of Nikkei experiences, race, and World War II.

Panelists: Naoko Wake, Director, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, MSU Stacey Camp, Director, MSU Campus Archeology Program Anna Pegler-Gordon, Professor, James Madison College, MSU

Moderator: Andrea Louie, Professor, Department of Anthropology, MSU

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