Center for East Asian Studies at UW-Madison
Spring 2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series

All Lectures are in Rm. 336 Ingraham unless otherwise specified

February 13th, noon-1:15pm
Michael Wert, Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Marquette University
“Making Heroes out of Losers: Creating Meiji Restoration History in Local Japan”

February 27th, noon-1:15pm
Michael Laver, Professor of History, UW-Stevens Point
“Beautiful Island: Dutch Taiwan as a Strategic Link between Japan and Asia in the Seventeenth Century”

March 12th, noon-1:15pm
Kenji Hasegawa, Assistant professor, Yokohama National University
Reiko Shinno, Assistant Professor of History, UW-Eau Claire
“Togawa Yoshio Oral History: Maoism, Sinology, and Gender in Postwar Japan”

 March 26th, noon-1:15pm
Jeffrey Alexander, Assistant Professor of History, UW- Parkside
“Japan's Motorcycle Wars: Success, Failure, and Industrial Progress in Postwar Japan”

April 9th, noon-1:15pm
Sei-Jeong Chin, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, UW- Madison
“Autonomy through Social Networks: Law, Politics, and the News Media, 1931-1957”

April 16th, noon-1:15pm
Cortney Chaffin, Art Historian, UW-Stevens Point
“Strange Creatures of Chu: Antlered Tomb Sculptures of the Warring States Period”

All of the above events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated. Also, please note that events are subject to change. For more information, contact the Center for East Asian Studies. In addition, please see the UW Events page for more events and other specifics. Past CEAS event details available here.