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On 31 January 2018 the Japanese Studies Subject group was delighted to welcome a delegation of students from Hitosubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. The visiting students were greeted by undergraduate and graduate students from the Japanese Studies programmes at Cambridge who accompanied them for a day of activities and cultural exchange. In the afternoon Drs John … More Hitotsubashi Students visit FAMES

Tuesday 13 February 2018 Scott A. Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S. – Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), delivered a special lunch-time talk in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to an audience of undergraduates, research students, teaching staff and members of … More South Korean Strategic Choices and North Korea’s Nuclear Challenge – Scott A. Snyder

Dr Kyung-Min Park, currently a postdoctoral researcher with Barak Kushner’s ERC project, delivered an exciting presentation on his recent research regarding the key role resident Japanese in Korea played in resolving the war repatriation issues. Contrary to previous research that set the preliminary discussion of 1951 as the starting point, Park’s investigation began from August … More The Collision of Historical Perceptions – Dr Kyung-Min Park

International Symposium “Towards the Creation of Reconciliation Studies” Dec 16 2017 Dr Barak Kushner gave a keynote presentation at Waseda University’s international symposium “Towards the Creation of Reconciliation Studies”, the talk was titled ‘Unique Aspects of the East Asian Region Concerning the Historical Background to Reconciliation’ 「東アジア地域の固有性－和解の歴史的背景」 The purpose of the symposium was to bring … More Dr Barak Kushner gives keynote speech at international conference at Waseda University

Dr Kushner discusses his experience studying on the International Chinese Language Program at the National Taiwan University. Interview in Chinese Read full interview here  

Dr Barak Kushner gave a talk on “Japanese War Crimes Trials and the Dissolution of the Japanese Empire in China”（戰後的日本帝國解體及戰犯審判）at the International Chinese Language Program at the National Taiwan University Language Center (國立臺灣大學國際華語研習所) in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 6, 2017.