Eighty years have passed since World War II came to an end in the Asia Pacific, and the implications of the politics of memory remain. How did wartime generations fit into the domestic politics of memory in the postwar period? What shape will those memories take without the presence of the war generations?

Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies for a panel event moderated by GW's Mike Mochizuki, Japan-U.S. relations associate professor of political science and international affairs, and Daqing Yang, associate professor of history and international affairs.

Schedule:

• 1:00 Welcome
• 1:10 Keynote Speech
• 2:25 Coffee Break
• 2:30 Panel One
• 3:40 Coffee Break
• 3:50 Panel Two
• 5:00 Plenary Discussion
• 5:30 End

“The Passing Past: Generations and the Future of War Memory,” Carol Gluck, George Samson Professor Emerita of History, Columbia University

“Two Faces of Memory: Japan-China Perspectives on the War Orphans Left Behind in China,” Irene Hyangseon Ahn, Assistant Professor of Justice, Law, & Criminology, American University

“The Loss Boys: Displaced and Disabled Japanese Veterans of the Second World War,” Lee K. Pennington is an Associate Professor of History, U.S. Naval Academy

“Japanese Mediascapes and Historical Memories of the Asia-Pacific War,” Erik Ropers, Director, Asian Studies Program and International Studies Program

“China’s ‘Date Debate’-How Manchurian Scholars Rewrote World War II,” Emily Matson, Professorial Lecturer, the George Washington University