Symposium "Remembering Yuji Ichioka: A Transpacific Dialogue"

An Invitation to a Special International Tribute . . .

Symposium "Remembering Yuji Ichioka: A Transpacific Dialogue"

Sunday, July 16, 2006. University of Tokyo, 2:00 - 5:00 pm and 5:30 - 7:30 pm (reception)

Cosponsored by:
Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo
Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles

Supported by: Imin-Kenkyukai and the UCLA Japan Alumni Association

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As some of you may know, the late Yuji Ichioka's last book, Before Internment: Essays in Prewar Japanese American History was recently published by Stanford University Press, and a commemorative event was held in Los Angeles on April 22, drawing over two hundred people from across the US and Japan.  We are planning to have a similar event in Japan, in collaboration with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, to celebrate this book, and also to discuss the significance of Professor Ichioka's broader activities, including the development of Japanese American historical archives such as the Japanese American Research Project (JARP) collection at UCLA, and his social activism related to Asian Americans.

Professor Ichioka had a great influence on the Japanese academia through his publications and visits to Japan.  From 1999 to the following year, he was a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo sharing his scholarship with the younger generation of Japanese scholars.  This Japan-US joint gathering will be an occasion to celebrate the life and work of Professor Ichioka and discuss how we may continue his legacy, and we are eager to request your participation.  (Professor Ichioka's book Before Internment will be available at a discount price of 5,000 yen at the venue.)  We would be grateful if you would le us know by July 5, using the attached form, whether or not you plan to attend.

• Masako Notoji, Professor and Director, Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo
• Don T. Nakanishi, Professor and Director, UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Sunday, July 16, 2006

14:00 - 17:00 - Forum " Yuji Ichioka: His Life, Works, and Legacy in Immigration Studies"
Building 18, Hall
University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus

Moderators: Don T. Nakanishi, Masako Notoji
Speakers: Eiichiro Azuma, Masako Iino, Teruko Kumei, Brian Niiya, Edward Park, Gayle Sato, Keiichi Shoji, Tritia Toyota, Karen Umemoto, Daizaburo Yui, and others
Language: Japanese and English (translation not available)

17:30 - 19:30 - Reception
Open Space, Building 18 (4th floor)
University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus
3,000 yen per person (Partially funded by the UCLA Japan Alumni Association)

Inquiries:
Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo
3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902
Tel. 03-5454-6137, 6161  Fax. 03-5454-6160
seminar@cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Public Transportation: "Komaba Todaimae" station on the Keio Inokashira Line  (2nd stop from Shibuya)