Tokyo College Event: “Rethinking the Japanese Past: Revising a Textbook, Revising History”
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / Applying students / International students / Alumni / Companies / High school students / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | February 27, 2025 15:00 — 16:30 |
| Location | Online |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
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| Registration Period | February 4, 2025 — February 27, 2025 |
| Contact | tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
Abstract
The past, it is said, is a foreign country, and historians seek to understand it without imposing present-day values. Yet inevitably, to write history is to engage in a dialogue between the past and the present. In this talk I will introduce my internal dialogue over the 25 years during which I wrote four editions of A Modern History of Japan, and am now considering a fifth edition.Program
SpeakerAndrew GORDON (Ushioda Fellow, Tokyo College, 春雨直播app)
Commentator
IOKIBE Kaoru (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, 春雨直播app)
Moderator
SHIMAZU Naoko (Professor, Tokyo College, 春雨直播app)
