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[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Japan’s Road to the Olympics in the Meiji Era: An Attempt at “Sports Civilization” Theory
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Lecturer: Ushimura Kei (Professor, Nichibunken)
Commentator: Mitani Hiroshi (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 6:30-8:00 pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Venue: Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
Coorganized by International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
Language: Japanese (without English interpretation)
Admission: Free
Seating: 100 (reservations required)
Professor, Nichibunken
Ushimura Kei
Specializes in comparative culture and Japanese intellectual history. He did his graduate work both at the University of Tokyo (Comparative Literature and Culture) and at the University of Chicago (History). He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. Before joining Nichibunken, he served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and Associate Professor at Meisei University. He has published “Bunmei no sabaki” o koete [Beyond “the Judgment of Civilization”] (Chuokoron-shinsha, 2001) and “Senso sekininron” no shinjitsu [The Issue of the Discourses on “War Responsibility”] (PHP Kenkyusho, 2006), and edited Bunmei to shintai [Civilization and the Body] (Rinsen Shoten, 2018). Winner of the Yamamoto Shichihei Award in 2001 and the Shigemitsu Mamoru Award in 2008.
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Mitani Hiroshi
Professor at Atomi University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo. His main research interests include Japanese political history during the 19th century, especially the Meiji Revolution, East Asian regional history and comparative history. His recent publications include Escape from Impasse: The Decision to Open Japan (I-House Press, 2008), Aikoku, kakumei, minshu [Nationalism, Revolution, Democracy] (Chikuma shobo, 2013), Ishinshi saiko [Rethinking the Meiji Revolution] (NHK Publishing, 2017), and Toward a History beyond Borders: Contentious Issues in Sino-Japanese Relations (edited with Daqing Yang, Jie Ryu and Andrew Gordon, Harvard University Asia Center, 2012).
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