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X-WR-CALNAME:Kirsten Ziomek - "Remaking the World: Revenge and Revolt in th
 e Wake of Japanese Defeat"
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DESCRIPTION:This talk aims to move beyond our reiterative framework of the 
 immediate period of Japan’s defeat in World War II – shifting away fro
 m an emphasis on the Japanese populace’s “embrace of defeat” – and
  instead contemplating defeat as also encompassing frenetic flashpoints th
 roughout the collapsing empire and surrounding Pacific islands. Some defea
 ted Japanese soldiers were filled with disgust and anger at their superior
  officers for their brutal treatment on the battlefield and sought revenge
  on the repatriation ships back to Japan by either throwing them overboard
  or beating them up on the ship. Common\, too\, were lynchings in the pris
 oner of war camps where Okinawans\, Koreans and Japanese were separated fr
 om each other but still at times explosive feuds erupted\, with Okinawans 
 or Koreans beating up the Japanese. It was also a time of revolts\; one in
  the heart of the Japanese archipelago in Akita prefecture involving Chine
 se forced laborers\, with another occurring on Mili Atoll in the Marshall 
 islands led by Korean and Marshallese forced laborers. By focusing on reve
 nge\, revolt\, and the anger and rage throughout the Pacific region we can
  imagine defeat as offering an opportunity to the disenfranchised to remak
 e the world\, to overthrow the hierarchy\, with their own sense of justice
  and retribution\, even if these worlds were fleeting and unsustainable. \
 n\n \n\nThis is a hybrid event. To register for the live broadcast\, click
  here. \n\n \n\nBio\nKirsten Ziomek is an associate professor of history a
 nd director of Asian Studies at Adelphi University in New York. Her resear
 ch focuses on the Japanese empire\, colonial subjects\, indigenous people\
 , visual culture and imagery\, the Asia-Pacific War and comparative imperi
 alisms. \n\nHer articles have appeared in the Journal of Asian Studies and
  Critical Asian Studies and her first book\, Lost Histories: Recovering th
 e Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples was published in 2019 by Harvard Uni
 versity Asia Center. Her current book project reimagines the Asia-Pacific 
 War by focusing on the experiences of colonial and Indigenous people throu
 ghout the Pacific region- some who fought for the Japanese military- other
 s who were coerced into providing forced labor\, resources or sex.  A fell
 owship from the National Endowment for Humanities and Japan US Friendship 
 commission is supporting her research leave during 2023-2024.\n\n \n\nThis
  event is presented by the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cu
 lture and co-sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center. \n\n \n\nImage- 1
 8 March 1945 Caption: "Korean members of a group that revolted against Jap
  slavery are shown here aboard an American LCI after having been stripped 
 in search of concealed weapons."
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LOCATION:Doheny Memorial Library (DML)\, East Asian Seminar Room (110C) 
SUMMARY:Kirsten Ziomek - "Remaking the World: Revenge and Revolt in the Wak
 e of Japanese Defeat"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/re-making_the_world_revenge_an
 d_revolt_in_the_wake_of_japanese_defeat_8464
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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