Global Connections
International Conference
November 2027
Call for proposals for presentations and workshops - Stay tuned.
Webinars: Connecting people and voices
Contested Histories, Webinar 3
This webinar highlighted alternative voices on dimensions of women's resistance against violence and humiliation. Themes of militarism, patriarchy, and social disablism were examined.
Lily Kim is a disability and refugee advocate. She has served at Women's Community House, Romero and Global House (CCLC), Holocaust Education Week, UJA Federation’s Toronto Holocaust Museum, and is an ALPHA Education Board member.
Contested Histories, Webinar 2
This webinar focused on conflicting factors that shape historical memory of WWII in Asia, national identity, and civil society. These factors were addressed through exploration and discussion of Japan’s Peace Constitution.
Dr. Benjamin Peters, Director of the University of Michigan Global Scholars Program, is a scholar, researcher, writer, and editor in the areas of peace studies, Japanese and Costa Rican politics, nationalism, and antimilitarism.
Contested Histories, Webinar 1
History goes beyond the written word. Statues, monuments, streets, institutions, are all markers and collectives of historical memory. Controversies over representations of disputed historical legacies in such public spaces is a global phenomenon.
Centering on the history of World War II in Asia, Professor Kazuyo Yamane and Satoko Oka Norimatsu examine the social, political, and historical dynamics with respect to contested histories legacies; and identify museum practices on how to address them effectively.
Connecting History to Contemporary Issues 2
Prof. Fujitani discussed war-time racism and imperialism in this webinar titled "Racism and Military Aggression: Lessons from the Cold War and World War II".
Connecting History to Contemporary Issues 1
Dr. Sachiyo Tsukamoto and Judge Julie Tang (Ret.) lead a conversation about the Politics of Memory and the continuing struggle of the "Comfort System" survivors for justice. They share timely commentary and reflection on the controversial essay by Harvard Mitsubishi Professor Ramseyer and discuss how this can be linked to the Japanese denial movement's counter-narrative that still rejects the reality of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.
