Dr. Thomas Lahusen
University of Tronto
Manchuria: Conflicting Memories
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Moderator: Masumi Kameda(Assistant Professor, The Univ. of Tokyo)
Commentator: Mitsuyoshi Numano(Professor, The Univ. of Tokyo)
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The lecture deals with memories from and about a country whose existence and very name was and still is a matter of conlict: the state of Manchukuo, which was created by Japan in 1932 and disappeared with Japan's capitulation and the Soviet invasion of 1945. Manchukuo remains in history as the “puppet state,” following a decision of the League of Nations of 1933. For the Chinese, it is “fake”(weiman) until the present day. However, Manchuria or Manchukuo is not only the object of countless memories, but has provoked in the last ten to twenty years a real boom of “Manchuria nostalgia,” originating from all over the globe, which is quite an achievement for a country that “never existed.” The lecture deals specifically with Russian, Polish, Japanese, and Chinese memories about Manchuria and Harbin. In this licture, Dr. Lahusen will show his own documentary film: “Harbin Echoes” (A film in construction, English subtitles, 35min.)
(The talk and discussions will be conducted in English without interpretation)
**This lecture made possible with a grant from the JSPS. Open to the public, no reservation required.
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| date and time: 4:00-5:30pm, July30(Wednesday), 2014
place: Seminar Room113, Faculty Law & Letters Bldg.1(Hobun 1goukan), The University of Tokyo
Access to the venue: About 10 minutes' walk from any of the following subway stations:„Hongo San-chome” (Marunouchi Line and Oedo Line), „Todai-Mae” (Nanboku Line), „Nezu” (Chiyoda Line), „Kasuga” (Toei Mita Line).
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