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Japan: Then & Now – A Dialogues Seminar
January 28, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
FREE for students! Contact rachel@unc.edu to reserve your free student ticket.
Historians Morgan Pitelka and David Ambaras consider Japan’s complex relations with China, Korea, and others in the Asia-Pacific in the sixteenth century and twentieth centuries. In particular, they will discuss wars and trade and the changing social relations that shaped these conflicts. The seminar will conclude with a panel discussion with both of our scholars reflecting on ways that Japan has changed over this time period, and how the legacy of those evolutions is visible in Japan today.
Topics and Speakers
Inside Out: Japan’s Premodern Foreign Relations and Status System
Morgan Pitelka, Professor of Asian Studies
Outside In: The Global and the Regional in the Making of Modern Japanese Society
David Ambaras, Associate Professor of History, NCSU
Future of Japan
A panel discussion with our speakers
TIME & COST
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, January 28, 2017. The tuition is $65 or register for all 4 Dialogue seminars for $200.00. A meal will not be offered with this seminar.
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Co-Sponsored by the General Alumni Association.
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The Carolina Asia Center supports diverse Asia-related events. However, CAC co-sponsorship of any talk, seminar, documentary screening, film screening, performance or celebration does not constitute endorsement of or agreement with the views presented therein. As an academic institution, we value diverse perspectives that promote dialogue and understanding.