The Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo is pleased to welcome you to a lecture by Professor Melanie Oppenheimer on July 16.


Lecture "Reflections on the Easternisation of the Red Cross Movement: the role of the Japanese Red Cross and the League of Red Cross　Societies，1907-1926"


Speaker: Professor Melanie Oppenheimer (College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Australia/ Visiting Professor, Center for Pacific and American Studies (CPAS), University of Tokyo)


Date: July 16, 2019(Tuesday) 18:30-20:00


Venue: Collaboration Room 1, Bldg. 18, Komaba I Campus, University of Tokyo
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020146.pdf


URL: http://www.cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/indexjpn.html


Professor Oppenheimer's research interests include the role of voluntary organisations and patriotic funds (or war charities) in times of peace and war; the history of volunteering and voluntary action; and gender and imperialism. Her ARC (Australian Research Council) funded projects include soldier settlement schemes post WWI; a history of the 1970s Australian Assistance Plan; Meals on Wheels; and sustaining volunteering in Australia. Her recent books include the centenary history of Australian Red Cross, "The Power of Humanity. 100 Years of Australian Red Cross" (2014); and with Bruce Scates, "The Last Battle: Soldier Settlement in Australia, 1916-1939" (2016). She co-edited (with Mandy Paul and Margaret Anderson), "SA on the Eve of War" (2017) and co-edited (with Erik Eklund and Joanne Scott) "The State of Welfare. Comparative Studies of the Welfare State at the end of the long boom, 1965-1980" (2018). Professor Oppenheimer has recently commenced a 4-year ARC project on a history of the League of Red Cross Societies.


For more information, please contact: res@cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp <mailto:res@cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp>