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September 7, 2023

Kreitman - Japan's Ocean Borderlands - 20 Sept Webinar

From: John Bradford <johnfbradford@gmail.com>
Date: 2023/09/06

SSJ Friends,
   You are invited to the next YCAPS Maritime Hour webinar. Paul Kreitman will talk about the research related to his new book Japan's Ocean Borderlands.
 
Best, John Bradford
Indo-Pacific Maritime Hour (via Zoom)
Japan's Ocean Borderlands
20 Sept  2023 - 07:00 (New York), 12:00 (London); 19:00 (Singapore);  20:00 (Tokyo)
 
Desert islands are the focus of intense geopolitical tensions in East Asia today, but they are also sites of nature conservation. In this global environmental history, Paul Kreitman shows how the politics of conservation have entangled with the politics of sovereignty since the emergence of the modern Japanese state in the mid-nineteenth century. Using case studies ranging from Hawai'i to the Bonin Islands to the Senkaku (Ch: Diaoyu) Isles to the South China Sea, he explores how bird islands on the distant margins of the Japanese archipelago and beyond transformed from sites of resource extraction to outposts of empire and from wartime battlegrounds to nature reserves.

This study examines how interactions between birds, bird products, bureaucrats, speculators, sailors, soldiers, scientists and conservationists shaped ongoing claims to sovereignty over oceanic spaces. It considers what the history of desert islands shows us about imperial and post-imperial power, the web of political, economic and ecological connections between islands and oceans, and about the relationship between sovereignty, territory and environment in the modern world.

To join please use this link to register with Zoom.
You will need the link and passcode provided in the confirmation email.
 

Guest:

Paul Kreitman is associate professor of 20th century Japanese history in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University in the City of New York. Apart from Japan's Ocean Borderlands: Nature and Sovereignty (Cambridge University Press, 2023), his writing has also appeared in the journal Environmental History and media outlets such as The Financial Times, The Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun, Tōyō Keizai Online, The Diplomat and The New Statesman.

Format: This event will be off-the-record.
Registration: Required Link
Moderator: John Bradford, YCAPS Executive Director
Co-Sponsor: None
Webinar Cost: Free of charge
 
UPCOMING YCAPS EVENTS 
 
YCAPS Europe-Asia Webinar Series: India-China Economic Ties: Which Way Is It Heading? An Impression from India - Friday, September 8th @ 19:00 - 21:00 JST (Online Webinar)

Community Conversations: Japan's Decision to Defend Taiwan: Opportunities and Challenges- Monday, September 11th @ 17:30 - 20:00 JST (In Person Event in Misawa)

Getting to Know Japan: The Camp David Summit and U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Security Relations - Thursday, September 14th @ 19:00 JST (Online Webinar)

Getting to Know Japan: The Role of Kinship and Family in Japanese Society - Tuesday, September 19th @ 10:00 JST (Online Webinar)

Community Conversations: Civil-Military Coordination on Disaster Relief Operations of the Japan Self-Defense Forces at Home and Abroad - Tuesday, September 26th @ 17:45 - 20:00 JST (In Person Event in Iwakuni)

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