Greetings!

 

On behalf of the International Japanese Studies Group at Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan, I am pleased to announce the following lecture:

 

East Asian and Pacific Histories from the Perspective of the Unequal Treaties

 

Marco Tinello

Associate Professor

Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Kanagawa University

 

Wednesday, 18 December 2024 (open to the public; in person only)
15:30-17:00
Room 6019
Kanagawa University, Minatomirai Campus
Yokohama

 

Abstract

 

The compact/treaty that the Ryukyu Kingdom signed with the US government in 1854 was crucial for understanding cooperation between the US and Japanese governments when the latter annexed the Ryukyu Islands in 1879 (an episode known as the Ryukyu shobun). This presentation explores how Japan-US negotiations over treaty rights facilitated Japan's ambitions in the Ryukyus, the Ogasawara Islands, and Korea, as well as their confrontation when the US annexed the Kingdom of Hawai'i and when Japan obtained a Class C Mandate on the South Pacific Islands. By the early twentieth century, these two powers had mutually accepted each other's territorial acquisitions and, in so doing, built their own empires and brought stability to East Asia and the Pacific. Besides, the theater for a potential war between the two empires in the Pacific had also been assembled. By reviewing the informal agreement between Japan and the US during the annexation of the Ryukyus, we can better appreciate how the Ryukyu shobun set the stage for later events.

To Attend

 

Preregistration (via the link below) at least a day in advance for those coming in person from outside the Kanagawa University community is greatly appreciated. Those coming from off campus must also register as a Guest at the Information counter just inside the building's main entrance before coming up to the room. (Kanagawa University students, faculty, and staff do not need to preregister.)

 

Preregistration (in person only): https://forms.gle/PdLJ1ZUm638yZRq28

 

Future Lectures

 

The International Japanese Studies Group at Kanagawa University also plans the following future lecture the remainder of the Japanese academic year:

 

Wednesday, 15 January 2025 (open to the public; hybrid)
Andrea Castiglioni, Nagoya City University
Mountains on the Move: From Kumano Sanzan to Dewa Sanzan

 

Lectures during the 2025-2026 academic year starting in April will be announced via academic listservs. If you would like to be on our direct email list, please contact James Welker (jrwelker@kanagawa-u.ac.jp).

 

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|| James Welker  |  ジェームズ・ウェルカー  (he/him)
|| Professor  |  教授 

|| Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural & Japanese Studies

|| Kanagawa University--Minatomirai Campus

|| 神奈川大学 みなとみらいキャンパス 国際日本学部 国際文化交流学科

|| jrwelker@kanagawa-u.ac.jp  |  jrwelker@me.com

|| Linktree (Professional profiles & social media)

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Co-editor of the Global Queer Asias book series (University of Michigan Press)

Selected Publications:

--James Welker, Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans (University of Hawai'i Press, 2024)
--James Welker, ed. Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia (University of Hawai'i Press, 2022)
--James Welker, ed. "Queer(ing)," special issue of Mechademia: Second Arc 13, no. 1 (2020)
--ジェームズ・ウェルカー 編著『BLが開く扉　変容するアジアのセクシュアリティとジェンダー』(青土社  2019)  [James Welker, ed., BL Opening Doors: Transfiguring Sexuality and Gender in Asia (Seidosha, 2019)]

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|| James Welker  |  ジェームズ・ウェルカー  (he/him)
|| Professor  |  教授 

|| Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural & Japanese Studies

|| Kanagawa University--Minatomirai Campus

|| 神奈川大学 みなとみらいキャンパス 国際日本学部 国際文化交流学科

|| jrwelker@kanagawa-u.ac.jp  |  jrwelker@me.com

|| Linktree (Professional profiles & social media)

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