Seiji Shirane (The City College of New York), "Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan’s Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945"

Date: 

Monday, March 20, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Huguette and Michael Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)

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Seiji Shirane
Assistant Professor, Department of History; Affiliated Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, The City College of New York (CUNY).

Moderator: Karen Thornber
Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature; Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.


Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; and the Harvard University Asia Center.

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Additional Resources

  1. Seiji Shirane, Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945. Cornell University Press, Dec. 15, 2022.
  2. Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Seiji Shirane, "Imperial Gateway: A Conversation with Seiji Shirane." Made in China Journal, Nov. 22, 2022.
  3. Sabrina Teng-io Chung and Seiji Shirane, "Mediating Japan's Southern Advance: An Interview with Seiji Shirane." The Taiwan Gazette, Feb. 25, 2023.