Contested Memories and Reconciliation Challenges: Japan and the Asia Pacific on the 70th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War
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Contested Memories and Reconciliation Challenges: Japan and the Asia Pacific on the 70th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War
March 18, 2015
3:00pm — 5:00pm
Location: 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
Seventy years after the end of World War II, unfinished postwar reconciliation continue to haunt relations between Asian nations. Japan finds itself at the heart of regional politics, and its reflections, attitude and remarks toward this part of history still arouse strong public sentiment particularly in China and Korea. As the three major East Asian nations prepare to commemorate the end of war, the question is whether 2015 will mark the beginning of a new phase of reconciliation, or whether it will spur further the historic animosity. This discussion will outline challenges and opportunities in the Asia Pacific with respect to identity politics, with emphasis on Japan’s role and regional responses to Tokyo's actions.
This event is being co-sponsored by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University and the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University.
- Associate Professor, School for International Training (SIT) Graduate Institute & Fellow, Center for Peacemaking Practice, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Gilbert Rozman FellowMusgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
- Zheng Wang Global FellowAssociate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
- Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University