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Meiji at 150

Dr. Lisa Yoshikawa (Hobart & William Smith Colleges) Yoshikawa, Lisa; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Yoshikawa chronicles how professional historians in the Meiji and Taisho Periods legitimized imperialism as they attempted to elevate the discipline of history within Japanese academia. We discuss the mobilization of history and myth to justify colonialism, the development of academic history in the Meiji period, and scholars’ complicity with interwar illiberalism before considering the politics of historical memory along with legacies for Japanese historians and historiographies in the postwar and today.

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Dr. Lisa Yoshikawa (Hobart & William Smith Colleges)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 29
Creator
Yoshikawa, Lisa; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-05-18
Description
In this episode, Dr. Yoshikawa chronicles how professional historians in the Meiji and Taisho Periods legitimized imperialism as they attempted to elevate the discipline of history within Japanese academia. We discuss the mobilization of history and myth to justify colonialism, the development of academic history in the Meiji period, and scholars’ complicity with interwar illiberalism before considering the politics of historical memory along with legacies for Japanese historians and historiographies in the postwar and today.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; historical memory; colonialism; academic history
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415922
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81915
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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