Sendai and the Asia-Pacific War: Soldiers, Civilians, Occupation, and Memory

Visiting Scholar Talks

Dec 1, 2026 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA,

Speaker

Clinton GODART | Professor, History, Tohoku University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27

Chair/Discussant

James Robson | James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute

Co-sponsored with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Abstract TBA

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