#  The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 13, 2026** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262**  

 [1737 Cambridge St.   
CGIS Knafel Bldg.  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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**Speaker**

[**Subodhana Wijeyeratne**](https://subowijeyeratne.com/), Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University

**Moderator**

[**Andrew Gordon**](https://agordon.scholars.harvard.edu/), Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University

Hybrid Event:   
Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. and online via Zoom [**(registration required).**](https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/NmTTH8qiRYG4RCLTnBLmfA)

*This seminar is part of the Special Series on Technology, Society, and Geopolitics. It is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation, the Harvard Department of History, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.*



 

 



 

 

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