#  Weatherhead Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar: Japan's Imperial Household and Abdication: The Contemporary Controversy in Historical Perspective 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 24, 2017** 

 12:30PM - 02:00PM EDT 

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 **CGIS Knafel K262, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

###  Speaker:

 **Ken Ruoff**, *Professor of History and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, Portland State University.*

###  Discussant:

 **Andrew Gordon**, *Executive Committee; Faculty Associate.* Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; Victor and William Fung Acting Director, Harvard University Asia Center (2016-2017).

###  Contact:

 **Jenni Ting**  
<wting@wcfia.harvard.edu>

###  Moderator:

 **Susan Pharr**, *Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar*. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

 Sponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center; Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

 See also: [Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar](https://wcfia.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/seminars/us_japan/schedule), [2017-2018](https://wcfia.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/academic-year/2017-2018)



 

 



 

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