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

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, 2017-2018