Historical Dialogue and Reconciliation in East Asia

Harvard Yenching Institute hosts a two day conference.

Attendees please register in advance, by contacting Lindsay Strogatz (617-495-3369)

Session 1: Initiatives led by Overseas Scholars
Yang Daqing - History Dialogue and Reconciliation in Comparative Perspectives
Liu Jie - Simultaneous Publications in China and Japan of Contentious Issues in Sino-Japanese Relations: Toward a History Beyond Borders
Lee Sung-si - Activities and Accomplishments of Japan-Korea Cooperative Studies

Session 2: Contentious issues: current interpretative debate
Murai Ryota - Memorial Service Issue and Yasukuni Shrine in Japan
Shi Guifang - Recent Studies of Resistant War against Japan in Contemporary China
Mitani Hiroshi - Contemporary Political Context of the Historical Issue in East Asia

Session 3: Furthering historical studies in East Asia and prospects for future
Sang Bing - Prospects for the Studies of Modern History of China and Sino-Japanese Relations
Chen Hongmin - New Sources and Current Scholarship in China on the Nanjing Massacre
Lim Jie-Hyun - Mourning Nations: Victimhood, Nationalism and Historical Reconciliation
Kawashima Shin - Extending Cooperative Studies of Modern History of East Asia

Organized by Professors Andrew Gordon (Harvard University) and Hiroshi Mitani (Tokyo University), this symposium is being sponsored by the Harvard Yenching Institute, with support from Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Harvard University Asia Center.