Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Comfort Women Wanted
The UCLA Center for Korean Studies presents Chang-Jin Lee' project "Comfort Women Wanted," which is based on his interviews in different countries in Asia with "comfort women" survivors and a former Japanese soldier.
When:
February 25, 2015 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Where
The Comfort Women Wanted project brings to light the memory of 200,000 young women, referred to as "comfort women," who were systematically exploited as sex slaves in Asia during World War II. This project serves to increase awareness of sexual violence against women during wartime.
It is based on interviews in 7 different countries, with Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Filipino, and Dutch "comfort women" survivors and a former Japanese soldier from W.W.II. The artworks include public art billboards, Kiosk street posters, prints, multi-channel video installations and a "Recreation of a Military Comfort Station."
Cost:
Free and Open to the Public
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
310-825-4321
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