Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The presentation will analyze the ongoing debate in Japan over how the past should be remembered, and how this impacts on issues of national identity. Prof. Weiner is speaking on a Diversity Grant obtained by Prof. Keming Liu (Medgar Evers College, CUNY) in part to celebrate the 80th birthday of Prof. Betty Lee Sung.
This presentation is based on information from Prof. Joyce Gelb’s soon to be released publication, “Gender Policies in Japan and the United States.” In it, Prof. Gelb explores the similarities and differences in gender related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the U.S., concentrating the areas of equal employment, domestic violence, and reproductive rights, … Read more