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DESCRIPTION:For decades\, the concentration camp experience has been the fo
 cal point of Japanese American history. However\, this rich history encomp
 asses far more than just the WWII years. JAMsj will host three young schol
 ars to share their groundbreaking research that stretches the boundaries o
 f Japanese American studies.&nbsp\;\n\nDean Adachi\, a PhD candidate in hi
 story at Claremont University\, will discuss the often overlooked role of 
 Christianity in the earliest Japanese communities in Northern California a
 nd Hawaii. Adachi will highlight the transnational connections that link t
 hese Japanese American Christian communities.\n\nJeffrey Yamashita\, a PhD
  student in ethnic studies at UC Berkeley\, will be presenting "The Most H
 onorable Sons: Framing Heroic Masculinities in the Japanese American Commu
 nity." Yamashita will share the story of Nisei war hero Sergeant Ben Kurok
 i. Specifically\, he will explore Kuroki's masculinity and how it\nserved 
 as a foundation for the 100th/442nd RCT.&nbsp\;\n\nDr. Jane Yamashiro is c
 urrently a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California. Jane
 's presentation examines Japanese Americans in Japan to illuminate how "Ja
 panese American" -- an ethnic minority identity in the U.S. -- is reconstr
 ucted in Japan. She will demonstrate how interactions with Japanese in Jap
 an shape how Japanese Americans understand their own racial and national i
 dentities.\n\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\nThe presenters are excited to share their wo
 rk publicly with the JAMsj community and look forward to starting a new pu
 blic conversation on Japanese American studies.\n\n&nbsp\;Cost: Free with 
 admission to the museum (non-members\, $5\; students and seniors over age 
 65\, $3\; JAMsj members and children under 12\, free).\n\n&nbsp\; Please e
 mail&nbsp\;<a href="http://service.mail.com/callgate-6.70.5.0/rms/6.70.5.0
 /mail/getBody?folderId=1&amp\;messageId=MTImKCS0Wy89KBK%2FDG9ufilhZkXJKli7
 &amp\;purpose=display&amp\;bodyType=htmlNoExternals">PublicPrograms@JAMsj.
 org</a>&nbsp\;or call the JAMsj office at (408) 294-3138 to reserve a spot
 .&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Emerging Research in Japanese American Studies
URL:/en/events/2013/07/13/emerging-research-in-japanese-american-studies/
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