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Naomi Hirahara’s Meticulously-Researched Mystery about Postwar Midcentury Japanese America
There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen—a much-antici…
Tamiko Nimura • March 14, 2024
The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II
In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941…
Olivia Tasevski • Feb. 28, 2024
The Unknown Great: Expanding History, Widening the Focus
Until recently, the history of Japanese Americans was documented almost wholly by looking at the WW…
Esther Newman • Feb. 12, 2024
New Podcast Series Explores the Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration— Q&A with the Oral History Center’s Shanna Farrell
When oral historian Shanna Farrell began interviewing descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerate…
Anne Brice • Feb. 9, 2024
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From Generation to Generation (podcast)
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Kim Weiskopf: Comedy Writer
The late television writer/producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023 at the age of 101, has been celeb…
Greg Robinson • Feb. 2, 2024
No. 43 The Footsteps of a Third Generation Japanese American Fighting Through Art — Reading "Nobuko Miyamoto's Autobiography"
Nobuko Miyamoto, a third-generation Japanese-American, has had what is commonly called a "life…
Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 26, 2024
On Being Jew-ish
Recently, I did a memorial piece for Nichi Bei on my late friend Franklin Odo, a Hawaii-born Sansei…
Greg Robinson • Jan. 22, 2024
Memorializing a Shared History Between Native and Japanese American Communities at Fort Lincoln
In September, I had the privilege of attending the ground blessing ceremony for the Snow Country …
Brian Niiya • Jan. 12, 2024
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Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial
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Chapter 8—The Way Home
Yayoi and I walked across a university campus admiring its historic gate, patinaed statues, and p…
Lon Kurashige • Nov. 24, 2023
Pictures of Belonging: Rediscovering Three Remarkable Japanese American Artists
In a recent interview, Dr. ShiPu Wang discussed the lengthy process and inspiration for curating …
Kristopher Kato • Nov. 17, 2023
