The Hoover Institution Library & Archives hosts a Japanese Diaspora Public Lecture. Through a Transnational Lens:  Embedding Japan in Global History will be presented by Sheldon Garon, Nissan Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Princeton University. This lecture will take place at the Annenberg conference room, Hoover Institution on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm PT. To attend this hybrid event, please register for the webinar or to attend in-person (seats are limited*).

Transnational history (or global history) goes beyond comparative analysis to examine the connections among nations at a given time.  Key developments in Japan—e.g., nation-building, war, authoritarianism, and even economic behavior—may be more fully explained not by cultural uniqueness, but by the Japanese emulation and adaptation of ideas and practices circulating around the globe.  Sheldon Garon will discuss the benefits of the transnational method, drawing on his global histories of savings-promotion, social policies, and “home fronts” in the world wars. 

This lecture is part of the Second International Workshop on the Japanese Diaspora which is co-hosted by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Japanese Association for Migration Studies and supported by the endowed Japanese Diaspora Initiative at Hoover.