Notice Regarding the Lecture by Prof. Elliott Young [Finished]
Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University
event date: 2019.05.30
The Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University, is hosting the lecture outlined below. Please note that attendance is free and no advance registration is needed. We hope to see you all at the lecture.
Alien Nation: Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through World War II
The History of Chinese International Migration and the Coolie Trade from the 19th Century to World War II
Speaker: Elliott Young (professor of history, Lewis & Clark College; recipient of the 2019 JAAS–OAH Japan Residency Program award)
MC: Yoko Tsukuda (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Seijo University)
Date: 18:00–19:30, May 30 (Thu), 2019
Place: Big Meeting Room, 3F Building No. 3, Seijo University
Seijo University Directions (four-minute walk from Seijo Gakuen-mae Station on the Odakyu Line)
Host: Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University
Support: Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS), Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Assistance: Japan–United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC)
Language: English (no interpretation)
Attendance is free; no advance registration is needed.
Please direct inquiries about this event to the Tsukuda Research Office, Seijo University.
E-mail: tsukuda［at］seijo.ac.jp
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Outline:
The Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University, together with the Association for Immigration Studies, is hosting a lecture by Professor Elliot Young from the history department at Lewis & Clark College. Professor Young will be residing in Japan as a short-term invited researcher in the 2019 Japan Residency Program hosted by the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) with the assistance of the Japan–United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC). Professor Young describes the trans-Pacific history of the Chinese coolie trade and international migration in the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean in his recent book, Alien Nation (2014), which is based on his research on the historical social construction of the concepts of ethnicity and national identity in the “borderlands” along the United States–Mexico border. In this lecture, he will talk about the history of the Chinese coolie trade and international migration from the 19th century to World War II, focusing on the material in Alien Nation. The history of immigration policy in the Americas, which included efforts to seek out Chinese workers as well as strict restrictions on their immigration, can also be viewed as relevant to contemporary Japanese society, as we are beginning to welcome an ever-greater number of foreign workers into the country.
