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9 Y. S( ~& [1 @  r* O3 }The Nanjing Massacre: 75 Years On8 ?  G, C1 V, ]/ H: E  M
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Time: November 16, 2012 $ A: R5 Y& |, o3 S
7:30pm
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( v" I& G% k0 B* \4 D. g+ fPlace: Harry Hickman Building,Rm 1057 ?) f+ C6 R$ K' p
University of Victoria  C6 V5 t' d( Q
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9 T5 ~: l8 N( ]$ V) k3 LFree and open to the public.. W  p0 U: \5 r7 Q# |
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On December 13th, 1937, theJapanese Imperial Army entered Nanjing, theformer capital of the Republic of China. In the six weeks thatfollowed, thousands of civilians and soldiers died, their bodies found later inmass graves around the city. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing atrocity.1 K5 J8 H% ]- ?; w0 \

* R4 j4 J3 A! v9 XOnNovember 16 and 17, The Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives and the Departmentof Pacific and Asian Studies are holding a symposium on the Nanjing massacre. The symposium will look atthe events of 75 years ago, and examine what they mean today for China, Japan,Canada, and the Asia Pacific region. ' ?8 ^7 ?+ I) v1 s1 A
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Full schedule:
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# q) g" H  u1 d) G2 ?Friday, November 16th 7:30 pm
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1 J6 O0 [4 R( `. e* F! sHarry Hickman Building, Rm 105
7 w/ h0 o) f+ D7 m6 VLansdowne Lecture and Keynote Address:
# K  P; p0 A+ N% \" ?, w7 rDiana Lary, Professor Emerita, Universityof British Columbia: f' _0 \) R, m7 m9 }
“Remembering the NanjingMassacre: the past that will not go away”
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, C8 y4 s$ Q4 ~/ f5 w. dSaturday, November 17th. a4 V0 \, \; e$ y4 Y4 }
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  Harry Hickman Building, Rm 105
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- M: n" ~& w- p' Y8 l& |% O9:00-9:15 am Welcoming Remarks; b! i$ y* N5 E3 L: j: R
Helen Lansdowne, Associate Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives/ A2 ]" N8 c) B6 ^* W; `/ h. ~( |' n
Andrew Marton, Associate Vice-President International, University of Victoria8 c' u  }. m# f1 m

( {1 Y3 W" r1 G; ^. U3 f9:15-10:45 am Panel One: The Politics of Remembering8 q* S  K7 y( M, P, c6 I0 r
Chaired by: Desmond Cheung, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History,
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/ [, k8 L4 O% j( H, O4 xGuoguang Wu, Departments of Political Science, History, University of Victoria* O) u' A6 }: [' M
“Nanjing, Beijing, and Tokyo: Positioning the Memory of Nanjing in ContemporarySino-) [, Y4 y; w7 g/ d$ U$ j! C
Japanese Relations”1 R7 G4 c7 a% i# m9 g  _5 q0 i6 K
Katsuhiko Endo, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria+ {4 h: k. P# d$ _1 o
“Is Today’s East Asia a Repetition of the 1930s?”! u9 f: C4 X/ Z# l. i: q$ `8 ~
Hugh Stephens, Executive-in-Residence, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada andSenior% B3 W+ X- [' s3 ?7 P3 F/ T& N
Advisor, Time Warner
9 T( M: Y2 Q& Z“Current Tensions and Historical Precedents
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10:45-11:15 am Refreshment Break
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11:15-12:30 pm Panel Two: Cultural Interpretations
3 }# [  F) m0 c. |8 tChaired by: Helen Lansdowne, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University ofVictoria! A( q' A* _* B" U$ }: Q& c
Richard King, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria
* I# \$ }: Z/ N5 R“Searching for Heroes in the Rubble: Nanjing 1937 in literature and film”+ j' X6 f( e6 A9 o
Timothy Iles, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria
# n6 \& r5 d; M, X“Yasukuni Shrine: Forgetting and Remembering Nanjing: A report on a festivaland a protest”' ?& @  ?- G& B$ `

) ?3 p# T0 r4 X$ K12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
" r% q$ m% [3 H1:30-3:00 pm Round Table One: The Historiography of Nanjing
1 z! g6 L+ h6 I* t5 X; ^0 [Moderator andPresenter: Gregory Blue, Department of History, University of Victoria" e% _7 s- g9 s+ m) U3 D
“Contemporary Western Reactions”
3 G5 i; a7 w1 z+ K5 ~+ f) kBob Tadashi Wakabayashi, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, YorkUniversity
9 T2 N6 Q7 v# ^; @! W4 o“The Nanjing Atrocity: Three Points of Contention”
& u' Y3 c. u3 Q1 c6 \Timothy Brook, Department of History, University of British Columbia/ Z. g* |  u) Q0 W* P
“What Can You Do with a Massacre?”3 ~- t% R6 q7 `) J7 T

/ _% d2 W1 E7 D2 S& r3:30-5:00 pm Round Table Two: Asian Canadian Conversations9 R( M5 F8 k- e. j6 H0 q) p
Moderator: John Price, Department of History, University of Victoria* ]3 i/ |9 X- r( k2 r9 F* ?, y
Joy Kogawa, Honored Canadian poet and novelist, recipient of the Order ofCanada, author/ x$ O  b+ w6 u$ {2 {. H4 |
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Joseph Wong, M.D.f, Founder and governor of the Yee Hong Centre for GeriaticCare and2 k! }# P2 r6 S1 A6 z. ^/ Q+ _' A" \
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6 a4 r$ e7 O" R" p& r+ R3:00-3:30 pm Refreshment Break
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Generous support has been provided by the President’s Office, University of Victoria
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