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> November 29, 2012
>
> H-US-Japan: Special Lecture in Osaka on 5 December: Collective Memory and
> Security in Sino-Japanese Relations
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> From: "Yoneyuki Sugita" <yone@sugita.us>
>
> Special Guest Lectures Series, Osaka University
>
> Time/Date: 13:00 ? 14:30, 5 December 2012 (Wednesday)
> Venue: Academic Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Building E, Minoh Campus, Osaka
> University
> http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/access/accessmap.html#map03 （access map ）
> http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/access/minoh.html (campus map: 3rd floor #7)
>
> Guest Speaker: Dr. Karl Gustafsson (Post-doctoral Research Fellow,
> Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University)
> http://www.ace.lu.se/o.o.i.s/29031
>
> Lecture Title: Collective Memory and Security in Sino-Japanese Relations
> Synopsis:
> A long time has passed since Japan's aggressive war in Asia ended. In
> the post-war era Japan has stuck to a peaceful path and accommodated
> China's rise while exchanges and interdependence in Sino-Japanese
> relations has increased tremendously. Nonetheless, the "history issue"
> in Sino-Japanese relations has not disappeared. Why has the so-called
> history issue in Sino-Japanese relations not been solved? Two main
> explanations to this puzzle seem to dominate?either history is
> understood in the mainstream realist way as something that is merely
> used for strategic reasons or it is believed that historical factors
> affect the perceptions of formerly victimized states and that for this
> reason the former aggressor needs to provide some kind of reassurance.
>
> The talk theorizes the link between collective memory and bilateral
> relations in a way that differs from both these approaches as it
> acknowledges the importance of the memory not only of former aggressors
> but also of non-aggressors. In addition, it moves beyond the
> state-centrism common in previous research. The central argument is that
> the reason that the so-called history issue has continued to disturb
> Sino-Japanese relations is because memory narratives are central to
> collectives' sense of who they are, to their identities. This means that
> memories are something we think with rather than merely something we think
> about.
> Common memories provide groups with a sense of who they are and
> therefore with ontological security. Groups and individuals involved in
> memory politics therefore react to perceived threats to these
> narratives?threats in the form of statements, acts and other narratives
> that might be seen as involving the forgetting of aspects central to the
> narratives to which they subscribe. I label this logic the fear of
> oblivion.
>
> This lecture is open to the public.
>
> After the lecture, we will have a "brown bag lunch seminar" with Dr.
> Gustaffson. Graduate students and younger scholars (at heart) are
> welcome. Participants are to present their own research in five minutes.
> Because we provide lunch box ("bento"), please reserve your seat.
>
> Contact information: Yone Sugita, sugita@lang.osaka-u.ac.jp
>
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