Japan@IHJ
In 2009, the I-House launched a new forum, Japan@IHJ, with the help of a network of experts from academia, journalism, the arts, and business, for disseminating/sharing information and knowledge on Japan and for enhancing cross-cultural dialogue going beyond national, occupational and disciplinary boundaries with a focus on “Japan” as a common interest. As this forum will be organized on an occasional/ad hoc basis, please register your e-mail address for our electronic magazine from the I-House website to be kept fully posted.
Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War
Lecturer: Sayuri Guthrie ShimizuProfessor, Michigan State University
Moderator: Robert Whiting, Journalist
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:00 pm-
Venue: Lecture Hall
Admission: Free (reservations required)
Language: English (no Japanese translation provided)
The 2012 season opener between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics in Tokyo signals U.S. Major League Baseball痴 support for Japanese reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami last March. There is a historic precedent for American professional baseball giving a boost to rebuilding efforts in Japan through this shared pastime. In 1949, the San Francisco Seals, managed by 鄭merican baseball ambassador Lefty O奪oul, toured Japan and helped raise the spirit of the then prostrated nation. Based upon her forthcoming publication Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the U.S. and Japan in Peace and War (University of North Carolina Press, 2012), this talk revisits this important chapter in the history of U.S.-Japanese baseball exchange.
Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu: Earned a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Cornell University. Dr.. Shimizu痴 area of specialization is American history and international history. She was a SSRC/CGP Abe fellow (2003-2004), and Fulbright fellow (1986-88) and senior researcher (2010-12). Her publications include Creating People of Plenty: The United States and Japan痴 Economic Alternatives, 1950-1960 (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2001), Nichibei Kankeishi [The History of Japan-U. S. Relations], with Masuda Hiroshi and Masuyama Jitsuo (Tokyo: Yuhikaku Press, 2001) and Pacific Crossings: U. S.-Asian Relations in a Changing World, 1850-2000 (Sage, forthcoming in 2012).
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