comfort women - central washington university · 2015. 4. 23. · comfort women students will read...
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COMFORT WOMENCOMFORT
WOMENSEXUAL SLAVERY IN THE WARTIME JAPANESE EMPIRE
The Historical Record and the Politics of Memory
COMFORT WOMEN
7 PM • SURC BALLROOM A PANEL OF CONCERNED SCHOLARS
Panelists will review the historical evidence about wartime sexual slavery and explore current struggles over historical memory, in the context of international attention to human
rights, trafficking, and violence against women.
PANELISTS:Dr. Bang-Soon Yoon Political Science, CWU
Dr. Chong Eun Ahn History, CWU
Dr. Anne Cubilié Douglas Honors College,CWU
Dr. Mark Auslander Museum of Culture & Environment, CWU
Dr. Yukiko Shigeto Foreign Languages and Literatures, Whitman College
Dr. Davinder Bhowmik Asian Languages and Literature, UW
Dr. Justin Jesty Asian Languages and Literature, UW
MODERATOR:Dr. Stacey Robertson Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, CWU
KEYNOTE:Dr. Bang-Soon Yoon Political Science, CWU
“Sex, State & Women’s Human Rights Movement: The “Comfort Women” Case
6 PM • SURC PIT VOICES OF THE COMFORT WOMENStudents will read victims’ testimonies about the “Comfort Women” system
APRIL 28, 2015Central Washington University campus
Program sponsors: Office of the Dean, College of Arts and HumanitiesWomen’s and Gender Studies ProgramDepartment of World Languages Asian and Pacific Islander Studies ProgramDepartment of HistoryWilliam O. Douglas Honors CollegeDepartment of Anthropology and Museum Studies Museum of Culture and EnvironmentDepartment of Political ScienceCWU is an AA/EEO/Title IX Institution. For accommodation, contact: [email protected]
“Rabaul Comfort Stations” by Kang, Duk-Kyung, comfort woman survivor from Korea
5:30 PM • SURC PIT FILM: “THE BUTTERFLIES: FLYING HIGH WITH HOPE”