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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: "Social Politics of National Defense in Postwar Japan"
AAS Toronto, March 2012

> H-ASIA
> July 18, 2011
>
> Call for a paper, chair and discussant for panel "Social Politics of
> National Defense in Postwar Japan", Association for Asian Studies,
> Toronto, March 15-18, 2012
> ************************************************************************
> From: Masuda Hajimu <hm...@cornell.edu>
>
> Call For Paper: "Social Politics of National Defense in Postwar Japan"
>
> We are looking for a panelist, discussant, and chair for our panel,
> tentatively titled "Social Politics of National Defense in Postwar Japan"
> for the AAS meeting in Toronto in March 15-18, 2012. The panel will
> explore
> various kinds of social, student, and resident movements regarding the
> issues of national defense in postwar Japan, as well as policymakers�
> observations and choices on this issue. It will examine the intersections
> between society and state, everyday people and policymakers, and domestic
> and international politics, seeking to go beyond the conventional
> dichotomy
> of top-down versus bottom-up or domestic versus international histories.
>
> My paper, for example, looks into the intensification of pro- and
> anti-rearmament appeals during the Korean War, intending to connect the
> formation of national defense policy�later labeled as Yoshida
> Doctrine�with
> everyday people, social movements, and memories of World War II. Another
> panelist's paper investigates military base protests in mainland Japan,
> specifically the protests at Tachikawa Air Force base outside Tokyo
> (Sunagawa) in the mid 1950s. It will explore the nature of these protests,
> particularly the various critiques articulated by the protesters, to
> examine
> how anti-base movements changed the context in which the United States and
> Japan thought about postwar defense.
>
> If you are interested in participating in this panel, either as a
> presenter
> or as chair/discussant, please contact MASUDA Hajimu (History, Cornell) at
> hm...@cornell.edu.
>
> Thank you very much!
> Masuda Hajimu
>
> *************************
> MASUDA Hajimu
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of History
> Cornell University
> hm...@cornell.edu
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