Colons et colonisés New Perspectives on Settler Colonialism in East Asia
– International Workshop –
Lundi 19 novembre 2018
EHESS – 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
Salle 7-37 (10-12h30) & S1-24 (14h30-16h30)
The goal of this workshop is to probe into new directions in colonial history of modern Japan. It will seek to challenge the contours of the field by looking at the trans-war history of Japanese settlers in Manchuria, social history of colonial Seoul, and rural penal settlements throughout the Empire.
10h-10h15 Welcome
Isabelle Konuma (CEJ-INALCO) & Aleksandra Kobiljski (CRJ-EHESS)
10h15-10h30 Introduction
Noémi Godefroy (CEJ-INALCO/CRJ-EHESS)
10h30-11h30 Alain Delissen (EHESS)
A social history of Seoul, 1920-1936: Am I doing settler colonialism (or am I not ?)”
11h30-12h30 Emer O’Dwyer (Oberlin College)
Towards a Transwar History of Japanese Settler Colonialism
12h30 – 14h30 Lunch break
14h30-15h30 Constance Sereni (Université de Genève)
Japanese Emigration to Manchuria, 1936-45: Exile as a Policy
15h30-16h30 Miyamoto Takashi (Université de Tôkyô)
Making of Japanese Carceral Archipelago: Introduction of Penal Transportation System during the 1880s