During 2022-2023, The University of Illinois and Kyushu University hosted a collaborative project for a two part workshop series on "Memory, Museums, and Memory".  Dr. Colleen Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Ran Zwigenberg, Kyushu University were principal investigators of this project.   Support was provided through the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

Museums, Monuments & Memory Workshop, November 29-30, 2022
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sponsored by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) in collaboration with Kyushu University in Japan.

Co-sponsors included Center for African Studies; Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; College of Fine and Applied Arts; College of Law;  Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures; Humanities Research Institute; Illinois International; Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies; The Program in Jewish Culture & Society; Krannert Art Museum; and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

 

Workshops on Museums, Monuments, and Memory: Ann Burroughs Keynote Address

November 29th, 7:00 PM

Opening Keynote Address by Ann Burroughs,

President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum

Levis Faculty Center, Room 210 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801

 

Workshops on Museums, Monuments, and Memory: Human Rights, Heritage, and Memory Panel

November 30th, 9:10 AM 

Human Rights, Heritage, and Memory

Colleen Murphy, Law, University of Illinois

Toru Oga, Political Science, Kyushu University

Shao Dan, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois

Ren Yatsunami, Law, Kyushu University

 

Workshops on Museums, Monuments, and Memory: Museums Panel

November 30th, 10:40 AM

Museums

Cristóbal Bianchi, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois

Emily Anderson, Curator, Japanese American National Museum

Gloria Yu Yang, Architecture, Kyushu University

 

Workshops on Museums, Monuments, and Memory: Remembering through Memory Activism Panel

November 30th, 12:00 PM

Remembering through Memory Activism

Tali Nates, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC)

Mduduzi Ntuli, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC)

Catherine Boyd, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (NPC)

 

Workshops on Museums, Monuments, and Memory: Memory and Heritage Panel

November 30th 1:30 PM 

Memory and Heritage

Brett Kaplan, Comparative and World Literature & Director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies, University of Illinois

Ran Zwigenberg, Asian Studies, Penn State University & Kyushu University

Naoko Gunji, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois

Ayako Fukushima, Environmental Design, Kyushu University

 

Spring workshop, May 27-30, 2023
Kyushu University

The spring workshop took place at Kyushu University May 27-30, and the lead organizers were Ran Zwigenberg and Natalie Konomi, both from Kyushu.  The participants from the fall workshop, with the exception of the keynote speakers, all convened to identify possible specific topics for future collaborative research.  To aid in the process of identifying target agencies, Melanie Loots from Illinois and Harold Kusters from Kyushu provided an overview of potential grant opportunities in both the United States and in Japan.  The Kyushu conference also included a tour of the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum, Dazaifu Tenmangu, and Kyushu National Museum.  During the daytrip to Hiroshima participants visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum with discussions by a) curators of the museum with how it evolved over time and b) Robert Jacobs in the Hiroshima Peace Institute.