Oral History Symposium: University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies

We received word that the University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies is co-sponsoring an international symposium:

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Oral History Data

Sunday, August 28 from 8:30am to 6:30pm in Physical Sciences 217.

The event is free and open to the public.

Speakers

Panel I: Purpose of the Symposium – 9:15-9:45am

• Yoshiyuki Asahi (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)

Panel II: Oral history records in Hawaiʻi – 9:50am-12:00pm

• Warren Nishimoto and Michiko Nishimoto (UH Oral History Project)
• Brian Niiya（Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i)
• Yosihiko Sinoto (Bishop Museum)

Panel III: History of Japanese immigrants and oral records – 1:30-2:10pm

• Kosuke Harayama (National Museum of Japanese History)

Panel IV: Influence of Japanese language in Hawaiʻi – 2:10-2:50pm

Gavin Furukawa (UH Dept. of Second Language Studies)

• Mie Hiramoto (National University of Singapore)

Panel V: Research based on oral history data – 3:20-4:50pm

• Katie Drager (UH Dept. of Linguistics)
• Timothy J. Vance (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)