Zoom event on February 10, 2022, at 12:30 pm (PST)
Join us for an incredible lecture given by Dr. Tristan R. Grunow on what happened behind the political scenes during the transformation of Tokyo in the late 19th Century.
This talk reviews the politics of the early Meiji period through the lens of the urban space of Tokyo. As government leaders set about refashioning the new capital after 1868, political differences, conflicting demands, competing goals, and personal disagreements all got in the way. By retracing how political conflicts at both the national and local levels impacted urban planning efforts, this talk highlights widening rifts within the Meiji government over the meaning and direction of reform.
Tristan R. Grunow is Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at Nagoya University, specializing in urban, architectural, environmental, and colonial history. Before joining Nagoya University, he held teaching and research positions at Yale University, the University of British Columbia, Harvard University, and Bowdoin College.
The discussants for this event are Dr. Yves Tiberghien, the director of the Centre for Japanese Research and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia; Dr. Kelly McCormick, a professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia; and Dr. Kaoru Iokibe, professor of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo and academic associate on U.S.-Japan Relations, at Harvard University.
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