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Mapping Memory: Commemorating Formerly Incarcerated Nikkei Workers at U-M

The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) is honored to announce the Yuzuru J. Takeshita Nikkei Workers Memorial Project, a database and map of 401 formerly-incarcerated Japanese Americans who worked for the University of Michigan in the 1940s.

- Sara Chittenden

Tags: International Institute; Center for Japanese Studies

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II Honors Outstanding Staff Members at the 2025 Annual Holiday Celebration

Five standout staff members and one exceptionally collaborative team from the International Institute have been spotlighted for their achievements in 2025.

- Linda Miller & David Merchant

Tags: International Institute; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies; Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; Center for Japanese Studies; Nam Center for Korean Studies; Donia Human Rights Center; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; The Center for Emerging Democracies; Armenian Studies; II Portal

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CJS Noon Lecture Series | James Marshall Plumer’s Collecting Journey in War-torn Japan: Mingei Pottery, Folk Deities, and Ainu Art

Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art

12:00 PM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | Good Morning (お早よう)

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, 1959, 1h 34m

7:00 PM
Off Campus Location

CJS Noon Lecture Series | Powering Empire: Hydroelectricity and Highland Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule

John Kanbayashi, Assistant Professor of History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 PM
10th Floor Weiser Hall

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