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New Books in Japanese Studies

Marshall Poe
Alice In Wonderland
World War II
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Japanese Empire
Myth Interpretation
Japanese Media
Translation and Adaptation
Cuteness Studies
Peace Preservation Law
Japanese Americans
Japanese Grammar
Ideological Conversion
Japan-Russia Relations
Transnational Cinema
San Francisco
Japanese Literature
Collective Memory
Japan
Burma
Philippines

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Jie-Hyun Lim
A historian with a focus on Poland and East Asian studies.
Columbia University Press
Episode: Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)
David M. Henkin
Professor of History at UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Episode: David M. Henkin, "Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Dr. Rosina Buckland
Asahi Shimbun Curator of the Japanese Collections at the British Museum
British Museum
Episode: Rosina Buckland and Oleg Benesch, "Samurai" (British Museum, 2025)
Oleg Benesch
Professor of History at the University of York in the UK
University of York
Episode: Rosina Buckland and Oleg Benesch, "Samurai" (British Museum, 2025)
Alex Wellerstein
Associate professor in the Science and Technology Studies Program at the Stevens Institute of Technology and visiting researcher at Sciences Po in Paris.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Episode: Alex Wellerstein, "The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age" (Harper, 2025)
Anne Sokolsky
Professor of Japanese literature at Denison College, focusing on woman writers in Japan.
Denison College
Episode: Anne Sokolsky ed., "Bold Breaks: Japanese Women and Literary Narratives of Divorce" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Ines Prodöhl
Author of Globalizing the Soybean, Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, circa 1900 to 1950
Routledge
Episode: Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Florentine Koppenborg
Author of "Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance"
Cornell University Press
Episode: Florentine Koppenborg, "Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Bo Tao
Lecturer in the College for Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chiba University, specializing in global history, U.S.-Japan relations, religion and politics, and modern Japanese history.
Chiba University
Episode: Bo Tao, "Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohiko and His World, 1888-1960" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)

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Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Q: What was progressive or unique about this letter from the Catholic priest in Poland to a priest in Germany in 1965?
The letter exemplified an early call for mutual forgiveness and an acknowledgment of shared responsibilities between victim nations, a significant departure from the binary narratives.
Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Q: Can you give a few examples of how these nations asserted victimhood through memories of the Holocaust?
Dr. Lim provides examples illustrating how both Japan and Germany have utilized Holocaust memory in their narratives to assert victimhood while downplaying past aggressions.
Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Q: How did the Holocaust become so central to global memory formation and national narratives of victimhood?
Dr. Lim discusses how activists use links between the Holocaust and other atrocities in advocacy, emphasizing that Holocaust memory resonates more with international audiences.
Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Q: Can you speak more about this process, the cult of fallen soldiers specifically, and how it manifested?
Dr. Lim explains that cultures interpret war victims as sacrifices, transforming their memories to serve nationalistic narratives.
David M. Henkin, "Out of the Ballpark: How to Think about Baseball" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: How is baseball changing with the rise of players like Shohei Otani?
Henkin discusses how players like Shohei Otani are transforming the game and increasing the popularity of Major League Baseball on an international scale.

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