{"id":171,"date":"2023-08-17T20:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T03:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/cjrc\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:44:06","slug":"japanese-american-religion-and-society-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/japanese-american-religion-and-society-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese American Religion and Society Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Faculty Members: Duncan Williams<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Los Angeles is home to the largest concentration of Japanese Americans in North America&#8230;\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8230;with Buddhist, Christian, and Shinto temples, churches, and shrines with over 100 years of history. This Ito Center project explores the history and contemporary manifestations of Japanese American religiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-4.50.19-PM-768x768.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-4.50.19-PM-768x768.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/221012-Ireicho-Japanese-Americann-Museum-Sharon-Yukiye-Wu-stamping-se-240p-fd1633-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/221012-Ireicho-Japanese-Americann-Museum-Sharon-Yukiye-Wu-stamping-se-240p-fd1633-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/221012-Ireicho-Japanese-Americann-Museum-Sharon-Yukiye-Wu-stamping-se-240p-fd1633-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/221012-Ireicho-Japanese-Americann-Museum-Sharon-Yukiye-Wu-stamping-se-240p-fd1633-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Visit<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Stamp the Ireicho\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>We invite you\u00a0to view and stamp the names and use a special Japanese hanko (a stamp or seal) to leave a mark for each person in the Ireich\u014d as a way to honor those incarcerated during World War II. Community participation will \u201cactivate\u201d it and rectify the historical record by correcting misspelled names or revealing names that may have been omitted from the record. The Ireich\u014d will be on display until December 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"links-container\">\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n\n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.janm.org\/exhibits\/ireicho\/stamping\n    aria-label=\"Read more about \"  \n>\n     \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Ireicho Opening Ceremony Sept. 2022<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PbgjGAgaCQ?si=DUpERBqZWfS3Qlfh\" title=\"Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Launch\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n    \n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n\n                                                                                    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Events\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/memory_monument-making_repairing_our_racial_karma\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Memory &#038; Monument-Making: Repairing our Racial Karma<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, September 23, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the theme of\u00a0<i>Memory &amp; Monument-Making: Repairing our Racial Karma<\/i>, the focus of the conference is on the makers of monuments and how they conceive of memory, especially when memorializing difficult historical events. Moving beyond the wartime Japanese American incarceration, the conference brings together leading figures in memory and monument work around racial and religious exclusion and trauma amongst a myriad of communities in the U.S. as well as from communities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>This event is co-sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/janm.org\/\">Japanese American National Museum<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacsc.org\/\">Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(JACSC)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/memory_monument-making_repairing_our_racial_karma\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Memory &#038; Monument-Making: Repairing our Racial Karma\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/1765aaf6546e22a2991104007aed592576a8bb33-768x888.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/through_seizure_and_silence_intersections_of_disability_race_and_wartime_incarceration\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Brian Komei Dempster- Through Seizure and Silence: Intersections of Disability,<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Thursday, September 23, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to be seized without warning? To seize back things taken? How do we reclaim that which is silenced or gone? Bridging lives and cultures, Brian Komei Dempster shares poems from his award-winning book,<i>\u00a0Seize<\/i>, based on his experience of raising a non-verbal, epileptic son. Dempster deftly connects his son\u2019s physical\/verbal seizure\u00a0to the wartime history of his maternal family\u2014the forced removal from their church home and unjust incarceration in Topaz prison camp and elsewhere. Dempster\u2019s poems retrace the contours of mixed race identity and fallout from myriad losses. Family photos illuminate these intergenerational legacies&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/through_seizure_and_silence_intersections_of_disability_race_and_wartime_incarceration\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Brian Komei Dempster- Through Seizure and Silence: Intersections of Disability,\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/Seize.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/conversation_on_tule_lake_stockade_diary_by_tatsuo_ryusei_inouye\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Conversation on Tule Lake Stockade Diary by Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, December 11, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join\u00a0<b>Nancy Kyoko Oda<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Hiroshi Shimizu<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Masumi Izumi<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Duncan Williams<\/b>, and\u00a0<b>David Yoo<\/b>\u00a0in a conversation moderated by\u00a0<b>Karen Umemoto<\/b>\u00a0around this groundbreaking new book,\u00a0<i>Tule Lake Stockade Diary<\/i>. The diary, originally written in Japanese and translated for the first time into English, tells Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye&#8217;s story of struggle and resilience in his own voice&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/conversation_on_tule_lake_stockade_diary_by_tatsuo_ryusei_inouye\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Conversation on Tule Lake Stockade Diary by Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/08\/TuleLake-e1693338378162.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/voices_of_japanese_american_incarceration\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Voices of Incarceration: The Enduring Impact of EO 9066<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, February 12, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eighty years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, the impact of the resulting unconstitutional incarceration of approximately 120,000 Japanese persons is still felt today. In remembrance of the Nikkei immigrants and citizens who endured the wartime imprisonment, their descendants and allies will read selected testimonies of incarcerees included in\u00a0<i>When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II\u00a0<\/i>by Susan H. Kamei. To hear their words of fear and anguish, as well as those of resolve and hope, is to hear a message relevant to our current turbulent times about the importance of protecting civil liberties for all&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/voices_of_japanese_american_incarceration\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Voices of Incarceration: The Enduring Impact of EO 9066\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/when-can-we-go-back-to-america-e1694591656290.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/interlinking_past_and_present_a_conversation_and_reading_about_race_religion_and_american_belonging\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Interlinking Past and Present: A Conversation and Reading about Race, Religion, and American Belonging<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, April 2, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the story of how over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated in American internment and concentration camps during WWII has become widely recognized, little has been told about the ways in which Japanese American Buddhists and Christians alike drew on their faith to survive forced removal, incarceration, family separation, and unjust deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Co-presented by the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.janm.org\/\">Japanese American National Museum\u00a0<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/interlinking_past_and_present_a_conversation_and_reading_about_race_religion_and_american_belonging\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Interlinking Past and Present: A Conversation and Reading about Race, Religion, and American Belonging\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/5fd02c9b2bc98fde4f15e39a8a411e019db33e42-1-e1694591953679-768x1024.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/5fd02c9b2bc98fde4f15e39a8a411e019db33e42-1-e1694591953679-768x1024.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/film_screening_of_the_registry_and_post-screening_discussion_with_bill_kubota_and_steve_ozone\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Film Screening of &#8220;The Registry&#8221; and Post-Screening Discussion with Bill Kubota and Steve Ozone<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, September 15, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The accomplishments of the segregated Japanese American 100th\/442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe, one of the most decorated units in U.S. Army history, has been widely recognized as one of the ironies of the World War II experience given the wartime incarceration of over 110,000 West Coast persons of Japanese ancestry. Less well known were roughly 6,000 Japanese Americans who served in the Pacific theater as part of the Military Intelligence Service. The story of the MIS, whose service is said to have shortened the Pacific War by two years, is told in the documentary film\u00a0<i>The Registry<\/i>, which is accompanied by a post-screening discussion with the film\u2019s director\/producers Bill Kubota and Steve Ozone&#8230;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a4dsbN5dwV0&amp;t=9s\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/film_screening_of_the_registry_and_post-screening_discussion_with_bill_kubota_and_steve_ozone\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Film Screening of \"The Registry\" and Post-Screening Discussion with Bill Kubota and Steve Ozone\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/cd732ad6bb8882a1208197b4958757512c66e194-e1694631928404.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/hidden_in_plain_sight_uncovering_japanese_enemy_alien_internment_at_camp_livingson_louisiana\" \n         target=\"_blank\"                 class=\"\" \n      >Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering Japanese Enemy Alien Internment at Camp Livingston, Louisiana<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>\u00a0Thursday, September 27, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This presentation follows the research journey of two academic librarians as they begin to address the gap in information surrounding the history of internment at Camp Livingston. Building upon the chance discovery of one extended family\u2019s experience with Alexandria and Camp Livingston alongside in-depth primary document research, life within Camp Livingston has begun to coalesce into a clearer picture that can serve as a social justice tool to illicit the exploration of racially, ethnically, or religiously spurred political decisions that deny citizenship or violate the civil rights of citizens&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>This event is supported by the USC Libraries\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/hidden_in_plain_sight_uncovering_japanese_enemy_alien_internment_at_camp_livingson_louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering Japanese Enemy Alien Internment at Camp Livingston, Louisiana\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/8e4378d2e95ac95d4e82d14b9183f43f3dba3bfd-e1694632316955.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/the_wwii_japanese_american_resettlement_new_research_workshop\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >The WWII Japanese American Resettlement: New Research Workshop<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, September 29, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resettlement from the War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps to the regions east of the Rockies and back to the Pacific Coast towards the war&#8217;s end is a critical, yet understudied aspect of the Japanese American community during and immediately after World War II. With scholars, filmmakers, and community-based historians, this workshop is a sharing of work-in-progress on how Japanese Americans resettled in the two cities of Los Angeles and Chicago&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/the_wwii_japanese_american_resettlement_new_research_workshop\"  aria-label=\"Read more about The WWII Japanese American Resettlement: New Research Workshop\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/447787c28a4b9399aa27d142a569957a9ae9ca9e-e1694632665492.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/the_japanese_american_citizen_isolation_centers_of_wwii\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >The Japanese American Citizen Isolation Centers of WWII<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Sunday, October 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"descbigger\">While the WWII War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps and the Army\/Department of Justice camps that incarcerated nearly 120,0000 \u00a0persons of Japanese ancestry have rightly garnered attention as examples of violations of civil liberties in the U.S., the story of citizen isolation centers for those considered troublemakers is still little known. With a focus on confinement sites in Leupp, Arizona and Moab, Utah, researcher Diana Emiko Tsuchida and filmmaker Claudia Katayanagi will speak about these high-security camps, now considered precursors to Guantanamo Bay prison, following the screening of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abitterlegacy.com\/\">\u00a0<i>A Bitter Legacy<\/i><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/the_japanese_american_citizen_isolation_centers_of_wwii\"  aria-label=\"Read more about The Japanese American Citizen Isolation Centers of WWII\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/46d33c47b2375dc887313c53c08c43d3b3f4d854-e1694633285380.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/repeating_historys_errors_the_relevance_of_the_japanese_american_incarceration_today\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Repeating History&#8217;s Errors: The Relevance of the Japanese American Incarceration Today<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Tuesday, November 13, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>And Then They Came For Us<\/i> won the American Bar Association 2018 Silver Gavel Award as an exemplary work which fosters the American public\u2019s understanding of law and the legal system. Featuring George Takei and other incarcerees, this film sets the stage for a discussion about the striking and disturbing parallels between the Japanese American World War II experience and today\u2019s rhetoric, regulations, and court decisions affecting Muslims, immigrants, and other racial groups. Should courts continue to step aside and accept the government\u2019s actions whenever it claims that they are \u201cplausibly related\u201d to national security? &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/repeating_historys_errors_the_relevance_of_the_japanese_american_incarceration_today\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Repeating History's Errors: The Relevance of the Japanese American Incarceration Today\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/5a9e885f8c6328ac4503b5a9cea414eceb481570-e1694633415586.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/allied_with_japanese_america_new_stories_of_supporters_during_world_war_ii\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Allied with Japanese America: New Stories of Supporters during World War II<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, December 8, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A symposium exploring allies of Japanese Americans during World War II who defended and supported those living under martial law in Hawaii, in the U.S. military, and behind barbed wire in War Relocation Authority camps as well as in their resettlement once out of camp. Leading scholars, filmmakers, and writers present their findings about Buddhist and Christian clergy, African American and Chinese American leaders, and others who courageously spoke out for the Japanese American community&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>This event is co-sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\/\">Japanese American National Museum<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/allied_with_japanese_america_new_stories_of_supporters_during_world_war_ii\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Allied with Japanese America: New Stories of Supporters during World War II\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/a84f0da304ee04e672ef916a73bfa1302b0b5364-e1694633539125.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/faith_solidarity_and_compromises_christian_life_in_the_wwii_japanese_american_incarceration_camps\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Faith, Solidarity and Compromises: Christian Life in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Friday, January 15, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anne Blankenship (North Dakota State University) explores the lived religious experience of Nikkei Christian pastors struggling to build sustainable lives behind the barbed wire of America&#8217;s wartime incarceration camps&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/faith_solidarity_and_compromises_christian_life_in_the_wwii_japanese_american_incarceration_camps\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Faith, Solidarity and Compromises: Christian Life in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/41b6c8132dce3a3a289301688d72591a0cf0653e-e1694633664110.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/history_of_transnational_connections_between_japan_and_louisiana\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >History of Transnational Connections Between Japan and Louisiana<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Thursday, January 28, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Orleans was a major hub for trade and investment for Japan in the early 20th Century era. By 1960, Japan became the city\u2019s largest international trading partner. Greg Robinson (Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al) discusses the paradoxical status ethnic Japanese enjoyed in Louisiana because of these transnational commercial links&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/history_of_transnational_connections_between_japan_and_louisiana\"  aria-label=\"Read more about History of Transnational Connections Between Japan and Louisiana\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/b8270f525b748866c57ee2cb4d0a436fabaa7eab-e1694634057724.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/japanese_american_studies_new_perspectives_on_religion_history_and_society\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Japanese American Studies: New Perspectives on Religion, History and Society<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, March 12, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leading scholars of Japanese American studies will explore how texts, faith, identities, and communities are transplanted, translated, and transformed in a Japanese America positioned beyond national boundaries. This one-day conference, held at JANM&#8217;s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, highlights the significance of the positionality of both the subject and object of Japanese American studies. Topics range from mixed-race studies to publication culture to Japanese American Buddhism&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Studies Center and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/japanese_american_studies_new_perspectives_on_religion_history_and_society\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Japanese American Studies: New Perspectives on Religion, History and Society\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/2129e733d6452f71e2edfb9fddc26df76899422e-e1694634255197.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/conference_transpacific_re-orientations\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Conference: Transpacific Re-Orientations<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, January 24, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The many visible connections between Asia and the Americas that have been forged by colonial empires, railroads and telegraph poles, airplanes and the Internet co-exist alongside a number of invisible connections perceived as existing in the spiritual realm. This conference examines ways in which many new religious and spiritual phenomenon are simultaneously produced on both sides of the Pacific, through a form of dialogue which is both cosmopolitan and localized&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/conference_transpacific_re-orientations\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Conference: Transpacific Re-Orientations\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/2a3e8135100875686192af1079feb2d8c27c64b1-1-e1694634456540.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/transpacific_convergence_studying_nikkei_and_race_in_the_us_and_japan_4484\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Transpacific Convergence: Studying Nikkei and Race in the U.S. and Japan<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Monday, March 23, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The symposium is designed to bridge the international and language divide between scholarship on migration and race in the US and in Japan. The focus is on new, cutting-edge research on Japanese migration and assimilation dilemmas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by Kyoto University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/transpacific_convergence_studying_nikkei_and_race_in_the_us_and_japan_4484\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Transpacific Convergence: Studying Nikkei and Race in the U.S. and Japan\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/68b210350999ba739932a5bfa831690019de4673-e1694634619709.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/film_screening_-_a_divided_community_three_personal_stories_of_resistance\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Film Screening &#8211; &#8220;A Divided Community: Three Personal Stories of Resistance&#8221;<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Tuesday, October 22, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A screening of a new documentary by Momo Yashima, &#8220;A Divided Community: 3 Personal Stories of Resistance&#8221;, which highlights the struggles of three Japanese American World War II resisters. This documentary highlights the struggles of three Japanese American World War II resisters \u2014 Yosh Kuromiya, Frank Emi and Mits Koshiyama \u2014 who challenged the U.S. government\u2019s decision to draft Japanese Americans while they and their families were being held in America\u2019s concentration camps&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/film_screening_-_a_divided_community_three_personal_stories_of_resistance\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Film Screening - \"A Divided Community: Three Personal Stories of Resistance\"\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/51d20bccffc1e281bb2fb4d7492ef58781f79172-e1694634766392.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/dharma_effects_buddhism_in_japanese_america\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Dharma Effects: Buddhism in Japanese America<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, December 7, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A workshop discussing papers-in-progress investigating various aspects of Japanse American Buddhism&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers: <b>Michihiro Ama <\/b>(University of Alaska), <b>Duncan Williams<\/b> (USC), <b>Michael Masatsugu <\/b>(Towson University), <b>Jane Iwamura<\/b>\u00a0(University of the West)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/dharma_effects_buddhism_in_japanese_america\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Dharma Effects: Buddhism in Japanese America\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/df534401e0e496e629837d12eef6d8eaf1975eb2-e1694634927891.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/japanese_american_imprisonment_and_resettlement_the_power_of_our_stories\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Japanese American Imprisonment and Resettlement: The Power of Our Stories<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Thursday, March 13, 2014\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gene Oishi reads from his new novel,\u00a0<i>Fox Drum Bebop<\/i>, and Brian Komei Dempster from his new collection of poetry,\u00a0<i>Topaz<\/i>, followed by a discussion about new perspectives on the WWII Japanese American incarceration experience and its postwar effects. In this intergenerational presentation, authors\u00a0<b>Brian Komei Dempster\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Gene Oishi\u00a0<\/b>will illustrate the critical importance of storytelling for Japanese Americans and the power of writing to document, empower, and heal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/japanese_american_imprisonment_and_resettlement_the_power_of_our_stories\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Japanese American Imprisonment and Resettlement: The Power of Our Stories\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/98660767fcfdd3cc638ce94857aab173e8b78a86-e1694635142938.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/new_approaches_to_the_study_of_japanese_american_buddhism\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >New Approaches to the Study of Japanese American Buddhism<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Saturday, December 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three scholars of Japanese American Buddhism take on established narratives of Buddhism in the West, Japanese American religiosity, and the significance of Japanese American Buddhism to American life&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/new_approaches_to_the_study_of_japanese_american_buddhism\"  aria-label=\"Read more about New Approaches to the Study of Japanese American Buddhism\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cjrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2023\/09\/5abfd4fa78758d2bb109b58f737aa99429501025-e1694635305445.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/rethinking_anti-japanese_racism_in_los_angeles_from_past_to_present\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Rethinking Anti-Japanese Racism in Los Angeles: From Past to Present<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Thursday, May 2, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This talk examines anti-Japanese racism in early twentieth century Los Angeles to figure out who supported it and who opposed it. The focus is on California\u2019s alien land law, the subject of the state\u2019s most controversial ballot measure in the 1920 general election. Who voted for the anti-Japanese proposition in Los Angeles? Who voted against it? 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