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The Russian Impact on Japan: Building the Japanese Collections at USC

  • Thursday, February 17, 2011
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • USC - Doheny Library

Thursday, February 17
3:00 pm-5:00pm
/ Book Exhibit: 2:00 – 6:00 pm

Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons, Rm. 233
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Book Exhibit: East Asian Library Seminar Room, on Doheny Library’s main floor

A reception will be held recognizing the work Professor Peter Berton and his colleagues, Rodger Swearingen and Paul Langer, conducted in the 1950s on the Soviet influence on Japanese left-wing movements, especially the Japanese Communist Party. The grant support they received also covered the acquisition of primary Japanese-language materials, which became the nucleus of the Japanese collections at USC.

Professor Berton will share his recollections of researching Japan early in the Cold War. An exhibit of items in the Library’s collections relevant to the development of contact between Russia and Japan, focusing especially on the areas of Professor Berton’s postwar studies will accompany the event.

Sponsored by the USC Libraries, the USC School of International Relations, the USC Center for International Studies, the USC Department of History, the USC East Asian Studies Center, and the USC Emeriti Center.

RSVP through USC Library Page, or contact Ken Klein at 213-740-1772 or Tomoko Bialock at 213-740-8025.

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