Spent lunch looking at the exhibits in the Ritsumeikan Peace Museum 立命館国際平和ミュージアム. I asked, Who paid for all of this strong anti-war messaging? I found out that Ritsu hired many of the leftists fired from Kyoto U. in 1933, hired Suekawa to be U. president in 1945, and has a long leftist tradition.

After release, he was able to reenter Kyudai, and eventually became a law department professor, and ran for Fukuoka governor. He lost, but helped to stop the attempt to build a new Fukuoka airport. Fascinating life!

Clever!

Cool concept for s story.

Ouch, that is painful.

京都大学人文研シンポジウム　「ニューレフトは誰と闘ったのか？日本管理社会とポスト70年ん代の抵抗」. 発表者：小杉亮子, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Christopher Gerteis, William Andrews, 安藤丈将, 福家崇洋, Mahon Murphy, Till Knaudt.

Excellent conference at Kyoto University. “Who did the New Left fight against?” Many of the leading scholars in the field, taking the story well beyond Tokyo and 1968-69.

Wow, that looks great. I'll be there! I started a new project earlier this year, studying the student movement of the late 60s and early 70s at Kyushu University/Fukuoka area, interviewing many former participants. It will be great to meet other scholars in the field. Thanks for posting this.

Yes, the sakura trees in my backyard (Fukuoka), that normally blossom in March, have several flowers coming out this last week. Is that happening all over?

Hi William. I taught a graduate seminar on postwar student+ activism in Japan, 1945-1975, and we read several chapters from Dissenting Japan. It is such a valuable, informative book, thank you! I appreciate how you have updated many of the stories on your blog. throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com

The Chūkaku-ha people were quite relaxed and fairly open in their conversation. This compares to the much more guarded reception I got from the Kakumaru-ha people. To be fair, I showed up at the 革マル派 meeting unannounced, while I had made an appointment with the 中核派 people.

Fall 2024 Dialogue also includes:
Poetry by Sharlee M. Glenn, @thmazing.bsky.social, Charles Inouye, D.A. Cooper
Reviews of:
A Craving for Beauty: The Collected Writings of Maurine Whipple (Heidi Naylor)
Mikayla Thatcher, Beehive Girl (Brittany Nash)
Theric Jepson, Just Julie’s Fine (Alison Brimley)

Kyudai Archives: an excellent repository of materials donated by former students and teachers.
2. Japanese colonial education in Korea and Manchuria. Second year of a Kaken grant to study colonial education institutions in China, but it has been hard to get into the China libraries　植民地朝鮮、「満州国」の教育研究