In this episode, Janice Nimura recounts the remarkable story of the women of the Iwakura Mission, three young girls sent to America in 1872 for a decade to learn about Western culture. We discuss the background of the women's presence on the Mission, the women's experiences in the US as seen in diaries and personal correspondence, and the lives they led and impact they had in Japan upon their return. (Transcript here).
Episode 100 - Dr. Takahiro Yamamoto (Heidelberg)
Episode 99 - PREVIEW: On the Record with Dr. Noell Wilson
Episode 98 - Dr. Lionel Babicz (Sydney)
Episode 97 - Dr. Hiromi Sasamoto-Collins (Edinburgh)
Episode 96 - Dr. Jolyon Thomas (Penn)
Episode 95 - Dr. Jennifer Prough (Valparaiso)
Episode 94 - Dr. David Wittner (Utica)
Episode 93 - Dr. Rebecca Copeland (Washington Univ.)
Episode 92 - Dr. Jun Isomae (Nichibunken)
Episode 91 - Dr. Susan Burns (Chicago)
Episode 90 - Dr. Gavin Campbell (Dōshisha)
Episode 88 - Dr. Colin Jaundrill (Providence)
Episode 87 - Dr. Deborah Shamoon (NUS)
Episode 86 - Dr. Mark Ravina (Emory)
Episode 85 - Dr. Shi Lin Loh (NUS)
Episode 84 - Dr. David Ambaras (NC State)
Episode 83 - Dr. Donna Brunero (NUS)
Episode 82 - Dr. Jordan Sand (Georgetown)
Episode 81 - Dr. Carol Gluck (Columbia)
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