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 80 - Dr. Ellen Nakamura (Auckland)
Episode 79 - Dr. Steven Ericson (Dartmouth)
Episode 78 - Dr. Taka Oshikiri (UWI-Mona)
Episode 77 - Dr. James Huffman (Wittenberg)
Episode 76 - Dr. Sayaka Chatani (NUS)
Episode 75 - Dr. Jonathan Reynolds (Columbia)
Episode 74 - Dr. Ayaka Yoshimizu (UBC)
Episode 73 - Dr. Simon Partner (Duke)
Episode 72 - Dr. Ayako Yoshimura (Chicago)
Episode 71 - Dr. Michael Dylan Foster (UC Davis)
Episode 70 - Dr. Noriko Aso (UCSC)
Episode 69 - Dr. Kerim Yasar (USC)
Episode 68 - Dr. Eiko Maruko Siniawer (Williams)
Episode 67 - Dr. Brian McVeigh
Episode 66 - Dr. Merry White (Boston)
Episode 65 - Dr. Marco Tinello (Hōsei)
Episode 64 - Dr. Tze Loo (Richmond)
Episode 63 - Dr. Mark McNally (Hawaii)
Episode 62 - Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke)
Episode 61 - Dr. Kazuhiro Oharazeki (Setsunan)
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