
Divided Lenses: Film and War Memories in Asia
(Completed) A comparative study of popular cinema dealing with historical subjects China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States, focusing on the period from 1931-1951 with the aim of promoting understanding and reconciliation.
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June 29th, 2009
Acknowledging the differences in historical memories in Northeast Asia
Shorenstein APARC, KSP in the news: Northeast Asia Foundation News Letter, July issue on June 25, 2009Gi-Wook Shin, Director of APARC, says "acknowledging the differences in historical memories is an important step toward reconciliation in Northeast Asia," in his interview with the Northeast Asia History Foundation in Seoul.
- » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (English)
- » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (Korean)
December 9th, 2008
Shorenstein APARC hosts Clint Eastwood for final film in Divided Lenses series
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford NewsOn December 4, Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima was the last of four films to be screened at the Cubberley Auditorium as part of the Shorenstein APARC Divided Lenses: Film and War Memories in Asia series. Eastwood discussed the film following the screening.
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November 3rd, 2008
Divided memories and reconciliation: history text books and war
Shorenstein APARC, KSP in the news: Yonhap News, Korea on September 30, 2008An international conference on "Divided Memories and Reconciliation: History Text Books and War" was held on September 29, at Northeast Asia History Foundation in Korea. The first part of Divided Memories Project, a three-year joint project of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Northeast Asia History Foundation, is to study and analyze how high school history text books in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and US describe the violent history between the 1931 Manchurian Incident to the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, as the textbooks serve as the master narrative that composes the historical memory of a nation. Read more »



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