143^th Washington Asia Forum

Center for Asian Studies

American University,Washington, DC

“The History Problem and Trial of Reconciliation between Japan and China”

Kawashima Shin

(University of Tokyo)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

2:00pm-4:00pm

MGC 200

Kawashima Shin is Associate Professor of the University of Tokyo. He teaches the history of international relations in East Asia at Komaba Campus. He was educated at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (B.A.1992) and the University of Tokyo (Oriental history, M.A., 1992 and Ph.D, 2000). He has studied Chinese diplomatic history based on Chinese diplomatic archives and recently started a study on the history of radio in East Asia. His first book was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. Professor Kawashima is currently visiting Washington, DC, as a Japan scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

For further information, please contact Professor Quansheng Zhao at (202) 885-1662 or Shanshan Wang at shanshan.wang @american.edu