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DESCRIPTION:The symposium, “Japanese Language Education in Hawaiʻi in the Interwar Period (1920s–1930s): Second Languages, Assimilation, and Ethno-Nationalism,” promotes interdisciplinary research, scholarly dialog, and source analysis concerning second language education, assimilation, and ethno-nationalism through the lens of the historical experience of Japanese communities in Hawaiʻi in the interwar period.\n \nBuilding on an exhibition at Hamilton Library, “Rise & Fall of Languages in ‘Paradise’: Japanese Schools, Community Voices, and the Politics of Assimilation in Hawaiʻi” (Jan. 30–March 31, 2026), the symposium will host the following events in Hamilton Library Room 306:\n\n\nMarch 24, 12–1 p.m. | Keynote Lecture: ‘Paradise’ in Translation – Japanese Hawaiʻi and the Making of ‘Local’\nMarch 25, 12–12:40 p.m. | Brown Bag Workshop I: Emerging Perspectives on Language Education in Hawaiʻi\nMarch 25, 1–3 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion: Language Education in Hawaiʻi in History – Second Languages, Assimilation, and Ethno-Nationalism\nMarch 27, 10–11:30 a.m. | Library Collections Showcase Event\nMarch 27, 12–1 p.m. | Brown Bag Workshop II: Japanese Language Corpus System Tutorial (Hamilton Library Japanese\nLanguage School Textbooks)\n \n\nThe symposium will also offer guided tours of the exhibition in the Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery with Japan Studies Librarian Mitsutaka Nakamura on these dates:\n\n\nMarch 24, 10:30–11 a.m.\nMarch 25, 11–11:30 a.m.\nMarch 27, 1–1:30 p.m.\n\nThese events are open to the public. UH Mānoa students and faculty members, friends, donors, and community members are especially welcome. For the complete schedule of events, please visit the  event page to download the program.\n
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LOCATION:Hamilton Library, Room 306 and Bridge Gallery
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:SYMPOSIUM: Japanese Language Education in Hawaiʻi in the Interwar Period
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