#  Ryan Moran, "Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life Insurance" 

 



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 **March 10, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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[Ryan Moran](https://history.utah.edu/faculty/ryan-moran.php)  
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Utah

Moderator: [David Howell](https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/people/david-howell)  
Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History; Professor of History; Acting Director, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University

*Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.*

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##### Additional Resources

1. Moran, Ryan. Introduction. [*Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life Insurance*](https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/255/monograph/chapter/3734291), by Moran, Cornell University Press, 2023, p. 1-25.
2. Horan, Caley. “Facing the Future’s Risks: Governing through Education and Public Service." [Insurance EraRisk, Governance, and the Privatization of Security in Postwar America](https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226784410-003/html). Chicago University Press, 2021.
3. Moran, Ryan. ["Securing the health of the nation: life insurance, labor and health improvement in interwar Japan."](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09555803.2018.1461677?casa_token=OGf2wFrMlPYAAAAA%3AYesXn3s-fkZ_m5HZX8YhBrGqAcznB1QCssN-LPrg_pZtKoX8cG11OXtmmqSM7Q89a9P99xFzzzOhNg) *Japan Forum*, May 2018.



 

 



 

 

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