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SUMMARY:"The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs"
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Speaker</strong></p><p><a href="https://subowijeyeratne.com/" data-entity-type="external"><strong>Subodhana Wijeyeratne</strong></a>, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University</p><p><strong>Moderator</strong></p><p><a href="https://agordon.scholars.harvard.edu/" data-entity-type="external"><strong>Andrew Gordon</strong></a>, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>This seminar is part of the Special Series on Technology, Society, and Geopolitics. It is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation, the Harvard Department of History, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.&nbsp;</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></h2><ol><li>Wijeyeratne, Subodhana. 2026.<a href="https://www.sup.org/books/asian-studies/islands-and-stars"> The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs</a>. Stanford University Press.</li><li>Wijeyeratne, Subodhana. 2020. "<a href="https://apjjf.org/2020/19/Wijeyeratne">A Race to War: Japanese Public Intellectuals and Racial Explanations of the Russo-Japanese War</a>." <em>Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus</em>.</li><li>Wijeyeratne, Subodhana. 2024. <em>Triangulum</em>. Rosarium Publishing. (Finalist for the 2025 Phillip K Dick Award.)</li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="10132699-d492-427d-8adc-e5ee7c0719d0">&nbsp;</drupal-media>
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. and online via Zoom (registration required).
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