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Timothy George of Wakefield, a 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor of history, coordinated a Modern Japanese History Workshop, which attracted about 35 Japan scholars to the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus on February 22. The workshop provided presentations with time for comments and discussions about such topics as the Asia-Pacific War, fascism, and memory. In addition, workshop attendees learned more about online databases and interlibrary loans from Japan. These workshops, hosted at different universities or colleges each time, are held twice a year and are the largest gathering of modern Japan scholars in the U.S., outside of major academic conferences.
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