A Lunchtime Talk with Greg Robinson on his new book, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches
Co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the Program in Asian American Studies
Stanford's Program in American Studies presents a lunchtime talk by
Greg Robinson, Professor of History at Université du Québec à Montréal
on his new book, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches
Thursday, October 27th
The Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460), Noon
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to Rachel Meisels rmeisels [at] stanford.edu (rmeisels[at]stanford[dot]edu) by Oct. 21st
In The Great Unknown, award-winning historian and journalist Greg Robinson offers a fascinating collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary but unheralded figures in Japanese American history: men and women who made remarkable contributions in the arts, literature, law, sports, and other fields. By focusing attention on exceptional figures who deviated from social norms, Robinson subverts stereotypes of ethnic Japanese and other Asians as conformist or colorless. The collection highlights a set of recurring themes absent from conventional histories—including the lives of Japanese Americans outside the West Coast, the role of women in shaping community life, encounters between Japanese American and African American communities during the struggle for civil rights, and the evolving status of queer community members.
Greg Robinson is also the author of A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America, After Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and Politics and By Order of the President.
Co-Sponsored by Stanford’s Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, and Program in Asian American Studies