The UBC History Empires and (P ost-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster features local non-U BC scholars who have recently published monographs to have informal discuss ions about a chapter or two of their book. We invite all faculty and gradua te students with interests in modern Asia/-Pacific (broadly defined) and th e themes of empire\, colonialism\, or postcolonialism/decolonization to joi n\, regardless of discipline or department.
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The UBC History Empires an d (Post-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr. Jun Uchida on her latest monograph Provincializi ng Empire: Omi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora. Th is seminar will be held on Tuesday\, February 13th\, 1:0 0-2:30 pm\, in Buchanan Tower 1112. Lunch will be provided.
Dr. Jun Uchida is Professor of History and Vice-Chair of the Department of History at Stanford University . She is currently a Visiting Professor at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul \, South Korea from 2023 to 2026. Her first monograph\, Brokers of Empi re: Japanese Settler Colonialism in Korea\, 1876–1945\, examined the r ole of Japanese settlers in the colonization of Korea.
In Provinc ializing Empire\, Uchida:
“explores the global history of Japane se expansion through a regional lens. It rethinks the nation-centered geogr aphy and chronology of empire by uncovering the pivotal role of expeditiona ry merchants from Ōmi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern succe ssors. Tracing their lives from the early modern era\, and writing them int o the global histories of empire\, diaspora\, and capitalism\, Jun Uchida o ffers an innovative analysis of expansion through a story previously untold : how the nation's provincials built on their traditions to create a transp acific diaspora that stretched from Seoul to Vancouver\, while helping shap e the modern world of transoceanic exchange.”
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Interested participants should read t he Introduction\, Chapter 7 “A Shiga Immigrant Diaspora in Canada\,” and th e Conclusion of Provincializing Empire\, which is available open-a ccess here. A PDF version of these chapters will also be emailed to those on the cluster mailing lis t.
If you are interested in joining the cluster\, please contact Quin ton Huang (qhuang98@student.ubc.ca ) to be added to the mailing list\, and please direct other inquiries t o Ryan Sun (rchsun29@student.ubc.c a).
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