Description:

War is not only recorded through armed clashes on the battlefield, but also leaves a profound impact on both individual and collective memory.

We learn about war through the stories passed down in families, taught in schools, and portrayed in the media.

After the war, memories of “victims” and “perpetrators” often existed side by side, unresolved—sometimes conflicting, and sometimes recounted without critical historical reflection.

Media narratives, shaped by differing perspectives, have further politicized these memories. In Japan, the postwar narrative as a defeated nation has favored “harmony first,” leading to a reduced willingness among younger generations to study history or actively engage in the process of reconciliation.

The special program "War Memory and the Formation of the Postwar Order," held in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, explores how historical memory in postwar East Asia has been constructed and reconstructed across multiple dimensions—including international order, personal trauma, migration experiences, and the narratives of war-torn landscapes.

Registration:

https://memory-learning-of-war.netlify.app/index_en

Schedule:

7 June    War Memory and the Formation of the Postwar Order

Venue: 慶應義塾大学三田キャンパス西校舎

13 June    Intersecting Perspectives: Hiroshima and Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples — Inheriting Memory and Narrating History

Venue: 東京大学駒場キャンパス国際教育研究棟

14 June    Routes of Wind, Echoes of Fire: Wartime Horizons | TIDF x Offshore Islands Film Festival

Venue: 東京飛地·離島書店

14 June   The Frontline Islands as a School: Kinmen & Penghu Archipelago Workshop

Venue: 東京大学駒場キャンパス国際教育研究棟

15 June   Routes of Wind, Echoes of Fire — TIDF x Offshore Islands Film Festival: Kinmen Program

Venue: 東京飛地·離島書店

21 June   Routes of Wind, Echoes of Fire — TIDF x Offshore Islands Film Festival: Interlinked Islands Program

Venue: 東京飛地·離島書店

1 July    An Unfinished Answer to War: Screening and Dialogue on Islands Between（First half of the film)

Venue: 東京大学駒場キャンパス

2 July    An Unfinished Answer to War: Screening and Dialogue on Islands Between（Second half of the film)

Venue: 東京大学駒場キャンパス

3 July    Toward the Sea of Penglai: Taiwan’s 228 Incident, a Missing Father, and the Traces of His Family

Venue: 東京大学駒場キャンパス国際教育研究棟