The Critical Race Studies in/of Japan series by Penn Forum Japan for 2020-2021 was created to foster dialogue between Japanese studies and critical race studies. Talks held as part of the lecture series are as follows:

Kimberly Hassel, “Not Just a Trend: Digital Activism, Black Lives Matter, and Black Japanese Storytelling as Praxis”

Thursday, April 29, 2021

November 5, 2020 

Dr. Reginald Jackson, “Showing Up to Withhold: Economies of Enslavement and Spectacular Restraint in Medieval Japanese Performance.” 

October 29, 2020