The Untold Stories of Chinese Comfort Women

Filed Under: China, Events, Japan, South Korea, Events

The US-Korea Institute at SAIS and Asia Policy Point present:

THE UNTOLD STORIES OF CHINESE COMFORT WOMEN

Featuring:

Dr. Peipei Qiu
Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Professor of Chinese and Japanese
and Director, Asian Studies Program, Vassar College

With welcoming remarks by

Dr. Jae H. Ku
Director, US-Korea Institute at SAIS

And introduction by

Dennis Halpin
Visiting Scholar, US-Korea Institute at SAIS and former House Foreign Affairs Committee staff

Dr. Peipei Qiu will discuss her new book, Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves (Oxford Oral History Series), followed by a panel discussion on the legacy of Comfort Women with Dr. Peipei Qiu, Dennis Halpin, and Mindy Kotler, Asia Policy Point, and moderated by Jenny Town, Assistant Director, US-Korea Institute at SAIS.

A light lunch will be provided. This event is open to the public and press. Lunch will start at 12:00pm; program will start at 12:30pm. Please RSVP below.

Dr. Peipei Qiu is Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Professor of Chinese and Japanese and Director of Asian Studies Program at Vassar College. She has received degrees from Peking University (B.A. in Japanese and M.A. in Japanese Studies) and Columbia University (Ph.D. in Japanese Literature) and has focused her research on comparative studies of Japanese and Chinese literature, women in East Asian literature and societies, and Taoist influence in Japanese and Chinese literature and cultures. She is the recipient of a number of grants and awards, including the Japan Foundation Fellowship for Professional Researchers, Japan Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences Fellowship, and the National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (US). Professor Qiu is the author of Bashô and the Dao: The Zhuangzi and the Transformation of Haikai, and Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves. Her scholarly articles and translations have been published in English, Chinese, and Japanese.