This calendar includes events sponsored by the Scholarly Commons as well as those by
our campus partners.
A free film screening of the US premiere. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 marked a moment of unprecedented material destruction and cultural rupture in modern Japan. The disaster soon became subject to human interpretation and political manipulation as the earth tremors and subsequent fire produced not only physical chaos but also the rumors and violence against Koreans revealing what was fearful and why.
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