PRESS COVERAGE
Panelist Remember Nanking, Stanford Daily, Nov 2, 2007
Nanking Massacre Validated by Hoover Archives, World Journal, Nov 2, 2007
Nanking Massacre Panel First Held at Stanford, Singtao Daily, Nov 2, 2007
EVENT PHOTOS
EVENT SUMMARY
- 7:00-7:12 pm
- Student Hao Yan the origin of the program idea, Yoon Sun Kim introduces faculty speaker. Moderator Judge Julie Tang introduces panelists.
- 7:12-7:20 pm
- Dr. Elena Danielson discusses the complexity of understanding and interpreting Nanking Massacre from an academic perspective, and the way she explores the historical facts based on the documents available in Hoover Archives.
- 7:20-7:30 pm
- Parents of Iris Chang recall their daughter’s experience in the writing of the best-seller “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII”, and her personal efforts to reveal the atrocity to the American audience.
- Parents of Iris Chang recall their daughter’s experience in the writing of the best-seller “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII”, and her personal efforts to reveal the atrocity to the American audience.
- 7:32-7:40 pm
- Film producer Violet Feng discusses the making of the award-winning documentary “Nanking” and elaborates on her personal experience of interviewing survivors of Nanking Massacre.
- Film producer Violet Feng discusses the making of the award-winning documentary “Nanking” and elaborates on her personal experience of interviewing survivors of Nanking Massacre.
- 7:40-7:48pm
- Mr. Daro Inouye provides a Japanese American perspective on how he understands the controversy over the Nanking Massacre and why it is important to educate the next generation of Japanese about this tragedy.
- Mr. Daro Inouye provides a Japanese American perspective on how he understands the controversy over the Nanking Massacre and why it is important to educate the next generation of Japanese about this tragedy.
- 7:50-8:05 pm
- Judge Julie Tang moderates the first part of the panel discussion. First, Violet Feng and Mr. Daro Inouye respond to the question of how Nanking Massacre is viewed differently in China and Japan. Dr. Elena Danielson then leads the discussion of how history, especially war atrocity, should be understood and remembered in the contemporary world, drawing lessons from the comparison between post-war Germany and Japan. Parents of Iris Chang will follow with additional remarks on their ongoing efforts to raise greater public awareness of the Nanking tragedy in the U.S.
- Judge Julie Tang moderates the first part of the panel discussion. First, Violet Feng and Mr. Daro Inouye respond to the question of how Nanking Massacre is viewed differently in China and Japan. Dr. Elena Danielson then leads the discussion of how history, especially war atrocity, should be understood and remembered in the contemporary world, drawing lessons from the comparison between post-war Germany and Japan. Parents of Iris Chang will follow with additional remarks on their ongoing efforts to raise greater public awareness of the Nanking tragedy in the U.S.
- 8:05:-8:20 pm
- Judge Julie Tang moderates the second part of the panel discussion. Why it is important to remember Nanking Massacre? How can we reconcile remembrance with the rising nationalism in East Asian emerging powers? What role does the politics of memory play in shaping the ethnical identities among Asian American populations, and how does it impact the current status of the East Asian multi-national relations.
- Judge Julie Tang moderates the second part of the panel discussion. Why it is important to remember Nanking Massacre? How can we reconcile remembrance with the rising nationalism in East Asian emerging powers? What role does the politics of memory play in shaping the ethnical identities among Asian American populations, and how does it impact the current status of the East Asian multi-national relations.
- 8:20-8:25 pm
- Moderator Julie Tang delivers the closing remark and opens the floor for discussion with audience.
- Moderator Julie Tang delivers the closing remark and opens the floor for discussion with audience.
- 8:30-9:00 pm
- Q&A session between panelists and audience.