Racism Under Pax Americana: Okinawa, Hawai’i, Postcolonial Koreans in Japan

February 28, 2023 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM
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Online
Asian Institute, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Centre for the Study of Korea, Centre for the Study of the United States

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Event series: Race & Anti-Racism across the Asia-Pacific
 
In recent years, many commentators have bemoaned the dissolution of the liberal capitalist world order that has been called “Pax Americana.” In this logic, the occupations of Germany and Japan have been declared triumphs that inaugurated a rules-based global order that lasted for more than seventy years. The United States has been figured as the “global good cop” that insured peace, security, and prosperity throughout the planet, so that its recent decline on the world stage and a supposed isolationist mood is now being countered by new visions calling forth another world order dependent upon the massive militarization of minor and major powers throughout the world. This panel begins with the acknowledgement that the period of Pax Americana was far from peaceful and non-violent for most of the formerly colonized, indigenous, and racialized peoples of the world. Despite national and state/provincial celebrations of inclusion, multiculturalism, and reconciliation, our three panelists with expertise across the Asia-Pacific--including on Okinawa, Hawaiʻi, and postcolonial Koreans in Japan--reflect on the limits of this discourse on Pax Americana.
 
Co-presented by the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies and the Centre for the Study of Korea at the Asian Institute. Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School, and the Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto.
Asian Institute, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Centre for the Study of Korea, Centre for the Study of the United States

Speakers

Deokhyo Choi headshot
Deokhyo Choi

Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield

Dean Saranillio headshot
Dean Saranillio

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai’I at Mānoa

Annmaria Shimabuku headshot
Annmaria Shimabuku

Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, New York University

Takashi Fujitani
Takashi Fujitani (chair)

Dr. David Chu Chair in Asia-Pacific Studies, Professor of History, and Director of the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Toronto