Continuing Denial of the Victimization of Women: Japan’s military sex slaves in World War II

Lecture as part of research group Réflexion sur la violence de masse du CERI and in partnership with the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po and PRESAGE-OFCE.

 

With:

 

Yuki Tanaka, Research Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University

 

Yuki Tanaka will describe the systematic sexual enslavement of women (the so called “comfort women system”) that was operated in Asia by the Japanese Imperial Forces during the Asia-Pacific War between 1931 and 1945 . He will examine the distinctive characteristics of this system, comparing it with violence against women committed by forces of other nations, such as Germany and the U.S. during World War II and the post-war occupation period. He will also discuss the history of the movement that denies the existence of the Japanese military sex slave system and examine its roots in gender relations.

 

Discussant : Elissa Mailänder, Associate Professor, Sciences Po-CHSP

 

Chair: Karoline Postel-Vinay, Senior Research Fellow, Sciences Po-CERI

 

Academic coordinators: Claire Andrieu (Sciences Po-CHSP & CERI), Ariel Colonomos (Sciences Po-CERI), Riva Kastoryano (Sciences Po-CERI), Elissa Maïlander (Sciences Po-CHSP), Mario del Pero (Sciences Po-CHSP), Karoline Postel-Vinay (Sciences Po-CERI)

 

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