2023 Memory and Monument-Making: Repairing our Racial Karma (Leading Figures in Memory/Monument Work Who Focus on Racial & Religious Exclusion..)NEW

Memory and Monument-Making: Repairing our Racial Karma.  How do the makers of monuments today conceive of memory, especially when memorializing difficult historical events? Together the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), the Ito Center will host a conference bringing together leading figures in memory and monument work who focus on racial and religious exclusion and trauma affecting myriad communities in the US and around the world. All who are interested in monument-making and memory work from a comparative, multicommunity, and international lens are welcome.

We hope that you will join us! JANM has arranged for a limited block of rooms that can be booked at a reduced rate at the Miyako Hotel across the street from JANM. These rooms are available first come first served until August 25th. Please feel free to begin making those travel arrangements around the following schedule:

Friday, September 22, 2023
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception

Saturday, September 23, 2023
08:30 am - 9:30 am Business Meeting for JACSC Members
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Conference Sessions
04:30 pm - 6:30 pm Optional Evening Activities

Sunday, September 24, 2023
09:00 am - 10:00 am NPS Information Session: JACE and JACS Grants
10:30 am - 05:15 pm Conference Sessions
04:30 pm - 06:30 pm Optional Evening Activities

Register Here

Details

Registered conference participants will have the opportunity to reserve a slot to stamp the Ireichō: Sacred Book of Names.

Please read the registration page carefully as it provides the option to register for the full 3 days OR to register for events individually. We appreciate your care in this step as we will base our food and beverage orders based on the registration numbers for the appropriate events. Please also register separately for the business meeting for members.

Please direct any questions regarding registration to Emily Anderson at eanderson@janm.org.Dates

Sept. 23-24 | All day | Japanese American National Museum (100 N Central Ave)