Jefferson LECTURE SERIES

Japanese American Incarceration Reconsidered: 1970-2010

Roger Daniels, Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati

September 14, 2010 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley

Professor Roger Daniels’ lecture examines and analyzes the changing place of the World War II incarceration of the Japanese Americans of the West Coast in American culture.  

About Roger Daniels

Roger Daniels is a leading historian of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans and has written widely on immigration and issues of immigration policy. A consultant to a number of public organizations, he has also testified as an expert witness before the United States Senate and other governmental bodies. His most meaningful public service was as the primary historical consultant for the Presidential Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and as a member of the history committee that helped to plan the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. Daniels’ lecture will examine and analyze the changing place of the World War II incarceration of the Japanese Americans of the West Coast in American culture.  

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