Please join the Center for Okinawan Studies Virtual Book Talk: “Transnational Identities on Okinawa’s Military Bases” by Dr. Johanna O. Zulueta, Soka University. The talk is on 11/13 Friday, 3:30PM-5:00PM, Hawaii time (11/14 Saturday, 10:30AM-12:00PM, Japan time)

This presentation features discussion on her published book (2019) which considers the role of civilian workers on U.S. bases in Okinawa, Japan and how transnational movements within East Asia during the
Occupation period brought foreign workers, mostly from the
Philippines, to work on these bases. Decades later, in a seeming “reproduction of base labour”, returnees of both Okinawan and Philippine heritage began occupying jobs on base as United States of Japan (USFJ) employees. The book investigates the role that ethnicity, nationality, and capital play in the lives of these base employees, and at the same time examines how Japanese and Okinawan identity/ies are formed and challenged. It offers a valuable resource for those interested in Japan and Okinawa, U.S. military basing, migration, and mixed ethnicities.

Dr. Zulueta is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of
International Liberal Arts of Soka University. For over a decade, she has
conducted research on Okinawa-Philippines migration, looking at the role
of the U.S. Occupation of Okinawa.

To register for the webinar please visit: https://hawaii.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uHmw4K8OQVWyJ0p7SeEFew
Contact the Center for Okinawan Studies at cos@hawaii.edu with any questions