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Great Plains lecture: “Rescuing” Japanese American Histories of Nebraska
Screening and panel
6:00 pm –
7:00 pm
Lied Commons
Target Audiences:
301 N 12th St
East Doors Lincoln NE 68508
East Doors Lincoln NE 68508
Contact:
Katie Nieland, (402) 472-3965, knieland2@unl.edu
Learn about the vibrant histories of Japanese Americans in Nebraska from the late 19th century to the present and the community-led efforts to maintain them in this screening and panel discussion.
This event begins with a screening of Nebraska Public Media’s recently aired “Nebraska Stories: Rescuing Japanese Hall” episode (30 minutes), followed by a panel of Japanese American community members, Vickie Sakurada Schaepler (Japanese Hall and History Project Coordinator), Kim Hachiya (community descendant), and Sharon Ishii-Jordan (Professor Emerita at Creighton University and community descendant), and the senior producer of “Nebraska Stories,” Kay Hall. This event will be moderated by Dr. Donna Doan Anderson.
This is part of the Paul A. Olson Great Plains lecture series by the Center for Great Plains Studies.
This event begins with a screening of Nebraska Public Media’s recently aired “Nebraska Stories: Rescuing Japanese Hall” episode (30 minutes), followed by a panel of Japanese American community members, Vickie Sakurada Schaepler (Japanese Hall and History Project Coordinator), Kim Hachiya (community descendant), and Sharon Ishii-Jordan (Professor Emerita at Creighton University and community descendant), and the senior producer of “Nebraska Stories,” Kay Hall. This event will be moderated by Dr. Donna Doan Anderson.
This is part of the Paul A. Olson Great Plains lecture series by the Center for Great Plains Studies.
https://plains.unl.edu/events-conferences/great-plains-talks/
