Lectures & Discussions
National Veterans Oral History Project
Lectures & Discussions
National Veterans Oral History Project
The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has embarked on an ambitious project to record the life stories of America's war veterans.
Join us for a panel discussion and update on this important collaborative project to gather and make accessible the stories of Japanese American veterans. Presentation will include a brief workshop on how to conduct oral histories.
Panelists:
- John Esaki, Director, Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum
- Sarah Rouse, Senior Program Officer, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress
- Fred Murakami, Chairman Emeritus, National Japanese American Veterans Council
- Steven Itano Wasserman, Hanashi Program Manager, Go For Broke Educational Foundation
Moderator: Art Hansen, Professor, California State University, Fullerton
FREE with Museum admission. Call 213.625.0414 for more information.
Presented by the Japanese American National Museum, in association with the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, the National Japanese American Veteran’s Council and the Go For Broke Educational Foundation.