WORKSHOP & PUBLIC LECTURES The Long Shadow of the San Francisco Peace Treaty: East Asia from Post-war Settlement to 21st Century Tensions — and Beyond Wednesday 15 April - Friday 17 April Location Public Lecture — Auditorium Wednesday 15 April-Friday 17 April Workshop — Seminar Rooms Thursday 16 April-Friday 17 April China in the World Building #188 Fellows Lane, ANU Website http://tinyurl.com/sanfranpeace RSVP by 10 April https://bit.ly/SanFranshadow Contact E [email protected] or [email protected] Three related public lectures are separately advertised. The workshop and lectures are free and open to the public but registration is essential. T his year marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. A conflict which should have receded into history but continues to cast a long shadow over the Asia-Pacific. The unresolved legacies of that conflict, in particular territorial disputes, far from being overcome have re-emerged in recent years to ignite rising international tensions in East Asia. The disputes touch on such territories as the Dokto Islands, the Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands and island groups in the South China Sea. Apart from territorial disputes, rival nationalist discourses related to questions of historical responsibility increasingly inflame passions in a region of crucial strategic importance to Australia. This workshop probes the historical origins of contemporary regional tensions in East Asia by re-examining the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1952, and by considering the long-term legacies of the treaty and of the broader postwar political settlement for East Asia today. Through in-depth examination of the origins of contemporary tensions in this historical framework, the workshop aims to open up new perspectives on understanding East Asia today, and will suggest possible paths beyond conflict: paths to regional reconciliation and cooperation. Jointly sponsored by The keynote speakers are: ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Professor Kimie HARA Renison Research Professor at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and Director of East Asian Studies at Renison University College Japan Institute Korea Institute China Institute Supported by Australian Centre on China in the World Assistant Professor Monica KIM Assistant Professor in the Department of U.S. and World History at New York University Professor SHEN Zhihua Centre for Cold War International History Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC