On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 in the new Liberal Arts Building room 3110 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, the College of Liberal Arts International Studies Program and The Martha A. Mitten Lecture Series invites the campus to a lecture by Dr. Jinhee Lee speaking on ?Through Children?s Eyes: Earthquake and Trauma in Modern Japanese History? and Dr. John Rivera speaking on the ?Five Myths About Humanitarian Disaster Relief?.
Dr. Jinhee Lee is currently an Associate Professor of History and the Coordinator of Asian Studies at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Lee will explain how Japanese society reacted to the 1923 earthquake, which killed up to 140,000 people.
Dr. John Rivera is the Director of Communications for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community. Dr. Rivera will discuss how Japan and the International Community have responded to this year?s Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Free parking is available for guests on the first level of the Towsontown Garage.
For more information, contact Steven Phillips, Department of History at {sphillips@towson.edu}
