比較政治理論・ラテンアメリカ研究セミナーのご案内（Seminar Announcement: April 27, 17:30-）

オックスフォード大学のJessica A. Fernández de Lara Harada氏をお迎えし、 “Things remembered and things forgotten: The Japanese in Mexico during the Second World War”についてセミナーを開催します。これまで研究蓄積が少ない、戦前におけるメキシコの日系移民史に関する研究です。どなたでもご参加いただけます。事前登録は不要です。ぜひご参加下さい。

We are very pleased to host Dr. Jessica A. Fernández de Lara Harada (University of Oxford) for a special talk with the title “Things remembered and things forgotten: The Japanese in Mexico during the Second World War”. Pre-registration is not required. This is a study on the history of Japanese immigrants in Mexico before World War II, a topic for which there has been relatively limited scholarly research to date. We look forward to your participation.

日時：2026年4月27日（月）17:30 pm – 19:00 pm
Date and Time: Monday, April 27, 2026, 17:30 pm – 19:00 pm

場所：早稲田大学早稲田キャンパス3号館909教室
Venue：Room 909, Bldg. 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University

言語Language：英語English

開催形式 Format：対面 In-person

要旨Abstract：
Based on the analysis of untapped archival sources and in-depth oral life history interviews with Japanese immigrants and their families who experienced the Second World War in Mexico, this preliminary study shows how the Mexican state executed the unconstitutional displacement, concentration and dispossession of between 6,000 and 15,000 people of Japanese origin in Mexico before, during and after the Second World War. It first exposes specific Mexican state practices that tacitly or explicitly targeted the Japanese. It then examines the operation of Haciendas used as concentration camps. Lastly, it documents the arbitrary detentions, mobility controls, captivity, forced labour and disappearances through which the concentration system operated, as well as the state and non-state actors involved in their administration. The study shows that many of the Japanese targeted were Mexicans by birth or naturalisation, and/or had legally resided in Mexico for decades and were persecuted based on their ethno-racial origin. It contends that the Mexican state produced a situation of rightlessness for people of Japanese ancestry in Mexico and their families, and considers the longer and wider antecedents and implications of this history.

BIO：
Dr. Jessica A. Fernández de Lara Harada is the Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Contemporary History and Public Policy of Mexico. Dr. Fernández de Lara holds a joint appointment between the Faculty of History and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (Latin American Centre). Dr. Fernández de Lara is also an Associate Member with St Antony’s College. The primary fields of expertise are the comparative and global histories of Mexico and Japan, race and racism in Latin America and Asia, and decolonial approaches in history and social thought.

Sponsors:
現代政治経済研究所　比較政治理論部会（Comparative Political Theory Project, WINPEC）
総合研究機構　ラテンアメリカ研究所（Waseda Institute of Latin American Studies）

Contact:
蛭田圭（早稲田大学） Kei Hiruta (Waseda University) [email protected]
高橋百合子（早稲田大学）Yuriko Takahashi (Waseda University) [email protected]