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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>MIT-Japan Program and the MIT History Faculty jointly invite you
to<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>'Narratives of Empire I: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Japanese Tourism to <st1:place w:st="on">Manchuria</st1:place>,
Circa 1940' <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>by</span></font></b></strong><font color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Professor Ken Ruoff</span></b></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><br>
Director, Center for Japanese Studies, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Portland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Wednesday, 20 September 2006</span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>12:00 - 1:30pm,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">MIT</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> E51-095</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>pizza lunch and refreshments will be
served.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>note: part two of the
above listed lecture "Narratives of Empire II: Japanese Tourism to <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>, Circa 1940" will be given at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on Friday, 22 September, at
4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>Daniela Reichert</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>Director of Intern Placements</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>MIT-Japan Program</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>phone: 617-258-8208</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>fax: 617-258-7432</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-japan/">http://web.mit.edu/mit-japan/</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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