Sunday, January 11, 2004

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

163. Icons of Victory and Defeat: Returning Veterans in Japan, Germany, and the United States after World War II
Omni Shoreham, Suite 373

Joint session with the Conference Group for Central European History

Chair: Sonya Michel, University of Maryland at College Park
Papers:

Homecoming Experiences: Public Memories and Male Subjectivities in East and West Germany, 1945–55
Frank Biess, University of California at San Diego

Belated Returns: Cinematic Representations of Returning Soldiers from Japan’s Lost War
Yoshikuni Igarashi, Vanderbilt University

From Serviceman to Family Man: The Emotional Reintegration of Veterans in Post-World War II American Society
Rebecca Jo Plant, University of California at San Diego


Comment: Sonya Michel