Journal Delays Print Publication of Harvard Law Professor’s Controversial ‘Comfort Women’ Article Amid Outcry Breaking News
The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as “comfort women,” were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday.
The journal initially issued an “Expression of Concern” earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the article’s “historical evidence” are currently under investigation.
“Comfort women” is a term used to refer to women and girls from Japan’s occupied territories, including Korea, who were forced into sex slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyerâs controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as âcomfort women,â were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday.
The journal initially issued an âExpression of Concernâ earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the articleâs âhistorical evidenceâ are currently under investigation.
âComfort womenâ is a term used to refer to women and girls from Japanâs occupied territories, including Korea, who were forced into sex slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
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With a dedication to scholarship and an innate ability to connect with others, Harvard professor emeritus Ezra F. Vogel will be remembered for not just âhow many books he wrote, but how many people he touched,â his son, Steven K. Vogel, said.
Vogel, who served as Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, and was described by his colleagues as a visionary in East Asian studies, died on Dec. 20 at age 90 of complications from cancer surgery.
His work, centered around East Asia, spanned a wide range of disciplines from sociology to political science and, in later years, history. Above all, he exhibited unfailing humility and what Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies research associate Sabina Knight described as a âheart of gold.â
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Two Ohio lawmakers called to ban allegedly pornographic book after Kent State assigns it to teen undergrad
Dr. Susan Napier spoke to
Otaku USA regarding the recent call from Ohio lawmakers to ban the academic book
Anime from Akira to Howl s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation from the curriculum of the Kent State University. She said that she was absolutely floored at the news, and that she had never heard of any calls to ban her books before this incident. She mentioned that this particular book has been in publication for twenty years.