Selling the Future

November 7, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Crawford 115

You are invited to our final colloquium of the semester: Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life Insurance Dr. Ryan Moran (Ethnic Studies / U. of Hawai'i at ԴDz) Dr. Ryan Moran is a historian whose work explores the intersections of science, empire, capitalism, and race in modern Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Their first book, Selling the Future (Cornell UP, 2024), examines the history of Japanese life insurance as a commodified form of community. Currently, they are developing a new project on the science of ability in twentieth-century Japan, including labor science and educational testing. A fifth-generation Okinawan on their mother's side, they are excited to reconnect with Hawaii while joining 鶹ýEthnic Studies and engaging students and community groups around racial and environmental justice. Date: Friday, November 7th, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Place: Crawford 115 Please share this flyer widely throughout your networks. Refreshments will be available. Mahalo!


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Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Mānoa Campus

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Dr. Heijin Lee, (808) 956-7464, shjlee@hawaii.edu

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