UO School of law to remember World War II Internment of Japanese

EUGENE, Ore. -- (Feb. 15, 2008) -- Tetsuden Kashima, the author of "Judgment Without Trial: Japanese American Imprisonment During World War II" will speak at the University of Oregon during the Eugene Day of Remembrance, Saturday, Feb. 23.

Kashima is one of thousands of persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States, Canada and various Latin American countries who were dispossessed from their homes at the beginning of the war and interned or incarcerated without a charge, trial or conviction.

The talk on "WW II Internment and Incarceration: Japanese Ancestry Persons in the United States, Canada, and Latin America," will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 175, William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St. The event is free and open to the public.

Kashima was born in Oakland, Calif., and was incarcerated at the Topaz WRA Center during the war. He is a professor in the department of American studies, and an adjunct professor in the department of sociology, at the University of Washington.

The Eugene Day of Remembrance is sponsored in part by the UO School of Law, whose graduate, Minoru Yasui, was interned. Yasui went on to challenge the legality of the internment, and to spend his life championing civil and human rights. The School of Law hopes to establish an endowed faculty position in human rights in his name.

About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.

Contact: Credence Sol, 541-346-1665, csol@uoregon.edu

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