Japanese american post-war resettlement in chicago, 1943-1950 [full spectrum features NFP, in partnership with the chicago history museum, proposes to host an institute for educators over the course…

This $199,950 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support Full Spectrum Features NFP, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, to host a three-week institute for educators on the history of Japanese American resettlement after World War II. The institute will take place both virtually and in-person in Chicago, the largest non-West Coast resettlement site for Japanese Americans. Participants will engage with leading scholars, visit archives, tour historic neighborhoods, and conduct oral history interviews to deepen their knowledge and create customized teaching units that integrate the national resettlement history with local community connections. This project aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities by equipping educators with enhanced understanding of this important historical topic.

Japanese american post-war resettlement in chicago, 1943-1950 [full spectrum features NFP, in partnership with the chicago history museum, proposes to host an institute for educators over the course of three cumulative weeks (fifteen days: seven virtual and eight residential), on the history of japanese americans' resettlement after their wrongful incarceration during wwii. Chicago was the largest non-west coast resettlement site for japanese americans after the war, and IT will serve as the location of the in-person convening. Leading scholars of the history of resettlement will help participants deepen their knowledge of this period through lectures and discussions. Participants will visit archives and special collections of resettlement records and ephemera, tour historic resettlement neighborhoods, and conduct interviews with japanese american elders who lived this history. Participants will be empowered to create custom teaching units that interweave the national history of japanese american resettlement with their local community history.]