Ryukyu/Okinawa Related Presentations

These presentations accompanied lectures or conference papers that I have given. Therefore, they are not self explanatory. Below each one I have listed one or more articles to go with each presentation. Each link opens a PDF file, the size of which is indicated. Large files may take some time to appear in your browser.

Money in the Kingdom of Ryukyu (1.29 MB)

See: "Money in the Kingdom of Ryukyu," forthcoming Bunka/Wenhua"

Royal Authority in the Kingdom of Ryukyu (15 MB)

See: “Ambiguous Boundaries: Redefining Royal Authority in the Kingdom of Ryukyu.” <5MB> Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 60.1 (June, 2000): 89-123.

See: Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics. University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.

The Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism (2.44 MB)

See: "Romantic Ryukyu in Okinawan Politics: The Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism" (annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, April 2006, San Francisco).