The Russo-Japanese War and Treaty of Portsmouth with Implications for Today
A 120-Year Retrospective:
The Russo-Japanese War and Treaty of Portsmouth with Implications for Today
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Boston University, Kilachand Conference Room
91 Bay State Road, Boston MA
Conference Video Recordings
Scott Taylor Pardee School Welcome
John Woodward Pardee Center IHI Welcome
Robert Hefner BU Center for the Study of Asia Welcome
Seiichiro Takahashi Japan Consul General Welcome
Grant Rhode Program Overview
Panel 1: War: The Russo-Japanese War
John Woodward Moderator
James R. Holmes Japanese Strategy, Corbett Style
Vitaly Kozyrev Russian Military Lessons from the Russo-Japanese War
Lyle Goldstein The Russian Navy Museum Account of the Russo-Japanese War
Panel 1 – Q&A
Panel 2: How Wars End: The Treaty of Portsmouth
Aimee Genell Moderator
William Tilchin Theodore Roosevelt’s Centrality to the Portsmouth Treaty
Chiharu Inaba US Submarines Smuggled into Japan in 1904 and 1905
Chiharu Inaba Negotiations on the Brink of Collapse and the US Mediation
Charles B. Doleac A Multi-Track path to Peace: Citizen Diplomacy in Portsmouth
Panel 2 – Q&A
Morning Summation
Andrei Mamolea The Russo-Japanese War and Portsmouth War Termination
Robert Murowchick Introduction to the World’s Fairs Digital Exhibition
Keynote Talk
Thomas Berger Moderator
Frederick R. Dickinson Rethinking the 20th Century through the Prism of Portsmouth
Panel 3: The Japanese Cultural Context
Ronald K. Richardson Moderator Commentary
Alice Tseng Assessing Japan at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
Hiromi Miyagi-Lusthaus Japanese Attitudes toward Jews During and After the Russo-Japanese War
Keith Vincent “Let loose the hungry dogs!” Natsume Sōseki as a Post-Russo-Japanese War Writer
Sarah Frederick The Russo-Japanese War and the Birth of Shoujo Culture
Panel 3 – Q&A
Conference Summation
John H. Maurer & Erik Goldstein Conference Summation
