Navigating Memory Wars: A Research Journey Through the Politics of "Comfort Women" Commemoration

The spread of “Comfort Women” memorials across different cities and countries offers insights into both possibilities and the limits of memory activism, especially in an era when the world continues to confront the legacies of colonialism, racism, and historical injustice.

• 2026-05-20
• Dr. Daniel Schumacher

Art as a Messenger of Women’s Stories

Rose Camastro-Pritchett’s “Comfort Women” project uses art to honor the dignity and strength of survivors of wartime sexual violence. Inspired by her research and personal experiences, she creates intimate, respectful works that connect historical trauma to ongoing conversations about gender-based violence today.

• 2025-07-09
• Rose Camastro-Pritchett

Encountering Palestinian Women Who Stand Tall Amid Daily Crisis and Violence

Palestinian women who endure and resist occupation, oppression, and patriarchal structures, steadfastly continue life for the next generation.

• 2025-06-04
• Lee Dong-hwa

How a Diaspora Director Talks About the “Comfort Women” Issue Through a Documentary

The documentary film <A Boat Departed From Me Taking Me Away>, directed by Cecilia Kang, a second-generation Argentine of Korean descent, follows the journey of the protagonist, Melanie Chong, as she confronts and grows increasingly aware of the issue of the Japanese military “Comfort women.”

• 2024-10-21
• Cecilia Kang

A New Political Horizon Opening with Wounds - Report on the International Conference on Women’s Rights and Peace 2022

The Japanese military “comfort women” have been a subject of transnational feminism that criticizes the patriarchy of war and talks about peace and a symbol connected to the unfinished issue, sexual violence against women.

• 2022-11-28
• Kim Eun-ha