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SUMMARY:From Cambridge Classicists to Japanese Code Breakers: How the Brit
 ish trained wartime Japanese linguists - Kayoko Takeda Professor\, College
  of Intercultural Communication\, Rikkyo University
DTSTART:20190220T130000Z
DTEND:20190220T140000Z
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:Dr Kayoko Takeda will first present an overview of the British
  effort to recruit and train Japanese linguists (translators and interpret
 ers) for military intelligence during the Pacific War. Besides the well-kn
 own program at SOAS\, there was another Japanese school in Bedford run by 
 the Government Code & Cypher School. The British military also negotiated 
 with the Canadian government to recruit Japanese Canadians.\n\nShe will th
 en focus on how Cambridge students and graduates were involved in the trai
 ning of Japanese linguists\, and then briefly discuss the legacy of these 
 wartime Japanese programs in post-war diplomacy\, business and academia.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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