MSU professors Catherine Ryu, Japanese and Korean Studies, and Kirsten Fermaglich, History and Jewish Studies continue the conversation about the notions of passing, identity and (self) representation, across diverse languages and cultures. In December 2018, apropos “Passing” in Russian cinema, we talked about Zainichi Koreans who would like to pass as Japanese. Professor Ryu shared her understanding of Passing as “an authorized movement between and through different identity categories that are not assigned to you." How has our learning community experience about "passing" this year expanded or opened new possibilities for our own research and pedagogical approaches to global identities?
