Professional and Biographical Information
Degrees
Ph.D., Cornell University (2005)
M.A., Cornell University (2001)
B.A., Northwestern University (1998)
Teaching Interests
I teach the full range of Japanese history, from antiquity to the present, as well as interdisciplinary courses, including the modern re-inventions of Tokyo, the construct of Asia in European intellectual history, and a global history of World War II. Whether I am teaching a survey of pre-modern Japan or a seminar on the history and memory of the Asia-Pacific War, I like to connect the specificity of history to broader, critical conversations. These include historicizing the religion/secular divide, the construction of modern nation-states, the place of technology in human society, or the history and memory of modern warfare.
Awards and Honors
Japan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2012-2013
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 2008-2009
Japan Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2001
See also: Research Interests and Special Interests