Basics for studying Zainichi society 3: How Japanese Officials Viewed Zainichi Koreans
I want to introduce three representative books that show how Japanese officials studied and viewed zainichi Koreans in the immediate...
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- Feb 14
- 1 min
"Belief and Ideology" of youth in the age of empire
I nearly forgot that I wrote this piece, but someone reminded me. It felt like eternity since I wrote the first draft (I think it was...
- Jan 25
- 2 min
"How to Address the Racism at the Heart of Japan-South Korea Tensions"
An editor at the United States Institute of Peace invited me to write an essay on Japan-South Korean tensions. I felt very grateful for...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Basics for studying Zainichi society 2: Newspapers in early postwar
Right after August 15, 1945, Koreans living in Japan started publishing hundreds of periodicals. Read Kobayashi Sōmei's book for the...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Basics for studying Zainichi society 1/n
Many students have asked me for research tips about Zainichi Korean society. I read some of their papers, too. It occurred to me that...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
The recording of my talk on Youtube
I usually do not want to share my own lecture videos. But I have been inquired so many times about my talk at Harvard, so there you go....
- Apr 6, 2022
- 1 min
A Talk at University of Virginia
I hear so many people, more than 110 people, tuned in during my talk at Harvard last week. Thank you! I got many exciting questions and I...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
A Talk at Harvard
On April 4, I'm giving an online talk, hosted by the Program on US-Japan Relations, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
The AAS Hawaii panel 2022
I always regret not flying to AAS conferences but this year was particularly painful. Thankfully, Dr. Sungyun Lim and I organized a...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
A talk at Lund University
I just had an opportunity to give a Zoom talk at the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University. Thank you for those...
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
(Mostly) Love and hate with the Scanmarker
A while ago, I purchased a Scanmarker. It is a pen-type text scanner. I hoped it would make my life as a researcher easier, if I do not...
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
Coming "back" to a new life
I could not update this page over the last 14 months. Many things happened in between. Pandemic. The Ramseyer Scandal. Twitter storm. New...
- Feb 8, 2020
- 1 min
Talks in the US (2)
I'm giving talks on my new project at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Yale this coming week: https://ceas.yale.edu/events/emotional-topograp...
- Feb 8, 2020
- 1 min
A Series of talks in the US (1)
I just gave a lecture at Boston College. Thank you Professor Franziska Seraphim for inviting me! I had a great time discussing my book...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Choice Award
Choice Magazine, thanks to the generous review by Professor Ericson, gave me an "Outstanding Academic Title" award to my book,...
- Jan 11, 2020
- 1 min
Conferenced well.
I had great fun at the AHA annual meeting! This was my first presentation on the current research, and it made me realize how much we...
- Dec 16, 2019
- 1 min
January 4: Giving a presentation in AHA in New York
I will be attending American Historical Association's annual meeting in New York to give a presentation on Japanese wives in the...
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