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, 20231 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, 20232 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, 20222 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, 20223 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, 20221 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, 20221 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, 20221 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20213 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, 20211 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, 20201 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, 20201 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, 20201 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, 20201 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, 20191 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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