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Modern Japan; Modern China; East Asian Transnational History; Japanese Colonial Empire; Japanese Diaspora; Sino-Japanese Relations; Urban History; History of Shanghai

East Asia-Japan

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Modern Japan; Modern China; East Asian Transnational History; Japanese Colonial Empire; Japanese Diaspora; Sino-Japanese Relations; Urban History; History of Shanghai

DISSERTATION

Dissertation: Re-colonizing Shanghai: Japanese Settlement in a Chinese Treaty Port, 1895-1937

PUBLICATIONS

 

"Negotiating Extra-settlement Roads: Boundary Making, Administrative Disputes, and Power Shifts in Treaty-port Shanghai, 1860–1937," Modern Asian Studies, Open Access, May 27, 2024.

Homeward Bound: The Postwar Repatriation of Japanese Civilians in Shanghai, 1945-1948,” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Volume 18, Issue 23, December 1, 2020.

NEWS

—Awarded Buchanan Prize by Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs