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A Week in the Old City

April 19, 2020Dustin 2 Comments

December 2019 feels so distant that it might as well be a fever dream than an actual, lived, moment in time. The abrupt changes to our everyday lives in the last weeks, brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, ensure… Continue Reading →

Conferences, Israel, Japan

Bodies and Structures: Deep Mapping East Asian History

January 31, 2019Dustin 1 Comment

My humble website has been painfully neglected for more moons than I care to count. As with so many other early career academics, I initially built the site as a way to build my online presence (my “brand” *gag*, as… Continue Reading →

empire, history, Japan, Okinawa, Pacific, Publication, The Gail Project

Fall Update (see you soon, Tokyo)

October 27, 2017Dustin Leave a Comment

I’ve always heard that fall is the season for New England and, so far, I haven’t been disappointed. My stint at Connecticut College has given me the opportunity to take full advantage of this beautiful southeastern corner of the state. For this… Continue Reading →

Japan, Publication, Research, Sunagawa Struggle, Tokyo

Teaching “Food Empires of Asia and the Pacific”

January 28, 2017Dustin 1 Comment

This winter quarter, one of the classes I am teaching is an upper-division history course called “Food Empires of Asia and the Pacific.” I designed the course to draw from a wide temporality, covering everything from the Spice Route, to… Continue Reading →

digital humanities, empire, history, Japan, Okinawa, Pacific, Teaching

My Take on Obama’s Trip to Hiroshima

May 26, 2016Dustin Leave a Comment

President Obama’s trip to Hiroshima today has immense historical significance for both Japan and the US. I have a piece in Thursday’s The Japan Times explaining why I think this could be an important opportunity for historians to open up… Continue Reading →

Hiroshima, Interview, Japan, President Obama, Publication, War Memory

Gratitude to John Junkerman

December 10, 2015Dustin Leave a Comment

Last week, I wrapped up the final session of my course, “U.S. Bases and Social Movements in Asia.” As a senior seminar course, where the classroom is a space for discussion rather than lecture, students wrote a 25-page graduation thesis… Continue Reading →

Japan, John Junkerman, Okinawa, Teaching

Post-dissertation research

November 26, 2015Dustin 2 Comments

After filing the dissertation in June, I was able to spend more time in western Tokyo to meet other people who actually participated in the Sunagawa Struggle. Part of my post-dissertation research included re-interviewing some people and talking with journalists… Continue Reading →

Japan, Media, Research, Sunagawa Struggle, 東京新聞

Vantage matters: The views from above and below

November 22, 2015Dustin Leave a Comment
Japan, Sunagawa Struggle

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  • Two Reviews of Recent Books on Ruffians and Trash
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