Michael Weiner (Professor)

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Michael Weiner is a professor of East Asian History, International Studies, and is the director of International Studies at Soka University of America (SUA). He was previously professor and chair of Asian Studies at San Diego State University. He received his B.A. from Sophia University, Tokyo and his Ph.D. from University of Sheffield, UK.

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[edit] Positions Held

Michael Weiner taught at University of Sheffield from 1984 - 2000. He was a Lecturer from 1984 - 1988, Senior Lecturer from 1989 - 1994, and Reader from 1995 - 2000. He assumed the position of Professor and Chair of Asian Studies at San Diego State University from 2000 - 2005. He became Professor of East Asian History and International Studies as well as Director of International Studies at SUA in 2005.

[edit] Research

Weiner's research interests include Eugenics and Social Policy in Modern Japan, Global Migration, and Minority Rights in Japan among others. His publications include:

  • Origins of the Korean Community in Japan, Humanities Press, 1990
  • The Internationalization of Japan, Routledge, 1993
  • Race and Migration in Imperial Japan, Routledge, 1994
  • Japan's Minorities; the illusion of homogeneity, Routledge , 1997
  • Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan (3 volumes), Routledge, 2005
  • "Discourses of Race and Nation in Pre-1945 Japan," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 18, No 3, July 1995, pp 433-56.
  • "Out of the Very Stone; Korean hibakusha," Immigrants and Minorities, Vol. 14, No 1, April 1995, pp 2-25.
  • "The Comintern in East Asia," in K McDermott and J Agnew, The Comintern and International Communism, 1919-1943, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 158-190.
  • "Destination Japan: Migration in the twentieth century," specially commissioned article for the inaugural issue of Pan-Japan; The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora, Spring, 2000, pp. 49-74.
  • "Japan in the Age of Migration," in M.Douglass and G.Roberts, eds., Japan and Global Migration: Foreign workers and the advent of a multicultural society, Routledge, 2003, pp. 52-70

[edit] Honors and Awards

  • Reischauer Fellowship, Harvard University, 1991-1992
  • ESRC Fellow, 1997-2000
  • Managing Editor, Japan Forum 1995-2000
  • Director, Japan Studies Institute, 2000-2005

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