Nick Kapur

Rutgers University

 

Member profile details

First name
Nick
Last name
Kapur
Organization
Rutgers University
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Institutional email address
nick.kapur@rutgers.edu
Main Field/Discipline
History of Modern Japan
Main Research/Teaching Interests
Modern/Contemporary Japan and US-Japan Relations
Home Region
North America
Research keywords
  • Art
  • Contemporary Japan
  • Diplomacy
  • Environment
  • Film
  • Gender
  • Japanese Empire
  • Japanese Internment
  • Occupation Period
  • Politics
  • Postwar
  • Samurai
  • Sengoku
  • Social Movements
  • Student Movement
  • US-Japan Relations
  • World War II
Bio
Nick Kapur received his Ph.D. in Japanese history from Harvard University, working under Akira Iriye and Andrew Gordon, and is presently Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University’s Camden campus, where he teaches Japanese and East Asian history. His research interests focus on modern Japan and US-Japan relations, broadly conceived. His book "Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo" (Harvard University Press, 2018) details enduring transformations in Japanese politics, culture, and society, as well as US-Japan alliance diplomacy and the Cold War international system, that unfolded in the aftermath of the massive 1960 protests against the US-Japan Security Treaty. In addition, he has recently published research on US-Japan relations during the John F. Kennedy administration, the 1968 centennial celebrations of Japan’s Meiji Restoration, and Japan’s postwar student movement.
Representative publications
-- BOOK --

* Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018)


-- ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS --

* “The Japanese Student Movement in the Cold War Crucible, 1945-1972,” The Asia-Pacific Journal 20:14:1 (July 15, 2022)

* “The Empire Strikes Back? The 1968 Meiji Centennial Celebrations and the Revival of Japanese Nationalism,” Japanese Studies 38:3 (Fall 2018), 305-328

* “Mending the ‘Broken Dialogue’: U.S.-Japan Alliance Diplomacy in the Aftermath of the 1960 Security Treaty Crisis,” Diplomatic History 41:3 (June 2017), 489-517

* “Asia-Pacific Relations and the Globalization of the Environment,” in Robert David Johnson, ed., Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 13-23
Courses taught
Modern Japan
Premodern Japan
Postwar Japan
Japan in the Era of the Samurai
Modern China
Premodern China
World War II in Asia
Environmental History
History of US-Japan Relations
Japanese Internment
Available for
  • Book Reviews
  • Book Talks
  • Documentaries
  • Guest Articles
  • Guest Lectures
  • Historical Consulting
  • Invited Talks
  • Manuscript Peer Reviews
  • Media Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Streaming Appearances
  • Television Appearances
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