Seiji Shirane

City College of New York (CUNY)

 

Member profile details

First name
Seiji
Last name
Shirane
Organization
City College of New York (CUNY)
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Institutional email address
sshirane@ccny.cuny.edu
Main Field/Discipline
History of Modern Japan
Main Research/Teaching Interests
Japan/Taiwan
Home Region
North America
Research keywords
  • Colonial Taiwan
  • Diplomacy
  • Japanese Empire
  • Migration
  • Military History
  • Pan-Asianism
  • Sino-Japanese Relations
  • War Memory
Bio
Seiji Shirane is an Assistant Professor of History at The City College of New York (CUNY). His teaching and research interests include Japan's empire, colonial Taiwan, and Japanese-Chinese relations. He received degrees in History from Yale University (BA, 2004) and Princeton University (PhD, 2014), and his research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright, Social Science Research Council, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Representative publications
*Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945* (Cornell University Press, 2022).
Courses taught
• Modern Japan
• War in Modern East Asia
• East Asia and the World
• The Japanese Empire (BA+MA)
• The Pacific War (BA+MA)
• Japanese-Chinese Relations (BA+MA)
Available for
  • Book Talks
  • Guest Lectures
  • Historical Consulting
  • Invited Talks
  • Media Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Streaming Appearances
  • Television Appearances
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