Faculty News
September 8, 2009
Thomas Sugrue was elected a Fellow of the Society of American Historians.
August 31, 2009
Taisho tenno (Emperor Taisho)
Frederick Dickinson
Taisho tenno takes a revisionist look at early twentieth century Japan through the life (1879-1926) of its second modern emperor (son of Meiji, father of Hirohito, reigning from 1912-1926). Although remembered primarily for the physical and mental infirmity of his later years, Yoshihito is, from his widely acclaimed European style wedding in 1900 until his death, a powerful symbol of early twentieth century modernity in Japan. It is appearing as a fifth anniversary memorial publication in the Minerva Selection of Critical Biographies series (Saeki Shoichi [Tokyo U.], Donald Keene [Columbia U.], et al., general editors, Minerva Press, Kyoto, Japan).
August 3, 2009
Margo Todd has won a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for 2009-10.
Graduate Student News
September 10, 2009
Joanna Cohen has accepted a tenure-track position in the History Department at Queen Mary's University of London.
August 25, 2009
Erik Mathisen has accepted a postdoctoral appointment as a teaching fellow in the American Studies Department at the University of Sussex for 2009-10. He will also be a fellow at the Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South.
