Monthly Archives: January 2007

January 30, 2007
11:51 pm
by: Sayaka

Japan Defense Ministry’s PR Magazine

Professor Takeda at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo kindly mailed me a couple of interesting things to read from Japan. They are all interesting from an academic point of view, but one of them is absolutely hilarious and I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Military

January 26, 2007
12:41 am
by: Sayaka

This Semester

Quick posting about my new semester. I am taking three seminars again: Theories of Nationalism, Politics of Institutions, and Modern Korean History. The first two are political science department’s PhD classes that I am taking in preparation for my comprehensive … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, My Grad School Life

January 21, 2007
3:05 pm
by: Sayaka

Documentary Films

Since last semester I have been watching quite a few documentary films with my friends. I generally try to maintain a critical attitude towards the messages of those documentaries to avoid being completely swallowed by the information. However, since some … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, My Grad School Life