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お知らせ:Switching Fields, Switching Schools

Dear My Friends;
大事なお知らせです。George Washington大学政治学部の博士課程に入ってはや2年。もうすぐコースワークも終わり...なのですが、転校/転向することになりました。ハーバード(EALC)とコロンビア(History)の歴史学の博士課程に受かり、秋よりどちらかの大学に移ることになりそうです。専攻は台湾と韓国の現代史で、私自身のプロジェクト自体(国民国家システムと軍隊の関わり)に変化はありませんが、環境とアプローチが大きく変わります。以下英語でなぜ政治学から歴史学へ移るのか、私の中での思考の変化を説明します。
I would like to make an out-of-the-blue announcement. I have not yet made any mention of this on this site, or told many of my friends or professors in my department: I am going to switch my academic field from political science to modern history, and accordingly I am going to [...]

Spontaneously in NY

I suddenly decided to come to NY for a day, so I took a Chinatown bus at 3:30 this morning. I needed a quick change of scenery. Nami is hosting me here and taking care of me. I’ll be back in DC tomorrow.

China’s Bachelor-Heavy Future

( China )

Wifeless future for China’s men
It seems like a serious problem. But I find this Ms. Zheng’s comment a bit funny.
“It’s having a real effect,” said Ms Zheng, the school’s head teacher. “One of our classes has 39 boys and just eight girls. It’s a serious problem. When there are more boys than girls, the girls [...]

The Politics of Guilt and Emperor Hirohito

( Japan )

The court ruling on NHK’s program on a mock trial of WWII sex slavery criminals has been controversial in Japan recently (e.g. Japan’s NHK in WWII sex slave row in BBC, NHK stung by censorship suit appeal in the Japan Times, Court orders NHK to pay compensation over program on sex slaves in MSN Mainichi).
“The [...]