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Second MA degree

The department has just notified me that I passed the comprehensive exam, and that means I am eligible for a Master’s degree in political science. I am not collecting many masters degrees (I will be getting another master’s in history in the middle of my PhD) but it is not a bad feeling that the [...]

アメリカ人の生活?

こないだまで80F(26.7C)度でヒーターが設定してあったと思ったら、その次の日には62F(16.7C)の冷房がついていたり
外の気温がちょうどいいから、エアコンを止めて窓を開けようと提案したら「そうだね、そしたら光熱費を安くできるね」という返答だったり
普段キッチンのゴミをためているくせに、ゴキブリを一匹見るとゴキ退治のスチームを家中にいきなり焚いたり
アリ退治の薬物を床に置いているくせにピーナッツの殻を床にまいたまま放置したり
イェローマスタードのボトルが冷蔵庫に6個あったり
こういうところ理解できない。

Time for Fun Reading

While I am busy packing, moving and arranging my summer trip and fall semester at a new school, I declare that the loooong-awaited ‘fun reading’ time has officially come. First of all I am reading this:
Mao A Life by Phillip Short.

It has been sitting in my bookshelf for a long time but I did not [...]

Typical Paper Topics

Writing research papers is the most fun and important job for graduate students. It takes a while, however, until you know what and how professors expect you to write. Now I enjoy writing papers and constructing new arguments but there was a learning process for me too. It is essential to know what topics and [...]

Research Group on “Japanese Villages” in Korea

( Academic and Japan and Korea )

朝鮮半島の「日本村」、生活実態解明に向け研究会
Scholars decided to start joint research on “Japanese villages” in Korea, in which .7 million Japanese people lived during its colonialization of Korea. It sounds interesting.

New Life, New Blog

I have just created this blog with a new domain name, and transferred my old blog entries here. Some of you might have been forwarded to this blog from my old SecurityGirl.net address. I have not decided what I will do with the other pages on my old website, but as I grow old (meaning [...]