Category Archives: (Anti) Nationalism

November 18, 2009
12:54 am
by: Sayaka

My Positionality

I knew I had this issue for a long time but I am feeling it real this time. My parents are Japanese; I was born and grew up in Japan; My only mother tongue is Japanese; my nationality is Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti) Nationalism, History, My Grad School Life

February 28, 2008
1:52 pm
by: Sayaka

Potential for Non-National History

I study modern history and I rarely read books on premodern periods. One exception I recently made is Amino Yoshihiko (網野善彦)’s works since I wanted to write a biographical writing assignment on him in my historiography class. I chose him … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti) Nationalism, Academic, History, My Grad School Life

July 10, 2007
6:55 pm
by: Sayaka

Dialects or Other Languages

My friend from GW’s poli sci department, Enze, is spending the summer in Kunming, China. He is doing exploratory research to figure out his dissertation topic there. He has some interesting stories on his blog here. (He has another blog … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti) Nationalism, China, Languages