I organized the Second Cold War Oral History Workshop, “Reconceptualizing the Cold War: On-the-ground Experiences in Asia,” which was held at NUS Utown on 22-23 June 2019.
I organized the first Cold War Oral History Workshop “Reconceptualizing the Cold War: On-the-ground Experiences in Asia,” which was held at NUS Utown on 21-22 May 2019.
I participated in the symposium as a panelist for the Senior Scholar Roundtable (“The Cold War in Asia”), as well as a discussant for a panel on “The Cold War in Asia: US and its Allies.”
I was invited to give two talks at the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, one for the 2018 Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) annual meeting on June 30, 2018, and the other for the international workshop, “The Korean War as Transnational Postcolonial Conflicts,” on July 1, 2018.
I was invited to be a member of lecturing faculty for the Harvard-Yenching Institute’s Advanced Training Program, which was held at Waseda University, Tokyo, from June 25 to July 5, 2018, under the theme of “New Approaches in Asia-Pacific Studies.”
This is a superb work that bridges international and social history, underpinned by highly impressive research, to make arguments of real importance for our understanding of the Cold War.” -Rana Mitter
Masuda Hajimu has accepted a position as a residential fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington DC, US, during the 2017-18 academic year.
Top page: “This is a wonderful book that will certainly be widely quoted and incorporated into a large set of literatures on the Cold War. […]. No other scholar would have even attempted such a wide ranging monograph backed up with such a range of primary sources. The attention that the book will undoubtedly receive is entirely merited, and its arguments will set the standard for quite some time to come.” —Julia C. Strauss (SOAS, University of London)
Who is Asian? What is Asia? What defines who is Asian and what is Asia? What is community? What makes community possible? The idea of Asian Community can be a double-edged-sword, as it, at least on the surface, promises a more peaceful and prosperous Asia, while at the same time contributing to the perpetuation of die-hard colonialism and obstinate identity politics.
『冷戦とは何だったのか：想像上の現実、ひとびとの日常戦争、社会的装置』：冷戦についてこれまで多くのことが語られてきた。何百冊という書物が世界中で書かれ、多く学派が形成され、さまざまな側面が議論されてきた。しかし、その多くがもっとも単純で、根本的な問題を正面に据えることはあまりなかった。そもそも冷戦とは何だったのか。