Eiichiro Azuma
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Eiichiro Azuma | |
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| Born | September 27, 1966 Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of California at Los Angeles |
| Occupations | Historian, professor, scholar, writer |
| Known for | History of Japanese Americans |
Eiichiro Azuma (Japanese: 東 栄一郎, born 27 September 1966) is a Japanese-born American historian, writer, and professor.[1] He has served as a Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[2] The focus of his work is Japanese Americans in relationship to migration, Japanese colonialism, and U.S. and Japan relations.[2][3]
Eiichiro Azuma was born 27 September 1966 in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from University of California at Los Angeles with an M.A. degree in Asian American Studies (1992), and a Ph.D. in history (2000).[4]
He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since January 2001.[5] Starting in fall 2009, he held the position of Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Chair in history.[2] Azuma served as the director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania from 2013 through 2018.[6]
His work appeared in the Journal of American History, Journal of Asian Studies, Pacific Historical Review and Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Reviews in American History.[7] He is co-editor of the Asian American Studies book series at the University of Illinois Press."[8]
