Laura Hein
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Laura Hein | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Boston (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Dower |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | History of Japan |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Notable works | Fueling Growth: The Energy Revolution and Economic Policy in Postwar Japan (1990) Reasonable Men, Powerful Words (2004) Post-Fascist Japan (2018) |
Laura Hein is an American historian of modern Japan. She is the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of History at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on twentieth-century Japanese political culture, economic policy, war memory, and Japan's international relations.[1]
Hein is the author of several books on modern Japanese history and political culture as well as the general editor of The New Cambridge History of Japan.[1]
Hein received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Massachusetts Boston, graduating summa cum laude in 1978.[2]
She earned an MA (1982) and a PhD (1986) in modern Japanese history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studied under John Dower.[2][3]
During her doctoral studies she conducted research in Japan, including work as a visiting research fellow at Hosei University in Tokyo.[2]
After completing her doctorate, Hein held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University.[2]
Hein joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1987, becoming full professor of Japanese history in 2005, and serving as chair of the Department of History from 2017 to 2020.[2] In 2018, Hein was named Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of History.[4]
In addition to her teaching and research, Hein has been active in institutional initiatives related to global and Asian studies at Northwestern University.[5]
