Eiichiro Azuma (, born 27 September 1966) is a Japanese-born American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, writer, and professor. He has served as a Professor of History and

Asian American Studies Asian American Studies is an academic field originating in the 1960s, which critically examines the history, issues, sociology, religion, experiences, culture, and policies relevant to Asian Americans. It is closely related to other Ethnic Studies ...

at the

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. The focus of his work is Japanese Americans in relationship to migration, Japanese colonialism, and U.S. and Japan relations.

Biography

Eiichiro Azuma was born 27 September 1966 in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan. He graduated from

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the Ca ...

with an M.A. degree in Asian American Studies (1992), and a Ph.D. in history (2000). He has taught at the

since January 2001. Starting in fall 2009, he held the position of Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Chair in history. Azuma served as the director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania from 2013 through 2018. His work appeared in the ''

Journal of American History ''The Journal of American History'' is the quarterly official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review'', the o ...

'', ''

Journal of Asian Studies ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' is the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, publishing peer-reviewed academic scholarship in the field of Asian studies. Its acceptance rate is approximately 6%. Each issue circulates over 8,200 ...

'', ''

Pacific Historical Review The ''Pacific Historical Review'' is the official publication of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. It is a quarterly academic journal published by University of California Press. It was established in 1932 under foun ...

and Journal of American-East Asian Relations'', ''

Reviews in American History ''Reviews in American History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1973 and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It publishes reviews of new books on the topic of American history, as well as retrospectives on ...

''. He is co-editor of the ''Asian American Studies'' book series at the

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Awards

* 2006 Frederick Jackson Turner Award Honorable Mention by the

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, for ''Between Two Empires'' * 2008–2009, he was also a recipient of the Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellowship from the

University of Texas, Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 20 ...

* 2020 John K. Fairbanks Prize in East Asian history, from the

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, for his work ''In Search of Our Frontier'' * Theodore Saloutos Award from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, for ''Between Two Empires'' * History Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies, for ''Between Two Empires'' * Hiroshi Shimizu book prize from the Japanese Association of American Studies, for ''Between Two Empires'' * History Book Award Honorable Mention from the Association for Asian American Studies, for'' Before Internment''

Publications

Books

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References

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