Michael Weiner (born 17 June 1949) is a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

East Asian history The history of East Asia generally encompasses the histories of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan from prehistoric times to the present. Each of its countries has a different national history, but East Asian Studies scholars maintain ...

and International Studies and is the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at

Soka University of America Soka University of America (SUA) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Aliso Viejo, California. Originally founded in 1987, it was established on its current campus in 2001 by Daisaku ...

(SUA). Previously, he was professor and chair of

Asian studies Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies. The field is concerned with the Asian people, their cultures, languages, history and politics. Within the Asian sphere, Asian ...

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

. He received his B.A. from

Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese language, Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private List of Jesuit educational institutions, Jesuit research university in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1913 by ...

in Tokyo and his Ph.D. from

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

, England.

Positions held

Michael Weiner taught at

from 1984 to 2000. He was a lecturer from 1984 to 1988, a senior lecturer from 1989 to 1994, and a reader from 1995 to 2000. He assumed the position of professor and chair of Asian studies at

from 2000 to 2005. He became Professor of East Asian history and international studies and director of International Studies at SUA in 2005. He subsequently held a number of senior administrative positions and currently serves as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Research

Weiner's research interests include eugenics and social policy in modern Japan, global migration, and minority rights in Japan, among others. Following is a list of his publications: * ''The Comintern and International Communism, 1919–1943'', Macmillan, 1996, pp. 158–190. * "Destination Japan: Migration in the twentieth century," specially commissioned article for the inaugural issue of Pan-Japan; ''The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora'', Spring, 2000, pp. 49–74. * "Discourses of Race and Nation in Pre-1945 Japan," ''Ethnic and Racial Studies'', Vol. 18, No 3, July 1995, pp 433–56. * ''The Internationalization of Japan'', Routledge, 1993 * "Japan in the Age of Migration," in M. Douglass and G. Roberts, eds., ''Japan and Global Migration: Foreign workers and the advent of a multicultural society'', Routledge, 2003, pp. 52–70 * ''Japan's Minorities; the illusion of homogeneity'', Routledge, 1997 * ''Origins of the Korean Community in Japan'', Humanities Press, 1989 * "Out of the Very Stone; Korean hibakusha," ''Immigrants and Minorities'', Vol. 14, No 1, April 1995, pp 2–25. * ''Race and Migration in Imperial Japan'', Routledge, 1994 * ''Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan'' (3 volumes), Routledge, 2005 * ''Japan's Minorities; the illusion of homogeneity'', (2nd edition) Routledge, 2009 * ''Introduction to the Pacific Basin (with Shane Barter)'', Routledge, 2017 * ''Race and Ethnicity in Asia'', Routledge, 2021, 2023

Honors and awards

* Reischauer Fellowship,

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, 1991–1992 * ESRC Fellow, 1997–2000 * Managing Editor, Japan Forum 1995-2000 * Director, Japan Studies Institute, 2000–2005

External links

Michael Weiner, Ph.D. Faculty Pagefaculty.soka.edu Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weiner, Michael Nationality missing Historians of Japan Alumni of the University of Sheffield Academics of the University of Sheffield San Diego State University faculty Harvard Fellows 1949 births Living people Historians of Asia Place of birth missing (living people) Sophia University alumni