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Curriculum Vitae
Simon C PartnerClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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Duke University Department of History
Campus Box 90719
Durham, NC 27708
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(919) 684-5464, (919) 684-1140 (office)
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- Education
| PhD | Columbia University | 1997 |
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Associate Professor, Department of History, 2003 - 2010
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- Assistant Professor, Department of History, 1997 - 2003
- Japan Research Associates, Inc.
- President, 1991 - 1997
- Consulting on the Japanese economy and business
- BEI/Golembe Associates
- Vice President, 1984 - 1990
- Staff consultant specializing in international
banking, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions
- Grindlays Bank PLC
- Management trainee, 1980 - 1982
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Kokugakuin University Research Fellowship, June to November, 2005
Japan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2005-2006
Smith Faculty Enrichment Fellowship, Duke University, Fall 2003
Fulbright Research Fellowship, September 2000 - May 2001
Rikkyo University Foreign Research Fellowship, 2000, May-November
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award (for postdoctoral research), 1997-8
Japan Foundation Fellowship (for dissertation research), 1995-6
Hofstadter Fellowship, Columbia University (for graduate study), 1995
- Recent Grant Support
- Creation of a Triangle Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Foundation, 2011/07-2014/06.
- US Dept of Education Title VI National Resource Center, Department of Education, 2010/01-2013/12.
- Professional Service
- Departmental Committee
- Chair, Speakers' Committee, 2008 - 2009
- Chair, Sachsenmaier Renewal Committee, Fall 2008
- Computer Liaison Committee, 2002 - present
- Department Executive Committee, July, 2001 - 2009 (except when on leave
- Chair, South Asia search committee, September, 2006 - December, 2006
- Chair, Carnegie Initiative on Graduate Education, September, 2004 - May, 2005
- Honors Thesis Review Committee, April, 2003
- Department Executive Committee, July, 1999 - May, 2000
- Honors Thesis Review Committee, April, 2000
- University Committee
- Smith Faculty Enrichment Fellowship Selection Committee, 2003 - 2004
- Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Executive Committee, September, 2001 - 2003
- Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Speakers’ Committee, September, 1998 - May, 2000
- Fulbright Fellowship Evaluation Committee (Duke internal committee), October, 1999 - November, 1999
- Mellon Scholarship Evaluation Committee (Duke internal committee), February, 1999 - April, 1999
- University Service
- Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, 2009 - present
- Organizer, Triangle Japan Forum, July, 2002 - present
- Faculty Advisor, Duke Kendo Club, 2001 - present
- Departmental Service
- Organizer, History Department Colloquium, 2006 - 2009
- Organizer, History Department Faculty Colloquium on “Narratives of the Individual”, 2001 - 2002
- Service to the Community
- ESL Teaching, 2011 - present
- Murder Victims Website, 2008 - present
- Community Activities
- Duke Japanese language partner program, 1998 - 2000
- faculty advisor, Language Dorm, Japan Floor, September, 1999 - May, 2000
- advisor and facilitator, Toyama-Durham school exchange, October, 1999
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- Postwar Japan as History, Meiji University, Tokyo, July 2011
- Travel Narratives of East Asia, UNC Chapel Hill, November 12, 2009
- Toshie: The Transformation of the Japanese Countryside, 1925-1975, Duke, November 13, 2008
- Fuqua Business School Lecture on Japan, April 29, 2008
- NCTAN Teachers' Workshop, Wilmington, NC, March 30, 2008
- Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer, Duke History, March 01, 2008
- Business and the Consumer: Who Created Whom?, Southern Japan Conference, Miami, November, 2006
- Nihon no shoshisha ha doko kara kimashita ka? (Where did the Japanese consumer come from?), Tokyo, June 13, 2006
- An Overview of Japan's Postwar Experience, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, March 24, 2005
- The Story of Haruko, Engaging Faculty series, Duke University, January 29, 2004
- Coercion and Consent: The Home Front in Japan, Duke University, "The Weight of War" series, February 26, 2003 [html]
- Nihon no denki sangyo to juyo sosaku-1950 nendai ni oite (The Japanese electrical goods industry and market creation in the 1950s), ISICS Cultural Studies Program, University of Tokyo, June 2001
- Graduate Studies and Trends in the Academy, Japan-United States Educational Commission, Tokyo, March 2001
- 20-seiki Nihon noson ni okeru seikatsu kaizen undo (The Lifestyle Improvement movement in 20th century rural Japan), Kanto chapter meeting of the Social and Economic Hisotry Society (Shakai Keizaishi Gakkai), December 2000
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2011/11/25
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