Seiji Shirane
Assistant Professor
Main Affiliation
History
Additional Departments/Affiliated Programs
Asian Studies Program
Office
NAC 5/135
Phone
212-650-7138 (campus office)

Seiji Shirane
Profile
Seiji Shirane is a historian of modern Japan. His teaching and research interests include Japan's empire, colonial Taiwan, and Japanese-Chinese relations. He received degrees from Yale University (BA, 2004) and Princeton University (PhD, 2014). His first book is forthcoming with Cornell University Press entitled Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945 (2022).
Dr. Shirane’s research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright, Social Science Research Council, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
You can visit his website at seijishirane.com
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University
Courses Taught
• Modern Japan
• War in Modern East Asia
• Japanese-Chinese Relations
• East Asia and the World
• The Japanese Empire (MA)
• The Pacific War (MA)
Research Interests
International Relations, Empire, War, Migration, Race/Ethnicity
Publications
Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945 (Cornell University Press, forthcoming)