Miriam Kingsberg Kadia
Professor • Director of Undergraduate Studies
Modern Japan

Muenzinger D148-B

(Zoom) T TH 7:00-8:00 PM, also by appointment

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Professor Kadia specializesÌýin the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Japan and East Asia.


Professor Kadia teaches courses on Japanese history, focusing onÌýthe modern and postwar periods. Some of the courses she offers include:Ìý"Introduction to Japanese History," "Postwar Japan Since 1945," "Militarism in Japanese History,"Ìýand "Japanese Diasporas in Asia and the Americas."ÌýAt the graduate level, she teaches seminars on East Asia and global history.Ìý

Professor Kadia received her Ph.D.Ìýfrom the University of California at Berkeley. Her first book,Ìý(University of California Press, 2014), won the Eugene V. Kayden Book Award. Her second book,Ìý, was published by Stanford University Press in Fall 2019. Her new book project explores time accounting and time use in the twentieth century. In recent years, Dr. Kadia has held fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study, the ACLS, and Harvard University. Her work has appeared in theÌýJournal for Asian Studies,ÌýComparative Studies in Society and History,ÌýMonumenta Nipponica, theÌýJournal of Japanese Studies,ÌýModern Asian Studies,Ìýand other journals.

Professor Kadia is accepting both M.A. and Ph.D. students.
SheÌýis looking for graduate students interested in social and cultural history research on modern and contemporary Japan and East Asia, particularly on topics including imperialism, intoxicants, race, and knowledge.