Tel: (65) 6516 4775
Office: AS1 05 - 18
I
received my PhD in the History of Science and Technology
from MIT. My research is mainly about modern Japan,
ranging from architecture, to Meiji-period society
and culture, to earthquakes. I'm also interested
in the histories of computers and information technology,
scientific constructions of race and gender, colonialism,
environmentalism, landscape, bio-technology, and
the drawing of boundaries between science and art.
I've co-edited (with M.R. Smith) Major Problems
in the History of American Technology (Boston:Houghton-Mifflin,
1998). Since coming to the NUS history department
in 1999, I've taught courses in the histories of
science and technology in the Asia/Pacific region
and the United States, and on the social/cultural
history of modern Japan ("From Samurai to Sony").
I'm also team-teaching the first-year course on
modern world history. When I'm not teaching, I like
to relax by watching a good giallo film, especially
those of Massimo Dellamano.
TEACHING
AREAS:
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The
Making of the Modern World |
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Technology
and Culture in the Asia-Pacific |
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From
Samurai to Sony: The History of Japan |
CURRENT RESEARCH:
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The
book manuscript I'm at work on is tentatively
entitled Foreign Knowledge: The Cultural Economy
of Japanese Earthquakes. It draws on scientific,
architectural, engineering, and popular earthquake-related
narratives from the Meiji and Taisho periods
to say something about nationalism, colonialism,
and catastrophe. I’ve published some of this
material as book chapters and journal articles
over the last two years. My interest in earthquake
narratives has recently led me into a larger
area one might call ‘the history of emergency?
Two book chapters on this theme (one co-written
with Ryan Bishop) will appear in 2003. |
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"...My research is mainly about modern
Japan, ranging from architecture, to Meiji-period
society and culture, to earthquakes....
...When I'm not teaching, I like to relax
by watching a good giallo film ..."
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