New Frontiers in Asian Scholarship

April 8, 2013
Samurai Sword and Lancet: The Framing and Spread of “Western” Medicine in Japan

Samurai Sword and Lancet: The Framing and Spread of “Western” Medicine in Japan (武士刀与柳叶刀——日本西洋医学的扩散), by Liu Shi-yung刘世永. Taipei: Taida chuban zhongxin, 2012.

Reviewed by Luwei Yang, MA candidate, History, Nankai University; HYI Archival Research Training Program Visiting Fellow

March 4, 2013
The Great Kantō Earthquake, the Korean Massacre and its Aftermath: The Responsibility of the Japanese Government and People

The Great Kantō Earthquake, the Korean Massacre and its Aftermath: The Responsibility of the Japanese Government and People, by Shōji Yamada (Tokyo: Sōshisha, 2011). 山田昭次『関東大震災時の朝鮮人虐殺とその後―虐殺の国家責任と民衆責任』創史社、2011

Reviewed by Jooeun Noh (PhD candidate, University of Tokyo; HYI Visiting Fellow)

February 12, 2013
Journalism for Justice with Ethics of Care

Journalism for Justice with Ethics of Care

Hayashi, Kaori. Journalism of “Women/Children” with Ethics of Care, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2011, 227 pages. 林香里,  2011, 『〈オンナ・コドモ〉のジャーナリズム　ケアの倫理とともに』岩波書店, 227項.

Reviewed by Lee Misook (PhD candidate, Department of Socio-information and Communication Studies, University of Tokyo; HYI Visiting Fellow 2012-13)

December 3, 2012
Research on the Zhou Dynasty Burials of the Haidai Region

Research on the Zhou Dynasty Burials of the Haidai Region (海岱地区周代墓葬研究), by Wang Qin (Jinan: Shandong daxue chubanshe, 2002, 218 pages).

Reviewed by Qiaowei Wei (PhD Candidate, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Fellow)

May 7, 2012
Religion and Society in Java: Ethnographic Memoir of Indonesia under Suharto’s Order

Religion and Society in Java: Ethnographic Memoir of Indonesia under Suharto’s Order, by Fukushima Masato (Tokyo: Hitsuji Shobo, 2002)

福島真人『ジャワの宗教と社会：スハルト体制下インドネシアの民族誌的メモワール』（東京：ひつじ書房, 2002）

Reviewed by Aizawa Risa (Ph.D. candidate, Tohoku University; HYI Visiting Fellow)