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Matthew Rene Augustine Last modified date:2023.11.19

Associate Professor / Historical Research
Department of Social Studies
Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies


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092-802-5634
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Academic Degree
Ph.D. (Columbia University, USA), M.A. (Columbia University, USA), B.A. (Princeton University, USA)
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
Yes Bachelor Master Doctor
Field of Specialization
Modern Japanese History
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
02years00months
Outline Activities
I specialize in East Asian political and social history with a focus on modern Japan. My past research focused on the history of U.S. military occupations in Japan, Korea, and Okinawa, examining the rise of American hegemony in the region after World War II. I am currently engaged in a research project on the history of decolonization in Taiwan and Korea, comparing the processes and outcomes of dismantling Japanese colonialism. Other areas of research include transnational migration and border controls, boundaries of nationality and citizenship, and the "history problem" in East Asia.
Research
Research Interests
  • My present research explores the historical processes related to the fall of empires, focusing on what decolonization meant in Taiwan and Korea in the wake of World War II.
    keyword : Decolonization
    2018.04~2024.03.
  • I specialize in the regional history of Northeast Asia. My past research focused on the history of U.S. military occupations in Japan and Korea after World War II, analyzing the interactive relationship between migration and borders controls in each country.
    keyword : History of military occupations
    2010.10~2018.03.
Academic Activities
Books
1. Matthew R. Augustine, From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony: Koreans and Okinawans in the Resettlement of Northeast Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, 2023.02, When American occupiers broke up the Japanese empire in the wake of World War II, approximately 1.7 million people departed Japan for various parts of Northeast Asia. The mass exodus was spearheaded by Koreans, many of whom chartered small fishing vessels to ship them back quickly to their liberated homeland, while wartime devastation hampered the return of Okinawans to their archipelago. By the time the officially endorsed repatriation program was inaugurated, however, increasing numbers of people began escaping US military rule in southern Korea and the Ryukyu Islands by smuggling themselves into occupied Japan. How and why did these migrants move across borderlines newly drawn by American occupiers in the region? Their personal stories reveal what liberation and defeat meant to displaced peoples, and how the compounding challenges of their resettlement led to the expansion of smuggling networks. The consequent surge of unauthorized border-crossings spurred occupation authorities into forging exclusionary migration regulations. Through a comparative study of Korean and Okinawan experiences during the postwar occupation era, this book explores how their migrations shaped, and were in turn shaped by, American policies throughout the region..
Educational
Other Educational Activities
  • 2019.12.
  • 2018.06.