The Asian Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Dr. David Chu Professor in Asia-Pacific Studies, Takashi Fujitani. Professor Fujitani will be cross-appointed with the Department of History and the Asian Institute and will also serve as Director of the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies beginning fall 2011.

A graduate of UC Berkeley, Professor Fujitani comes to the University of Toronto from the University of California, San Diego, where he has been a professor of modern Japanese history for two decades.  Professor Fujitani’s books include Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan (University of California Press, 1996), Perilous Memories: The Asia Pacific War(s) (Duke University Press, 2001), and the forthcoming Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans in WWII (University of California Press).

Please join us in welcoming Professor Fujitani to the Asian Institute and the University of Toronto.