Shorenstein APARC
Encina Hall, Room E301
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

csawada@stanford.edu
(650) 723-6530 (fax)

Research Interests
Cultural and ethical dimensions of international relations (emphasizing Korean-Japanese encounters); historical injustice and reconciliation; public diplomacy and counter-publics; education policy and practice; cinema, music, and public memory; world history

Chiho Sawada holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University (specialty in East Asian history; secondary field in Western intellectual history) and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego (major in economics; minor in visual arts). In addition, he has attended the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (concentration in International Politics and Development), conducted research at numerous other institutions in Asia and the United States, and served stints in U.S. Embassies in Beijing and Seoul.

Dr. Sawada is currently working on several collaborative and individual research projects: (1) Historical Injustice, Redress, and Reconciliation: Global Perspectives, (2) Public Diplomacy and Counter-publics: Asia and Beyond, 1945 to the present, and (3) Student and Urban Cultures in Colonial Contexts. He recently contributed a chapter entitled "Pop Culture, Public Memory, and Korean-Japanese Relations" to the first volume of project one, Rethinking Historical Injustice in East Asia (Routledge, forthcoming). For project two, he is lead organizer of a Stanford workshop and conference, and editing the conference book. Project three is a book project that expands his dissertation to consider colonial context not just in Northeast Asia, but also India, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Other affiliations
Visiting Fellow and Professor in the Kiriyama Chair, Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco.