Assistant Professor Wins Asian Book Prize
December 2005
Eiichiro Azuma received the 2004-05 Hiroshi Shimizu Award for his recent book, Between Two Empires: Race, History, and Transnationalism in Japanese America. Azuma, Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies, specializes in Asian-American history with an emphasis on Japanese-American experiences, as well as emigration/immigration, modern Japanese history and U.S.-Japan relations.
Reviewers have described Azuma’s book as a “thorough and sophisticated study, so filled with fascinating data and insights,” and commented, “Azuma’s prose is fluid; his analysis is supple, nuanced and elegant. This is an exemplary work of enduring significance.”
The Hiroshi Shimizu Award is the most important honor for American Studies scholars in Japan. The Japanese Association for American Studies annually gives the award to the author of the “best book in the field” that is either published in Japan or written by an association member.