Person

Shimoda, Hiraku

1972

Associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Waseda University. Hiraku Shimoda was born in Japan and grew up on Long Island. He received his B.A. in Asian Studies from Vassar and M.A. and Ph.D in Japanese History from Harvard. His specialization is in early modern (1600-1868) and modern (1868-) Japanese history. Before returning to Vassar as an Assistant Professor, Shimoda was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard and an adjunct lecturer in the History Faculty at MIT and the Asian Studies Program at Vassar.