Specialties
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Black radicalism and internationalism
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African American history
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Critical Race Studies
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Asian American Studies
Educational Background
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Ph.D.: History, University of Minnesota, 2004.
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M.A.: History, University of Minnesota, 1999.
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B.A.: History, Macalester College, 1995.
Publications
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Onishi, Yuichiro. "The Presence of (Black) Liberation in Okinawan Freedom: Transnational Moments, 1968-1972." Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People (2009): 178-202. Link
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Onishi, Yuichiro. "Afro-Asian Solidarities and the ‘Circle of Culture’." XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics 20 (2008): 97-101.
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Onishi, Yuichiro. "The New Negro of the Pacific: How African Americans Forged Cross-Racial Solidarity with Japan, 1917-1922." The Journal of African American History 92:2 (2007): 191-213. Download
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Onishi, Yuichiro. "Diaspora." XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics 15/16 (2006): 201.
Research Activities
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Transpacific Racial Strivings: How Black Americans, the Japanese, and Okinawans Found Solidarities: Book manuscript
Professional Activities
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Visiting Assistant Professor: Open Education Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan , June 2009
Awards
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Insitute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Spring 2010
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Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellowship, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, 2008 - 2009
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President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award, Office of Equity and Diversity, University of Minnesota, 2008 - 2009
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Faculty Fellowship Publications Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Spring 2007
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Mentor Recognition Award, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York, May 2006
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Professional Staff Congress & The City University of New York Research Award, 2005 - 2006
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MacArthur International Predissertation Fieldwork Grant, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota, Summer 2000
Courses Taught
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Racial Formation and Transformation in the U.S. (AFRO/AMIN/AAS/CHIC 1201)
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Black Worlds in Global Perspectives: Challenges and Changes (AFRO 1012)
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Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America (AAS 3001)
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Freshmen Seminar—Immigrant Acts: Transforming Asian America (AAS 1902)
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Black Internationalism (AFRO 3910)
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War and Imperialism in Asian America (AAS 4920/5920)
Alternative Output Formats