People > Current Advanced Research Fellows
Each academic year, the program awards a few Advanced Research Fellowships to applicants with excellent research credentials.
2011-2012 Advanced Research Fellows
Amy L. CATALINAC
Harvard University
61 Kirkland Street, Room 301
acatalinac@wcfia.harvard.edu
Research project: Electoral Politics and Japan's National Security
Dr. Catalinac earned her B.A. Hons (First Class) in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) and her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University. Her research interests include Japanese foreign and security policy, electoral and party politics, and methods for statistical text analysis. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Policy Analysis, Politics and Policy, Japan Forum, and Political Science. She is the recipient of the Toshiba International Foundation Prize for the best article published in Japan Forum in 2005, a Japan Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship, and the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. She has also worked as an intern for Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. During the 2011-12 academic year, Dr. Catalinac plans to complete her book manuscript on electoral politics and national security in contemporary Japan. In the spring semester, she will teach "Government and Politics of Modern Japan" in the Department of Government at Harvard.
Nikhil KAPUR
Harvard University
61 Kirkland Street, Room 301
nkapur@wcfia.harvard.edu
Research project: The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty Crisis of 1960 and the Origins of Contemporary Japan
Dr. Kapur received his B.A. in English and History and M.A. in U.S. History from Stanford University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in International History from Harvard University. His dissertation examines the origins and consequences of the mass protests in Japan against the renewal of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (known as anpo) in 1960. His other research interests include the transnational origins of Japanese internment in the U.S. during World War II, and the discourse on suicide and the invention of kamikaze in modern Japan. Dr. Kapur's publications include "William McKinley's Values and the Origins of the Spanish-American War: A Reinterpretation" (Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2011) and "A Brief History of the Kamikaze" (Guardian, February 2, 2002). In the spring semester, he will teach "Japanese Internment in America and Beyond" in the Department of History.