Fields of Expertise:
modern East Asia, especially Japan
Ken Ruoff is a specialist in the modern history of East Asia, especially Japan. His scholarship has garnered many awards, including Japan’s equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize. His present project is a history of the political right in postwar Japan. He teaches a range of courses about Modern East Asia.
Courses taught:
- HST 322, Modern East Asia
- HST 323, Modern Korea
- HST 390 Japan/China/Korea (the two Koreas) Relations in a Global Context
- HST 421/521, Topics in Modern Japanese History
- HST 422/522, Topics in Postwar Japanese History, 1945-present
- HST 490/590, Comparative World History
- HST422: Wartime and Postwar Japan, with a special focus on the far right