For this episode of the Mansfield Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Anand Rao of SUNY Geneseo for a discussion of Japan-South Korea relations and modern geopolitics. Dr. Rao's academic profile is available at https://www.geneseo.edu/political_science/anand_rao
Dr. Rao's 2021 commentary piece in the Times-Union is online at https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Shadow-of-Japanese-colonialism-may-16341299.php
The book mentioned by Dr. Rao, Joyce Libra's Ōkuma Shigenobu: Statesman of Meiji Japan, is available via Australian National University Press at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/114873
This season, our podcast will be speaking with a dozen experts, academics, and practitioners in the field of Japan Studies. We’ll be looking at their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
Experts this season all participated in the fifth cohort of
the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program here at Mansfield.
This interview was recorded in early 2023.
