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Simon Partner

Professor of History
History
Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
303 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Late 19th and 20th-century Japanese history Focusing on: growth of consumer markets; technology and social change; Japanese rural society

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of History · 2011 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published April 11, 2024
Spring Books by Duke Authors: Meditations, Baseball, Rebels and Stomach Pains
Published July 29, 2015
Simon Partner: Make Japan the world's peacekeeper
Published July 29, 2015
Make Japan the World’s Peacekeeper

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Recent Grants


Project GO: ROTC Chinese Language Initiative

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for International Education · 2012 - 2015

Asian Pacific Studies Institute (NRC)

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2010 - 2015

Creation of Triangle Center for Japanese Studies

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Japan Foundation · 2011 - 2014

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Education, Training & Certifications


Columbia University · 1997 Ph.D.
Columbia University · 1994 M.Phil.
Columbia University · 1993 M.A.
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) · 1985 M.A.
University of Manchester (United Kingdom) · 1984 M.B.A.
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) · 1980 B.A.