Waseda University Faculty for International Research and Education (School of International Liberal Studies/Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies)
About Waseda University Faculty for International Research and Education (School of International Liberal Studies/Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies)
Research field (5):
Cultural anthropology and folklore
, History - Japan
, Gender studies
, Aesthetics and art studies
, Local studies
Research keywords (16):
climate change/environment
, Cold War
, war
, culture
, memory
, history
, art history
, representation
, popular culture
, minorities
, gender
, postcolonial
, Micronesia
, Marshall Islands
, Oceania
, Pacific Islands Region
Research theme for competitive and other funds (6):
2023 - 2026 Collective De/Fence: Demilitarization and Climate Change Activism through Art in the Contemporary Indo-Pacific
2019 - 2022 The Archipelago Speaks Back: Pacific Islander Art and Resistance between Oceania, Japan, and Postcolonial Metropoles
2010 - 2012 Transoceania: Pacific Approaches to War, Empire, and Globalization between the Islands of Japan and Micronesia
2008 - 2010 Nanyō Nostalgia: Remembering the “Reefs” of Japan’s Pacific Past (Stage 2)
2008 - 2009 Seeds of Empire: Retracing Marshall Islander-Japanese Roots and Routes
2008 - 2008 Nanyō Nostalgia: Remembering the “Reefs” of Japan’s Pacific Past (Stage 1)
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Papers (16):
Greg Dvorak, Jane Chang Mi. ゴジラ/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ Marathon Screening: Jane Chang Mi and Greg Dvorak in Conversation. Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas. 2022. 7. 189-202
Greg Dvorak. "Doing History" (Part of the Dialogue and Review Special Section, "Forum: On Eiichiro Azuma's 'In Search of Our Frontier' and Greg Dvorak's 'Coral and Concrete'". Critical Ethnic Studies. 2022. 7. 2
Greg Dvorak. S/pacific Islands: Some Reflections on Identity and Art in Contemporary Oceania. e-flux Journal. 2020. 112 (October 2020). (online)-(online)
Greg Dvorak. "Kwajalein Atoll, the Marshall Islands, and American Policy in the Pacific"(review). The Journal of Pacific History. 2018. 53. 3. 351-352
Greg Dvorak. Oceanizing American Studies. AMERICAN QUARTERLY. 2015. 67. 3. 609-617
"Sublimating the Sublime: A Meditation on Artistic Interventions on Not-So-Deserted Islands" in Ten Thousand Suns: 24th Biennale of Sydney
Biennale of Sydney 2024 ISBN:9780958040341
"The Phantom Empire: Japan in Oceania From the 1890s," in The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean, Vol 2
Cambridge University Press 2022 ISBN:9781316510407
"Ripples, Reefs, and Turbulent Tides: Reconnecting Humanity through the Ocean," in "17th Istanbul Biennial-Afterthoughts" (edited volume of research papers)
Yapı Kredi Publications 2022 ISBN:9786055275914
"A Soulful 'Sea of Islands': Ryukyu Resilience in the Photography of Ishikawa Mao," In 'Ishikawa Mao: One Love'
T&M Projects 2021 ISBN:9784909442178
"Resisting the Tides: Responding to Nuclear and Environmental 'Insecurity' in the Marshall Islands" [In Mapping Security in the Pacific: A Focus on Context, Gender and Organisational Culture]
Routledge 2020 ISBN:9780367143923
Reframing Resilience in the Contemporary Marshall Islands: Decolonization, Nuclear Testing, Climate Change
(Yama-Tsunami Art and "Reconstruction" Symposium 2024)
Sublimating the Sublime: Reframing Resilience in the Contemporary Marshall Islands
(25th Pacific History Association Conference 2023)
Building an Art Ecosystem for the Next Generation
(ACK Talks 2023 2023)
"Postokoroniarizumu no Tonari de" (Next to Postcolonialism)
(Kyoto Symposium on Postcoloniality in the Art of Kim Sajik 2022)
Wavelengths: Art in Central Micronesia
(10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2021)
Almost Heaven (documentary film, 50 min)
Greg Dvorak 2014 -
Atollism (film, 17 min)
Greg Dvorak 2008 -
Education (6):
2008 - 2010 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 - 2008 The Australian National University Research School of Asia and Pacific Studies PhD Program in Interdisciplinary Cross Cultural Research (History, Anthropology)
2002 - 2004 East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship International Cultural Studies Certificate Program
2002 - 2004 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies Pacific Islands MA Program
1992 - 1996 Rutgers University Faculty of Arts East Asian Languages and Area Studies (Japanese Literature Focus)/ Psychology
1993 - 1994 Princeton University School of Asian Studies (Special Course) Japanese Literature Division
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Professional career (3):
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Rutgers University)
Master of Arts (M.A.) (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) (The Australian National University)
Work history (12):
2020/04 - Waseda University Graduate School of Culture and Communication Studies/School of International Liberal Studies Professor (Tenured)
2017/04 - 2020/03 Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies/Graduate School of Culture and Communication Studies Associate Professor (Tenured)
2011/04 - 2018/03 Osaka University Osaka University Cross-Boundary Innovation PhD Program Adjunct Lecturer/Advisor
2011/04 - 2017/03 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law Associate Professor (Tenured)
2010/04 - 2017/03 Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies Adjunct Lecturer
2009/10 - 2012/03 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Arts (Komaba Campus) Adjunct Lecturer
2007/01 - 2007/12 The Australian National University College of Asia and Pacific Studies Japanese Lecturer
2000/10 - 2002/07 Ad Media, Inc. BrandVision-WolffOlins Consultancy Branding Consultant
1999/09 - 2000/08 Miyazaki G8 Summit Promotion Council Press and Public Relations Division Liaison
1996/08 - 1999/07 Japan Council of Local Authorities for Internationalization Nango Town Planning Division, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan Coordinator for International Relations
2015/07 - 2017/05 Honolulu Biennial Foundation Special Advisor/Curatorial Advisor
2015/07 - 2017/05 ホノルルビエンナーレ財団 特別顧問(東京)
2005/04 - 2011/09 Marshall Islands Bereaved Families Association Honorary Member
2005/04 - 2011/09 マーシャル方面遺族会 篤志会員
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Awards (8):
2020/04 - Waseda University Waseda University e-Teaching Award (Good Practice)
2010/11 - Toyota Foundation Toyota Foundation Joint Research Fellowship
2008/09 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship
2008/07 - Japan Foundation Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2008/03 - The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship
2004/07 - The Australian National University Australian National University Postgraduate Award
2004/07 - University of Hawai‘i Center for Pacific Islands Studies Norman Meller Award for Outstanding Pacific Scholarship
2002/03 - East-West Center, Honolulu East West Center Degree Fellowship
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Association Membership(s) (7):
American History Association
, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania
, Association for Asian Studies
, Pacific Arts Association
, European Society for Oceanists
, Japan Oceania Studies Association
, Pacific History Association