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Ethan Segal is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Michigan State University (MSU), affiliated with the College of Social Science. His research focuses on traditional East Asia, particularly Japan, with specialties in economic history, nationalism, women and gender studies, history and film, contemporary popular culture, and Japanese textbooks. He holds an M.A. from the University of Washington, a Ph.D. from Stanford University, and served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo. From 2008-09, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Pre-modern Japanese History at Harvard University’s Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations.
His work includes publications in journals like 歴史学研究 (History Research) and Education About Asia, as well as contributions to edited volumes such as Currents in Medieval Japanese History and Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan. His first book, Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan, published by Harvard University Press, re-examines medieval Japanese economic systems and political institutions.
Awarded the Fulbright Scholarship, Segal’s interdisciplinary research bridges historical analysis with contemporary cultural studies. He actively engages with public history through film and education initiatives, emphasizing the relevance of historical inquiry to modern discourse.
