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Max Ward is an Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College, specializing in modern Japanese history, global fascism, police theory, and postcolonial studies. He holds a PhD from New York University (2011) and teaches courses on East Asia, premodern and modern Japanese history, and seminars on fascism, policing, and cinema. His research explores state power, ideological control, and cultural representation in imperial and postwar Japan.
Research & Publications: Ward is the author of Thought Crime: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan (2019) and co-editor of Transwar Asia (2022) and Confronting Capital and Empire (2017). His work has been supported by grants from the Fulbright Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Japan Foundation.
Teaching: Courses include History of Pre-Modern Japan, Global Fascism, Police Theory & History, and Postwar Japan in Film and Literature. His pedagogy emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, blending historical analysis with cinema and cultural studies.
Recent Scholarship: Recent articles analyze fascism in David Peace's Tokyo Trilogy, police power in imperial Japan, and transwar criminal rehabilitation. His work bridges historical analysis with critical theory, examining how state ideologies shape culture and vice versa.
Awards/Grants:
- Fulbright Fellowship
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
- American Philosophical Society Fellowship
Lab/Teams: Engages in collaborative projects on transwar Asian studies and global fascism with international scholars. Active in academic networks like the Northeast Asia Council of the AAS.
