エリック・ヴァンデン・ブッシュ

PhD, East Asian History, Stanford University (U.S.)
M.S., Journalism, Columbia University (U.S.)
M.A., Chinese Modern and Contemporary History, Beijing University (China)
B.A., History, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

I teach East Asian Studies and academic writing, with research interests in historical geography, border disputes, and Asian immigration to Brazil. I am co-editor of Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation, and Identity of China’s Majority and co-author of《巴西与中国：世界秩序变动中的双方关系》. Fluent in five languages, I have been interviewed on East Asian affairs by media outlets such as the BBC (UK) and O Globo (Brazil). I have also been invited to give talks on my research to policymakers and diplomats at foreign embassies in Beijing and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brazil.
Prior to joining the University of Tokyo in 2019, I was a university professor in the U.S. My teaching has been recognized with multiple awards for course design and online pedagogy at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo.
Born in Canada to Belgian-German parents, I grew up in Brazil and spent most of my adult life in China and the U.S. I became interested in East Asia while conducting research interviews with Japanese immigrants in the Amazon Region during my college years. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, I worked as a journalist, writing for publications such as The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, Folha de S. Paulo, and the Nanfang Daily News Group. For more about my multicultural upbringing, please visit my website: https://ericvandenbussche.medium.com

A global outlook is indispensible to the pursuit of a fulfilling professional career.