Dr Rashaad Eshack received his PhD in Japanese Studies from the University of Cambridge (Homerton College), where his dissertation examined the intersection of migration, education, and citizenship in Japanese overseas communities across the Pacific during the interwar and wartime period. His work has appeared in the Pacific Historical Review, The Annual Review of Migration Studies, and in edited volumes with the Hoover Institution Press. He has presented his research internationally, including at conferences and workshops in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prior to joining FAMES, he held research affiliations at Sophia University, Kyoto University, and the Japan Research Centre at SOAS. He also currently serves as Managing Editor of the journal, Japan Forum.
Dr Eshack’s research explores the relationship between migration, empire, and education in Japanese overseas communities. His current project develops the concept of “nikkei citizenship” to analyse how Japanese overseas schools in Peru, Hawai‘i, and the wider Pacific articulated competing civic and moral responsibilities to both imperial Japan and countries of residence. More broadly, his work contributes to transnational histories of the Japanese empire, citizenship studies, and the global history of education.