About
I am a historian of Japan and of medicine in the modern era (19th-20th centuries). I began my position as a lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies a few years ago, after completing my PhD studies at the History of Science Program at Princeton University. I research different aspects of the history of medicine. Among others I explore the history of the body, i.e. the changing historical ways in which people experienced, interpreted, cultivated, treated and maintained their body; the history of medical treatment and the resulting relationships that developed between medical practitioners and patients; the history of medical care and the development of the nursing profession; and the history of public health systems and their influence on daily life, the environment and the worldviews of both the general population and medical practitioners.
I research the social and cultural history of medicine, examining how medicine developed, influenced society, and was influenced by it. My current research focuses on the history of military medicine in Japan in the modern era. More specifically, I explore the development of a new role in Japan and the world at the time – the military medic or corpsman – as a prism for understanding the concomitant wider processes of medical militarization and military medicalization.
Current Research
Courses
I teach courses on different aspects of the history of modern Japan, imperialism, and war, as well as courses that focus specifically on themes in the history of science and medicine.
Lecture courses:
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Introduction to Japan and its Culture-part 1
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Introduction to Japan and its Culture-part 2
Writing Seminar:
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Japanese Imperialism: Politics, Society, Science and Culture
Research Seminars:
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Medicine, the Body, Society and History in Japan
Graduate Students
I supervise MA students who are interested in different topics in the history of modern Japan, including science and medicine.
Publications
“Between Trust and Violence: Medical Encounters during the War in China.” Medical History 64.4 (2020): 494-515.
“Medicalised Battlefields: The Evolution of Military Medical Care and the ‘Medic’ in Japan.” Social History of Medicine 33.4 (2020): 1143-1166.
'כיצד הפך הניקיון האישי לסוגיה לאומית ביפן?', הסדנא להיסטוריה חברתית: עיתון הארץ (19 אפריל 2020), https://www.haaretz.co.il/blogs/sadna/BLOG-1.8776573
'חוקרים פרטיים: בלדה לחובש היפני', Ynet ידיעות אחרונות (8 אוגוסט 2020), https://www.ynet.co.il/article/ryDsyQnZD