Director, Asian Studies Program
Research Interests:
- Christianity/Missionaries in Japan
- Japanese Women
- Imperialism
Currently doing research on the work done in Japan by Roman Catholic
women religious from France in the nineteenth century and from Canada
and the U.S. in the 20th century. The study includes issues of gender,
imperialism, and religion.
Recent Publications:
Creating Community: Mary Frances Clarke and Her Companions.
Dubuque, IA: Mount Carmel Press, 2004.
"French Mission Work in Japan: Culture and Religion in the
Nineteenth Century," in Christianity and Native Cultures:
Perspectives from Different Regions of the World. ed., by Cyriac
K. Pullapilly, et al, 193-207. Notre Dame, IN: Crossroads Publications,
Inc., 2004.
"Chiyo Murakami," in Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical
Dictionary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001.
"The First Women Religious in Japan: Mother Saint Mathilde
Raclot and the French Connection," The Catholic Historical
Review, Vol. 87, (October, 2001) 603-623.
Mundelein Voices: The Women's College Experience 1930-1991,
co-editor. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2001.
Japan's Hidden Christians. Chicago: Loyola University Press,
1993.
"Women and Higher Education in the Japanese Empire," Journal
of Asian History Vol. 21, (No. 2, 1987): 169-186.
"Meiji Imperialism: Not Based on Preordained Design" in Japan
Examined: Perspectives on Modern Japanese History, ed. by Hilary
Conroy and Harry Wrey. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983,
131-135.
Courses for Fall 2005:
HIST 104: Global History since 1500
HIST 348: Japan WW II to Present
Office Phone: (773) 508-2228
E-mail address:
aharri1@luc.edu
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