Professor Watt specializes in Japanese history. In a current book project, she seeks to gain a better understanding of the Allied-managed population transfers throughout East Asia at the end of the World War II.
PhD Students
Dr. Watt welcomes applications from prospective PhD students with an insterest in the political and social history of 20th centruy Japan, especially on the themes of empire, decolonization, and internationalsim. Please contact her by email in advance of submitting an application to discuss whether the program at WUSTL would be a good fit for you.
Books
When Empire Comes Home: Repatriation and Reintegration in Postwar Japan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009
Articles
"Embracing Defeat, Eliding Empire in Post-colonial Seoul, Autumn 1945." Journal of Asian Studies February 2015
"A 'Great East Asian Meal' in Post-colonial Seoul, Autumn 1945." In Food and War in Mid-Twentieth-Century East Asia, ed. Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, 149-164. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2013
"Imperial Remnants: the Repatriates in Postwar Japan," in Caroline Elkins and Susan Pedersen, eds., Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2005, 243-255
"Tôhoku Dôhô: Haisengo Manshû ni okeru Nihonjin no sekai (The World of Japanese Refugees in Postwar Manchuria)." Higashi Ajia Kindaishi March 2003, 87-97