Noga Ganany

Field: Chinese Literature
Advisor: Shang Wei
Email: ng2413@columbia.edu

 

 

 

Noga is a PhD candidate in Chinese Studies. She is currently writing her dissertation, which examines hagiographic narratives in the context of late-Ming print culture and lay religious practice. Before joining the program, Noga received her BA and MA from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and in between studied at Xiamen University. Her master’s thesis explored the literary tradition and religious worship of judge Bao-gong in late imperial and modern China and Taiwan. She is interested in late-imperial Chinese cultural history, and in particular the dynamics between literature and religion.

Clay Eaton

Field: Japanese History
Advisor: Carol Gluck
Email: cke2104@columbia.edu

 

 

 

 

Clay Eaton received his B.A. from Lewis & Clark College in 2007, where he studied International Relations, History, and Japanese. Before beginning his graduate studies he spent two years teaching English in Hyogo, Japan. He began working on his PhD at Columbia in 2010. His MA Thesis (2012) addressed the construction and public use of three monuments built in Singapore under British, Japanese, and PAP rule. His dissertation focuses on social policies implemented by the Japanese administration of Singapore during the Second World War. Using Japanese, Chinese, and Malay sources, he studies both the intricacies of Japanese policy-making and diverse local responses to the administration’s initiatives.

Andre Deckrow

Field: Japanese History
Advisor: Carol Gluck
Email: akd2120@columbia.edu

Andre Deckrow is a doctoral student in modern Japanese history. His research focuses on twentieth-century Japanese migration to Latin America, specifically Brazil. He received his B.A. in History and Asian Languages and Cultures from Amherst College in 2006. Andre spent the 2007-2008 academic year traveling around the Pacific Rim researching Japanese gardens as symbols of historical memory as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. For the 2010-2011 academic year, Andre serves as a Co-President of the Graduate History Association, the organization that represents all history graduate students at Columbia.