History Professor Alexander Bay
recently published a book titled, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of National Disease with University of Rochester Press.
The book is about modern Japan, beriberi (or thiamin deficiency) becoming a public health problem that cuts across all social boundaries, afflicting even the Meiji Emperor.
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In addition to his new book, Professor Bay had an article published titled, “Nation from the Bottom Up: Disease, Toilets and Waste Management in Prewar Japan,” in the
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
(Special Issue: Social History of Medicine in Modern Japan) and will be spending some time at the
University of Hawaii East this summer
as he was just accepted to the multidisciplinary, three-week Institute that fosters faculty and program development aimed at enhancing undergraduate teaching and learning about Asian cultures and societies.
History Professor accepted to three
week program at the University of Hawaii East
