{"id":1709,"date":"2019-08-20T19:19:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:46:39","slug":"leheny-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/faculty-en\/1709","title":{"rendered":"David LEHENY"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Position: <\/strong>Professor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Degree:<\/strong><br \/>\nB.A., Department of Government, Wesleyan University (1989)<br \/>\nM.A., Department of Government, Cornell University (1994)<br \/>\nPh.D., Dept. of Government, Cornell University (1998)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch Associate, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo (1996-1998)<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of\u00a0Wisconsin-Madison (1998-2006)<br \/>\nRegional Affairs Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S.\u00a0State Department (2000)<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006-2007)<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University (2007-2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field of Specialization<\/h3>\n<p>Japanese Politics, East Asian Security, Culture and International Relations<\/p>\n<h3>Research Theme<\/h3>\n<p>International and Regional Norms, History and Memory, Social Movements, Economic Justice, and Empire and Resistance<\/p>\n<h3>Major Works \/ Publications \/ Awards<\/h3>\n<h4>Major Works \/ Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline <\/em>(Cornell University Press, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan\u00a0(Cornell University Press, 2006)<\/li>\n<li>The Rules\u00a0of Play: National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure (Cornell University Press, 2003)<\/li>\n<li>Japanese\u00a0Aid and the Construction of Global Development (co-editor with Kay Warren;\u00a0Routledge, 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>International Affairs Fellowship-Japan, Council on Foreign Relations\/Hitachi (1999-2000)<\/li>\n<li>International Affairs Fellowship, Council on Foreign Relations (1999-2000)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Research Fellowship, U.S.-Japan Program, Harvard University\u00a0(2001-2002)<\/li>\n<li>Smith Richardson Foundation National Security Fellowship (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Abe Fellowship (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Chancellor\u2019s Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba International Prize,\u00a0<i>Japan Forum<\/i>\u00a0(2011)<\/li>\n<li>Cotsen Faculty Fellowship, Princeton University (2013-2016)<\/li>\n<li>Toyota Visiting Professorship, University of Michigan (2015-2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Societies \/ Service to Society<\/h3>\n<h4>Academic Societies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Political Science Association<\/li>\n<li>Association for Asian Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Service to Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Chief\u00a0Editor (with Amitav Acharya), Studies in Asian Security series, Stanford University Press (2010-present)<\/li>\n<li>Member, Editorial Board, American Political Science Review (September 2016-present)<\/li>\n<li>Program Committee Member, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting (2011-2013)<\/li>\n<li>Conference Manager, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Association for Asian Studies (2011)<\/li>\n<li>International Advisory Council Member, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Advisor, Summer Institute, Japan Foundation (Summer 2016)<\/li>\n<li>American Advisory Committee Member, Japan Foundation (2013-2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Project<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MA: Culture and Politics in the Asia-Pacific<br \/>\n*Not available for September 2026 and April 2027 admission. It is scheduled to resume from the September 2027 admission.<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D.: Culture, Identity, and Politics in the Asia-Pacific<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects<\/h3>\n<p>Political practice is shaped by more than strategy and intention. The international system includes cultural dynamics at both the global and regional levels that affect the range of political activity available to states. In this project, we will examine how people \u2014 citizens and leaders alike \u2014 rationalize, narrate, and justify their behavior as being appropriate and correct, not just strategic and smart. And we will explore how these broader dimensions of politics shape practices in the Asia-Pacific region. This means there is a broad array of potential research topics: international and regional norms, history and memory, social movements, economic justice, and empire and resistance.<\/p>\n<h3>Course List<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w-rdb.waseda.jp\/html\/100001575_en.html#item_syllabus_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course List<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Web Page \/ Researcher DB<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w-rdb.waseda.jp\/html\/100001575_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waseda University Researchers Database<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Faculty Spotlights<\/h3>\n<h5>\u203bPlease click the thumbnail below to view the detailed version (PDF) or the interview video.<\/h5>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\"><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 76.0736%; height: 20px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 37.8433%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<h6>\u25c6Digital Book<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.7245%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<h6>\u25c6Interview Video<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 37.8433%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/02\/japanese_facultyspotlights.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5e46bd58a06d79c3a8ef59f8dd301928.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.7245%; height: 10px; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HbPH6FV59y0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Prof.-David_hqdefault.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/gsaps\/en\/about\/faculty\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203b4<br \/>Professor<br \/>Japanese Politics, East Asian Security, Culture and International Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17421,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions\/17421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}