Ian J. Miller

 Assistant Professor of History
 [*on leave Fall '08]

• Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Department of History
• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Research Interests

Modern Japanese history, with primary focus on imperialism and the cultural dimensions of scientific, medical, and environmental change; international history of natural history, especially as relates to animal collection, classification, and exhibition; global history of tsunami.

Environmental Courses

History 83e: Other Animals: Humans and the Order of Nature: Research Seminar
History 2851: Japanese History: Seminar

Related Publications

Japan's Natural Legacies: Bodies and Landscapes Realized, Idealized, and Poisoned. (Conference, 2008)
Didactic Nature: Exhibiting Nation and Empire at the Ueno Zoological Gardens. (2005)