Shiho Maehara is a Research Assistant Professor of Taiwan Studies Project at Kyushu University, Japan. She received a BA in East Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada, an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and holds a PhD in Law from National Taiwan University, where she researched the conceptualization of national identity in the political discourse of President Lee Teng-hui during 1990s.
Her research interests involve Nationalism in East Asia, National Identity issues in Taiwan, Taiwan and Korea under Japanese rules and Taiwanese and Korean sentiment toward Japan. She recently translated two books by the Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen in Japan.
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