EHITO KIMURA - Department of Political Science

EHITO KIMURA
(Updated as of November, 2010)
Department of Political Science Tel. 808.956.8630
University of Hawai’i at Manoa Fax. 808.956.6877
2424 Maile Way, Saunders Hall Rm. 608 Email: ehito@hawaii.edu
Honolulu, HI 96822
EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Education
2006 PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison (Political Science)
2001 MA Yale University (International Relations)
1996 BSFS Georgetown University (International Relations)
Positions
2006 - present Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
2006 - 2007 Walter H. Shorenstein Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University.
2004 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2001 - 2002 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2000 - 2001 Teaching Fellow, Yale University.
2000 Research Assistant, Yale University.
RESEARCH
Refereed Journal Articles - Published
Kimura, Ehito “Proliferating Provinces: Territorial Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia.” South East
Asia Research, vol. 18, no. 3 (September 2010) 415-449.
Kimura, Ehito. “Marginality and Opportunity in the Periphery: The Emergence of Gorontalo
Province in North Sulawesi.” Indonesia, no. 84 (October 2007): 71-95.
Refereed Journal Articles –Accepted and In Press
Kimura, Ehito. “Changing the Rules: Historical Conjunctures and Transition in Indonesia,” Asia
Pacific Viewpoint, forthcoming in December 2010.
Kimura, Ehito “Indonesia in 2010: A Leading Democracy Disappoints on Reform” Asian Survey,
University of California Press, forthcoming in February 2011.
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Works Under Review
Book Chapter: “Changing the Rules: Historical Conjuncture and Transition in Indonesia” for
planned edited volume Critical Conjunctures in Southeast Asian Politics.
Works in Progress
Book Manuscript: Proliferating Provinces: Territoriality in Post-Suharto Indonesia
“The Limits of Cascade” conference paper to be delivered to the ISA 2011 and submitted to a
journal of international relations thereafter.
Published Book Reviews
Review: Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis, edited by
Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu, in the Journal of Japanese Political Science,
(2010), 11:150-152.
Review: Social Science and Power in Indonesia: edited by Vedi Hadiz and Daniel Dhakidae,
Jakarta Post, February 2, 2005.
Conferences and Workshop Presentations
Paper Presenter: “Changing the Rules: Historical Conjuncture and Transition in Indonesia” at
Critical Conjunctures in Southeast Asian Politics, Royale Bintang Hotel, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, October 3-5, 2009,
Paper Presenter: “Decentralization, Democratization, and the Politics of a Territorial Free-for-All in
Post-Suharto Indonesia” at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, March
26-29, 2009.
Invited Speaker, “The New Regionalist Movements of Post-Authoritarian Indonesia” at UC
Berkeley-UCLA Joint Conference on Indonesia: Ten Years After: Reformasi & New Social
Movements in Indonesia, 1998-2008, University of California Berkeley April 25-26, 2008.
Invited Speaker, “Proliferating Provinces: The “Vertical” Politics of Territorial Fission in Indonesia”
Southeast Asia Forum Speaker Series, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center,
Stanford University, April 30, 2007.
Invited Speaker, “Territorial Involution? New Province Formation in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia”,
at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Brownbag Series, University of California Berkeley
March 15, 2007.
Invited Speaker, “Marginality and Opportunity in the Periphery: The Emergence of Gorontalo
Province in North Sulawesi,” at Islam, Regionalism, and New Institutions: A Decade of Radical
Transformation in Indonesia, Yale Indonesia Forum Workshop, Yale University, March 3 2007.
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Invited Speaker, “Provincial Proliferation on the Indonesian Archipelago,” at the Center for
Southeast Asian Studies Friday Forum Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin Madison,
January 27, 2006.
Paper Presenter, “Regional Autonomy, Indonesia-style,” at the Midwest Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 20-23, 2006.
Paper Presenter, “Provincial Proliferation and Regionalism in Indonesia,” at the Association of Asian
Studies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 6-9, 2006.
Paper Presenter, “Decentralization, Local Elites, and State Formation in Indonesia” at the American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC., September 1-4, 2005.
Paper Presenter, “The Structure of Diversity or Ada Apa dengan Pemekaran?” at the 4th
International Symposium of the Journal Antropologi Indonesia in the Changing Global Context:
Building Cooperation and Partnership?, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, July 12–15,
2005.
Invited Speaker, “The Politics of Pemekaran: Some Preliminary Observations from Northern
Sulawesi” at Workshop on Ethnicity and Local Politics, LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Science),
Jakarta, Indonesia, May 31, 2005.
Invited Speaker, “The Politics of Pemekaran: Some Preliminary Observations from Northern
Sulawesi,” at PERCIK, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia, April 29, 2005.
Participant, at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, September
2-5, 2004.
Paper Presenter, “Nationalism and Identity Formation in East Timor: The Case of Submerged
Networks” at Northern Illinois Univ. Student Conference on Southeast Asia, DeKalb, Illinois,
March 1, 2002.
Fellowships and Awards
2010 Grant from NRC Title VI Funding, DoED ($16,510)
2010 Nominated for College of Social Science Teaching Award
2009 Nominated for National Asia Research Program (NARP) Fellow
2009 URC Travel Grant, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
2009 Center for Southeast Asian Studies Travel Grant (declined).
2007 URC Travel Grant, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
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TEACHING
Courses
2011 (Spring) POLS 315 International Relations
POLS 640 Comparative Politics
POLS 699 Directed Reading
2010 (Fall) POLS 699 Directed Reading
2010 (Spring) POLS 305 Global/Comparative Politics
POLS 305 Global/Comparative Politics
POLS 699 Directed Reading and Research
2009 (Fall) POLS 110A Intro to Political Science (Honors)
POLS 780 Politics of Regions Graduate Seminar
POLS 699 Directed Reading and Research
POLS 600 Scope and Methods (guest lecture)
2009 (Spring) POLS 305 Global/Comparative Politics
POLS 640 Comparative Politics Graduate Seminar
POLS 699 Directed Reading and Research
2008 (Fall) POLS 307B Politics of Southeast Asia
POLS 780 Politics of Regions Graduate Seminar
POLS 600 Scope and Methods (guest lecture)
2008 (Spring) POLS 305 Global/Comparative Politics
POLS 305 Global/Comparative Politics
POLS 700 Thesis Research
2007 (Fall) POLS 307B Politics of Southeast Asia
POLS 600 Scope and Methods (guest lecture)
PhD Students Supervised as Advisor or Committee Member
Degree Objective Name Department Status
PhD Sanyarat Meesuan Political Science pending
PhD You Jeong Lee Political Science pending
PhD Agus Burhanuddin Political Science pending
PhD Amir Moheet Political Science pending
PhD Sophan Seng Political Science pending
PhD Soo Young Hwang Political Science pending
PhD Alvin Lim Political Science pending
PhD Jonathan Henick Political Science pending
PhD Lorenz Gonshor Political Science pending
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MA Candidates Supervised as Advisor or Committee Member
Degree Objective Name Department Status
MA David Effendy Political Science pending
MA (Thesis) Mariko Miyahira Political Science pending
MA (Thesis) Elizabeth Urbanczyk Political Science successful (2010)
MA (Plan B) Thomas Quinn Political Science successful (2008)
MA (Plan B) Teguh Santosa Political Science successful (2008)
MA (Thesis) Pramono Tanthowi Political Science successful (2007)
PhD and MA Candidates from Outside Political Science Department
Degree Objective Name Department Status
PhD Philip Drake English pending
MA (Plan B) Peyton Standefer Asian Studies successful (2010)
BA (Thesis) Izaak Williams Asian Studies pending
PhD Keith Bettinger Geography pending
PhD Mohammad Ansori Sociology pending
MA (Thesis) Michael Gardener Asian Studies pending
Teaching Apprentices Supervised
Degree Objective Name Department Year
PhD Hae Won Um Political Science Fall 2009
PhD Alvin Lim Political Science 2007-2008
PhD John Maus Political Science Fall 2008
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SERVICE
Department and University Service
2010-2011 Chair, Grants and Awards Committee, Department of Political Science.
Member, Search Committee, Department of Political Science
Member, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Executive Committee
2009-2010 Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Political Science.
Member, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Executive Committee.
2008-2009 Interim Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Political Science (summer).
Member, Hiring Committee, Department of Political Science.
2007-2008 Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Political Science.
Representative, Political Science Faculty, University Festival.
Department and Campus Events
Discussant, "The Red Shirts' Uprising: A Challenge to Old Paradigms about Thai Society."
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, April 23, 2010.
Moderator, “Panel Discussion on Southeast Asia and Political Science,” University of Hawai’i at
Manoa, February 27, 2009.
Discussant, “Local Politics in Indonesia: Aspirations and Prospects” at Indonesian Conference and
Cultural Events (ICCE), Hawaii Imin International Conference and Hale Halawai, Honolulu,
Hawai’i, April 24, 2009.
Invited Speaker, “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Aceh: Overview of Issues” at Beyond
Tsunami: International Conference and Cultural Event of Aceh University of Hawai’i at Manoa,
October 22-23, 2008.
Invited Speaker, “Evolution, Devolution, and Involution: Reflections on Indonesia’s Territorial
Resilience from an Institutional Perspective” at the Political Science Colloquium, Department of
Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, February 29, 2008.
Professional Affiliations
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Association of Asian Studies
Community Service
Interviewed by Honolulu Advertiser on May 19, 2010 about political events in Thailand.
References: Available upon request
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OTHER
Personal Data
Citizenship:
Born:
Family Status:
Hobbies:
Languages:
Japan; Permanent Resident of U.S.
December 6, 1974 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Married to Aya Hirata Kimura, two children.
Aikido, Ethnic Food, Film, Outdoors.
English (native), Japanese (excellent), Indonesian (advanced), Thai
(intermediate), French (intermediate), Filipino/Tagalog (low intermediate).
Past Fellowships and Awards
2006 - 2007 Shorenstein Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University.
2005 - 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison Dissertator Fellowship.
2004 - 2005 Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellow.
2004 - 2005 UW - Center for Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship (declined).
2002 - 2004 Foreign Language Assistance Scholarship (FLAS).
2003 High Pass, Preliminary Exam in Comparative Politics.
2002 Best Paper, Northern Illinois University Student Conference on SE Asia.
2001 Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship for Advanced Indonesian Abroad (COTIM).
2000 - 2001 Yale Tuition Fellowship Award (Young Leaders Fellow).
2000 Yale Southeast Asian Council Summer Fellowship.
2000 The International Human Rights Schell Summer Fellowship.
2000 Yale Center for International and Area Studies Summer Grant.
Past Positions and Activities
2005 - 2006 Treasurer, Indonesian Studies Club, UW-Madison.
2003 Student Rep, Chancellor’s SEVIS Fee Advisory Committee, UW-Madison.
1999 - 2000 Advisor, AFSC Northeast Regional Office, Cambridge, MA.
1999 Election Monitor, Indonesia, in East Timor with international delegation.
1997 - 1999 Research Associate, Program on Alternative Security, Focus on the Global
South, Bangkok, Thailand.
1995 - 1997 Program Officer, Program on Economic Justice, Asia Pacific Center for
Justice and Peace, Washington D.C.
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