Hiraku Abe – Department of History

Hiraku Abe

habe@crimson.ua.edu

Degree

PhD

Advisor

John M. Giggie

Specialty

United States History
History of Race
Religious History
Southern History

Bio

Education

MA, University of Tsukuba, 2019
BA, International Christian University, 2017

Research Interests

20^th Century United States History
United States South
Religion
Race

Recent Publications

“The Intersection of Faith and Civil Rights: Galloway Memorial Methodist Church and Racial Integration in Jackson, Mississippi in the Early 1960s,” The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, 39 (2021): 3-29.

Awards & Honors

Fulbright Grant, Japan-United States Education Commission, 2022-2023